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Bookmark or Share- Inside the Oliviers' Love Nest - Vivien Leigh and Laurence OlivierLaurence Olivier bought the house (the former coach cottage belonging to the larger Durham House next door) as a London base for he and Vivien Leigh. Using quotes from biographies and excerpts and rare photos from vintage Swedish magazines, Lena was able to plot out what the house looked like when the Oliviers lived there from 1937-1956.
- Love and Larry - Vivien Leigh and Laurence OlivierThe year was 1936, and Vivien Leigh was a stage actress, married to a barrister and the mother of a small daughter. Olivier was a stage star, married to the distinguished actress Jill Esmond. Yet when Vivien saw Olivier on stage all thoughts of their respective commitments instantly evaporated. he vowed to have him and, after pursuing him with ...
- The two faces of Vivien Leigh(With her own daughter by Leigh Holman, Vivien was at a loss: being a mother was a part she hardly even tried to get a handle on.) And she had her friends. the best were men with no sexual attraction for her, like Noel Coward and her first husband: with them it was possible to keep up a decorous, unblemished make-believe.
- Larry and Viv - Vivien Leigh and Laurence OlivierMyron Selznick, Larry’s Hollywood agent, whisked Vivien straight over to his brother, David, and the great search for Scarlett O’Hara was over. As I said, Vivien Leigh is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen outside an art gallery, and remember, I’ve seen her in dusty jodhpurs, slacks, in a kitchen dress.
- Vivien Leigh and Laurence OlivierThere was a metaphorical bright spot about a week ago when I learned that my book, Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait, was translated into simplified Chinese and published in China! They’ve apparently changed the title to something like Vivien Leigh: Forever Gone With the Wind (because sure, why not!) and the cover is different as well. But ...
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