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Vivien Leigh : an intimate portrait / Kendra Bean ; [foreword by Claire Bloom].

by Bean, Kendra.

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Running Press, c2013.

791.43028 L529b

Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967.

Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography.

9780762450992 (hc.)

272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Includes filmography (pages 247-248), bibliographical references (pages 251-254), and index.

Fame in a night -- Scarlett -- The war years -- Theater royalty -- Streetcar -- Between the Devil and the deep blye sea -- The end of the affair -- Twilight -- Legacy.

"Vivien Leigh's mystique was a combination of staggering beauty, glamour, romance, and genuine talent displayed in her Oscar-winning performances, the most famous being her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara in the film classic, Gone With the Wind, and also for A Streetcar Named Desire. For more than thirty years, her name alone sold out theaters and cinemas the world over, and she inspired many of the greatest visionaries of her time: Laurence Olivier loved her; Winston Churchill praised her; Christian Dior dressed her. An engrossing tale of success, struggles, and triumphs. Leigh's journey from her birth in India to prominence in British film, winning the most-coveted role in Hollywood history, her celebrated love affair with Laurence Olivier, through to her untimely death at age fifty-three in 1967. Illustrated by hundreds of rare and never-before-published images, this book closely examine the fascinating, troubled, and often misunderstood life of Vivien Leigh: the woman, the actress, the legend"--Provided by publisher.

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