Post by teleadm on Nov 17, 2018 0:45:49 GMT
Two time Oscar winner and one time Tony winner, she must have had something, maybe bi-polar personality, something nobody knew about back then.
But it could explain why she only started some projects, and then jumped off.
Tovarich 1963 Broadway musical, not a great success but Vivien won a Tony Award. (I liked this because she is sprighty and happy).
Vivian Mary Hartley was born 105 years ago in Darjeeling in what is now West Bengal in India.
At the age of three, young Vivian made her first stage appearance for her mother's amateur theatre group, reciting "Little Bo Peep". At the age of six, Vivian was sent by her mother from Loreto Convent, Darjeeling, to the Convent of the Sacred Heart (now Woldingham School) then situated in Roehampton, southwest of London. One of her friends there was future actress Maureen O'Sullivan and future Jane of Tarzan movies, two years her senior, to whom Vivian expressed her desire to become "a great actress".
Leigh's friends suggested she take a small role as a schoolgirl in the film Things Are Looking Up, which was her film debut, albeit uncredited as an extra.
She made her mark in 1937, and she had a well publicised marriage and divorce with Laurence Olivier.
Down Memory Lane, not complete:
Fire Over England 1937, with at the time future husband Laurence Olivier (they married in 1940).
Dark Journey 1938, with Conrad Veidt
Storm in a Teacup 1938, with Rex Harrison
A Yank at Oxford 1938 with Maureen O'Sullivan and Robert Taylor
Scarlett O'Hara Gone With the Wind 1939, earning her first Oscar.
Waterloo Bridge 1940, with Robert Taylor
That Hamilton Woman 1941, with Laurence Olivier
Caesar and Cleopatra 1945, as Cleopatra, and Claude Rains as Julius Caesar. A notorious costly flop at the time.
Anna Karenina 1948, directed by non less than Julien Duvivier.
As Blanche DuBois
in A Streetcar Named Desire 1951, earning her second Oscar, with Marlon Brando
The Deep Blue Sea 1955, with Kenneth More
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone 1961, with Warren Beatty
Ship of Fools 1965, with Lee Marvin. This was Vivien's last acting in a movie.
Vivien Liegh left us early in the summer of 1967, only aged 53!
Vivien only acted in 19 movies and 1 TV production.
Thanks for watching!
Opinions and thoughts are very welcome.
Or just name your favorites
OT: Because of my health this comes a bit late
But it could explain why she only started some projects, and then jumped off.
Tovarich 1963 Broadway musical, not a great success but Vivien won a Tony Award. (I liked this because she is sprighty and happy).
Vivian Mary Hartley was born 105 years ago in Darjeeling in what is now West Bengal in India.
At the age of three, young Vivian made her first stage appearance for her mother's amateur theatre group, reciting "Little Bo Peep". At the age of six, Vivian was sent by her mother from Loreto Convent, Darjeeling, to the Convent of the Sacred Heart (now Woldingham School) then situated in Roehampton, southwest of London. One of her friends there was future actress Maureen O'Sullivan and future Jane of Tarzan movies, two years her senior, to whom Vivian expressed her desire to become "a great actress".
Leigh's friends suggested she take a small role as a schoolgirl in the film Things Are Looking Up, which was her film debut, albeit uncredited as an extra.
She made her mark in 1937, and she had a well publicised marriage and divorce with Laurence Olivier.
Down Memory Lane, not complete:
Fire Over England 1937, with at the time future husband Laurence Olivier (they married in 1940).
Dark Journey 1938, with Conrad Veidt
Storm in a Teacup 1938, with Rex Harrison
A Yank at Oxford 1938 with Maureen O'Sullivan and Robert Taylor
Scarlett O'Hara Gone With the Wind 1939, earning her first Oscar.
Waterloo Bridge 1940, with Robert Taylor
That Hamilton Woman 1941, with Laurence Olivier
Caesar and Cleopatra 1945, as Cleopatra, and Claude Rains as Julius Caesar. A notorious costly flop at the time.
Anna Karenina 1948, directed by non less than Julien Duvivier.
As Blanche DuBois
in A Streetcar Named Desire 1951, earning her second Oscar, with Marlon Brando
The Deep Blue Sea 1955, with Kenneth More
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone 1961, with Warren Beatty
Ship of Fools 1965, with Lee Marvin. This was Vivien's last acting in a movie.
Vivien Liegh left us early in the summer of 1967, only aged 53!
Vivien only acted in 19 movies and 1 TV production.
Thanks for watching!
Opinions and thoughts are very welcome.
Or just name your favorites
OT: Because of my health this comes a bit late
