Dark star vivien leigh5/28/2023 Revealing new aspects of her early life as well as providing glimpses behind-the-scenes of the filming of Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire, this book provides the essential and comprehensive life-story of one of the twentieth century's greatest actresses. Sources from her archive, recently acquired by the V&A, he sheds new light on her fractious relationship with Laurence Olivier, based on their letters and diaries, as well as on the bipolar disorder which so affected her later life and work. In this ground-breaking new biography, Alan Strachan provides a completely new full-life portrait of Leigh, covering both her professional and personal life. In 1939, she landed her biggest film job to date, playing Scarlett OHara in Gone With the Wind, winning her first. Yet she was also a talented theatre actress with West End and Broadway plaudits to her name. Leighs career began in the 1930s with a combination of stage and screen roles. As Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century. Name: Vivien Birth Year: 1913 Birth date: NovemBirth City: Darjeeling Birth Country: India Gender: Female Best Known For: Vivien Leigh was a British actress who achieved film. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize 2020 Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh: Alan Strachan: I.B.
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