Vivian Leigh
3/27/13
Vivian Leigh
There have been hundreds of thousand world renowned actors and actresses from all over the world. Many of which have won numerous awards and have made quite a name for themselves. Often times actors and actresses start from the very bottom, even from childhood working hard to get where they are or once were. This is much like actress Vivian Leigh. She had a hardworking childhood, and worked her way up the food chain to earn what is now considered a household name.
“Born on November 5th, 1913, Vivian Mary Hartley was born” (“Documentary”). In Bengal, India at very young age Vivian Hartley was involved in acting. She had loved the idea of pretending to be someone you are not for others entertainment. “She was enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England” (Vickers 12). She made many friends at her academy and some of which she had worked with in later films and plays. “She had her first child Suzanne shortly after her time at the academy” (“Biography”). The father of the child was her new husband Herbert Holeman (“Biography”). One of quite a few husbands and lovers in her life. Holman was very intuitive when it concerned Vivian's acting career and advised her to take on her mother's maiden name as her own in order to up her popularity (Vickers 8). Thus, she became known as Vivian Leigh and used that name for the duration of her long career in film and plays.
In her lifetime, Leigh loved to preform in plays, often playing the menacing “talk of the town” or strong female role in many of them (“Biography”) . It was rare if Vivian scored a minor part. “She had developed a reputation from being very difficult and unreasonable” (Purse). This gives off a firey personality that most play writers and producers were attracted too. She was known as the old time Hollywood diva because aside from plays, she was extremely popular in the film industry. She grew in popularity when she played alongside Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, and
Vivian Leigh
There have been hundreds of thousand world renowned actors and actresses from all over the world. Many of which have won numerous awards and have made quite a name for themselves. Often times actors and actresses start from the very bottom, even from childhood working hard to get where they are or once were. This is much like actress Vivian Leigh. She had a hardworking childhood, and worked her way up the food chain to earn what is now considered a household name.
“Born on November 5th, 1913, Vivian Mary Hartley was born” (“Documentary”). In Bengal, India at very young age Vivian Hartley was involved in acting. She had loved the idea of pretending to be someone you are not for others entertainment. “She was enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England” (Vickers 12). She made many friends at her academy and some of which she had worked with in later films and plays. “She had her first child Suzanne shortly after her time at the academy” (“Biography”). The father of the child was her new husband Herbert Holeman (“Biography”). One of quite a few husbands and lovers in her life. Holman was very intuitive when it concerned Vivian's acting career and advised her to take on her mother's maiden name as her own in order to up her popularity (Vickers 8). Thus, she became known as Vivian Leigh and used that name for the duration of her long career in film and plays.
In her lifetime, Leigh loved to preform in plays, often playing the menacing “talk of the town” or strong female role in many of them (“Biography”) . It was rare if Vivian scored a minor part. “She had developed a reputation from being very difficult and unreasonable” (Purse). This gives off a firey personality that most play writers and producers were attracted too. She was known as the old time Hollywood diva because aside from plays, she was extremely popular in the film industry. She grew in popularity when she played alongside Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, and