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In this cramped ward, the faint yellow light struggled to reflect the medical equipment beside the bed, and the cold and merciless light they reflected was chilling.
On the hospital bed, a 54-year-old female patient lies there depressed, no longer glamorous, but her pale green eyes are still as beautiful as emeralds.
She opened her lips slightly, as if she wanted to make a request. The others approached, listened carefully, and finally barely made out a few words from her parched lips: "Oliver...... How is he now? This familiar and unfamiliar name was like a fuse that ignited her last trace of life, making everyone present realize that the skinny patient in front of her was actually the smash hit screen goddess - Vivien Leigh!
Yes, there was a time when this extraordinary temperament and charismatic beauty captured the hearts of countless fans with her superb acting skills and beautiful appearance. However, now, she can only recall the controversial but deeply hidden emotions at the last moment of her life.
Putting aside Vivien Leigh's sad scene before her death, looking back on her life journey, it is not difficult to find that she was born with a talent that others can only dream of. She was born into a prominent British aristocratic family, and her father served as a high-ranking official in India.
Under the careful care of her parents, she received the top education of the upper class society since she was a child, and dabbled in various fields such as literature, music, and dance. What's even more rare is that when she was 14 years old, she also accompanied her father on a four-year tour of the European continent, and her rich experience and breadth of knowledge enabled her to improve in an all-round way.
However, good times are always short-lived. At the age of 18, the girl from a privileged family fell in love at first sight with Holman, a lawyer who was 13 years older than her. The two quickly entered the marriage hall, and Vivien Leigh gave birth to a daughter the following year.
However, the happy life after marriage was short-lived. When the newlyweds were married, the contradictions gradually emerged. Holman hopes that his wife can be a good wife and mother, and she can be at home with her husband and children; Vivien Leigh, on the other hand, is eager to pursue her career aspirations and show off her style on stage.
Vivien Leigh and her husband's ideas and pursuits were like worlds apart, and finally in 1940, this brave woman resolutely chose to leave her husband and daughter, ending the marriage once and for all.
With this decision, she showed the world the transformation of her inner self, from a docile and obedient elegant girl to an independent woman who dared to pursue herself.
Although she seems to have foreseen the difficulties and challenges ahead, she still embarks on this unknown path without fear, and opens a dazzling but difficult chapter of her life.
However, she may not have realized at the time how much sacrifice and pain this decision would bring her.
Soon after her divorce, Vivien Leigh devoted herself to acting in London. In 1935, she made her debut in a play called "The Mask of Morality" and rose to the limelight, making headlines in major media outlets.
At this critical juncture, a popular Shakespearean actor, Lawrence Oliver, began to frequent her stage theater, his passionate gaze following her every movement.
At first, Oliver may have come to see Vivien Leigh's performance out of admiration and admiration for her superb acting skills. However, as time passed, this innocent teacher-student friendship gradually fermented in their hearts and evolved into a special emotional bond.
Especially after a theatrical performance, Oliver, with his mature and steady temperament and strong aura, took the initiative to launch a passionate pursuit offensive against Vivien Leigh.
At this time, Vivien Leigh has long lost her passion for her ex-husband Holman in her heart. In the face of such a man as fate as Oliver, she could not resist his charm.
As a result, the teacher, student and lovers who have deep feelings in and out of the play are as closely connected as two magnets and can no longer be separated.
However, beautiful dreams will eventually be shattered. Both of them already have their own families, and Oliver even has children and grandchildren. Vivien Leigh felt extremely guilty about this extramarital emotion, but the love in her heart was surging like a tide, and the more she tried to escape, the deeper she fell in.
All the anxieties, pains, and struggles are waiting for her to have a more brilliant and painful life stage in the future.
In 1938, Vivien Leigh went to Hollywood to visit Oliver, who was going through a low period, but unexpectedly got the precious opportunity to play the role of Scarlett in the classic movie "Gone with the Wind".
As an emerging actress from a housewife, she showed extraordinary tenacity, breaking the doubts of movie giants such as Gable with her unwavering steps.
After only five months, she was engrossed in the role, as if she had lost herself in depth, and her emotions were like riding a rollercoaster, sometimes jubilant, sometimes grief-stricken.
In some cases, she would even fall into a situation of extreme collapse, crying and curling up in a corner motionless. However, she did not perceive the potential risks of this state, but instead had a beautiful hope that she would definitely be able to pick up the little golden man.
Jaw-droppingly, Vivien Leigh won the favor of the jury with her excellent acting skills, and finally won warm applause and cheers from the audience. However, behind this glory, her dependence on Oliver has gradually gone beyond the scope of normal love.
Even at the crucial moment of winning the Oscar, she did not hesitate to choose to give up, simply because her mentor Oliver had not yet won the award.
After the glory of "Gone with the Wind", in 1951, Vivien Leigh once again won full applause for her outstanding performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire", and finally won the Oscar for her role as Blanche.
However, behind all this brilliance, her mental condition has quietly collapsed, and she is unable to distinguish the line between reality and illusion.
In order to perfectly play the crazy role of Blanche, Vivien Leigh threw herself into it as if she were in the abyss, and on set, her emotions once again spiraled out of control, sometimes laughing, sometimes screaming, curled up in the corner like a madman.
Oliver was always by her side, trying to soothe her wounded heart with his love, but she was adamantly resistant to any form of psychotherapy that would destroy the acting career she had worked so hard to build.
In this way, Vivien Leigh dedicated her entire life unreservedly to the challenging film industry, pouring all her deep friendship into the man Laurence Oliver without complaint.
She did not hesitate to give up her marriage and biological flesh and blood for the sake of her career, and was willing to bear social criticism and accusations for love.
However, the god of fate showed no mercy, causing her to gradually fall into a state of madness in endless pain and struggle, and fall into deep despair. In 1960, she finally reached a formal divorce agreement with her former love, Oliver, and since then, she can only identify herself as "Mrs. Oliver".
Time flies, time flies, and it has been 7 spring and autumn years in a blink of an eye. In the middle of that silent night, this former superstar in the film industry, with endless longing and reluctance for his former lover, passed away lonely and melancholy, drawing a dazzling but tragic end to his life.
Her life journey is like a magnificent and mournful elegy, evoking endless emotion and tenderness in people's hearts. When time passes and the years pass in a hurry, her legendary story is destined to become an eternal classic, sung through the ages, and forever recorded in the annals of history.