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At the beginning of the last century, the film industry was just emerging. In that era of the transition from silent films to sound black and white films, many famous movie stars were also born. Among them was an actress whose beauty was unparalleled, and many American soldiers in World War II took her to the battlefield with her pictures. Even Churchill has a high opinion of her, she is the famous movie star - Vivien Leigh
The beauty is unparalleled
Childhood dreams come true
Vivien Leigh's original name was Vivian Mary Hartley. Since her father was an official in British India at the time, Vivien Leigh was born on 5 November 1913 in Darjeeling, West Bengal, British India. At an early age, Vivien Leigh showed talent and talent for art, and in 1920, when she was not yet 7 years old, Vivien Leigh was sent back to England by her father to study violin and piano and other arts, and from then on, Vivien Leigh wanted to become an actress.
Vivien Leigh as a child
It was not until 1931 that she told her father that she wanted to become an actress, and through her own efforts, Vivien Leigh was successfully admitted to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Vivien Leigh in her youth
The road to stardom
Also in 1931, Vivien Leigh met her first husband, her lawyer Herbert, and the two married on December 20, 1932, causing Vivien Leigh to drop out of school. Although the two had a daughter after marriage, Vivien Leigh's strong pursuit of acting career ran counter to her husband's idea of hoping that she would marry and teach her children, and the two eventually divorced.
Vivien Leigh, who married in her early years
After the divorce, Vivien Leigh began a crazy work model. From her debut in the movie "Thriving" in 1935, Vivien Leigh embarked on a path to international superstardom, but this road was full of pressure and bumps for her. The most famous work is "Gone with the Wind" filmed in 1938. In the initial role selection, Leigh Li pushed a group of stars to stand out. In order to live up to the director's expectations of herself, Vivien Leigh works 16 hours a day to shoot, and due to excessive pressure, she has to smoke 4 packs of cigarettes a day.
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
But the kung fu paid off, and Vivien Leigh also won the 12th Academy Award for Best Actress with "Gone with the Wind". At the same time, during this time, she also met her lifelong husband, Lawrence Oliver, and the two married in 1940.
Vivien Leigh and Oliver
Vivien Leigh, who won the Academy Award
Deteriorating body and mind
Due to the failure of the two to perform the stage play "Romeo and Juliet", many of the funds invested by the two could not be recovered, so the economy of the two also suffered a serious blow. The duo's "Mrs. Hamilton" was a success in 1941, when it was already in the second world war period, and the world was under the shadow of war. So in 1943, Vivien Leigh went on a tour of North Africa, which was also a morale boost for the soldiers. It is said that after the success of Vivien Leigh's Gone with the Wind, many British and American soldiers would clip a picture of her in their personal belongings. This time, the tour left Vivien Leigh infected with tuberculosis, and her constant cough and fever made her sick.
Vivien Leigh in Mrs. Hamilton
In 1944, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis, treated for a few weeks and left the hospital, and it was in the spring of that year that she found out she was pregnant. She was filming Caesar and Cleopatra, in which she played "Cleopatra", and when she was filming a scene running on a smooth floor, she unfortunately fell and miscarried. As a result of such blows, she had a nervous breakdown and even began to scold her husband Oliver.
Cleopatra played by Vivien Leigh
In 1945, Churchill met Vivien Leigh at a banquet, and the Prime Minister, who led the British Empire to victory over fascism, commented on her: "It is a work of God's art, which can only be admired from a distance." Later, Churchill also gave Vivien Leigh a painting of his own creation.
During the 1951 filming of Desire Streetcar, Vivien Leigh played a slightly neurotic middle-aged woman who even suffered from bipolar disorder due to being too deep into the scene.
Vivien Leigh in "The StreetCar of Desire"
Incense disappeared
Later Vivien Leigh often had a mental breakdown, and during the filming of the film, she would also have conflicts and conflicts with her husband Oliver and other crew members of the crew, and the deteriorating mental condition has been plaguing Vivien Leigh. In 1955, she fell back into depression, this time even until her current husband, Oliver, was able to calm her emotions with her ex-husband Hoffman. Her marriage to Oliver finally came to an end in 1960, the same year she married john Merrill, an actor she had known before.
Vivien Leigh in her later years
In May 1967, the tuberculosis that had plagued her for 20 years relapsed, this time shortly after. On July 7, Merivale went out to perform as usual, leaving Vivien Leigh at home. When he returned from the show, it was late at night, and he went upstairs to see that Vivien Leigh was already asleep, and half an hour later, when Merylwell went upstairs again, he found Vivien Leigh lying on the ground, no breath. Maybe God was jealous of her beauty, and a generation of international superstars perished.
In that era when there was no retouching, Leigh's beauty was not only reflected in her unparalleled appearance, but also in her enthusiasm and dedication to the acting career she loved. After her death, all theatres in London, England, turned off their stage footlights for a minute, and the actors and the audience joined in a moment of silence to mourn the performing artist. So what other actors do you know whose beauty is amazing? Pay attention to the historiography meow and share more things you don't know.