Vivien Leigh : a biography / by Michelangelo Capua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capua, Michelangelo, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967.

Leigh, Vivien.

Actors--Great Britain--Biography.

Actors.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2003]

Summary:

"Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm..." Margaret Mitchell opened Gone with the Wind with this description of Scarlett O'Hara, but her words can hardly be applied to Vivien Leigh, the British actress who brought Scarlett unforgettably to life. Leigh possessed a beauty that men seldom failed to recognize and a charm that caught many, but her life was far from being all beauty and charm. This biography of the actress, from her birth and childhood in exotic India to her premature death in 1967, gives special attention to her development and career as a stage and film actress (which culminated in one Tony award and two Oscars). Her ambitious personality and her manic-depressive illness, her romantic and tragic marriage to Laurence Olivier, and her stage and screen performances are all detailed.

Contents:

1 Scent of India 3

2 Inside a Convent 7

3 Wedding Interlude 12

4 A Star Is Born 18

5 Larry, Larry, Larry 30

6 Gone with the Wind 48

7 Romeo and Juliet 68

8 Times of War, Times of Love 77

9 Cleopatra 85

10 Lady Olivier 94

11 Blanche DuBois 107

12 Fire and Air 117

13 Peter Finch 123

14 Stage Door 130

15 Madness, Madness, Madness 137

16 Jack Merivale 151

17 Breathless 173

Appendix Film, Stage and Radio Appearances 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index.

ISBN:

0786414979

OCLC:

51519841