Happy birthday Vivien ....
Saturday, 5 November 2011
Happy Birthday Scarlett O'Hara ....
Vivien Leigh was one of Britain's finest actresses and screen goddesses, proving that beauty and talent can come in the same package. Although forever famous as Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 blockbuster "Gone with the Wind", she ticked all the boxes; a great film and stage actress, and a great star. An Anglo-Indian, the Convent school educated Vivien was born Vivian Hartley to parents Ernest and Gertrude in Darjeeling, British Indian in 1913. When she died in 1967, front page headlines hailed "Scarlett O'Hara is dead". Leigh died of tuberculosis, an illness which had plagued her for most of her life, at her elegant apartment in Eton Square, Belgravia, London. She was 53. Her ashes were scattered in the mill pond of her Queen Anne country estate, in Essex....
Happy birthday Vivien ....
Happy birthday Vivien ....
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Hello Dianne Dear,
ReplyDeleteHope you are having a lovely weekend!
A wonderful tribute to a beautiful and talented woman...
And A Scorpio like me:)
xoxo,
- Irina
she was one amazing woman!
ReplyDeleteHi Dianne!
ReplyDeleteI always thought she was a beautiful woman. I had no idea she died at such an early age, or from TB.
Do you ever go by "Di"?
I never realised she died so young and she was SO beautiful....those eyes were amazing.
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Vivien was such an interesting woman, very tenacious and beautiful. Wasn't she married to Laurence Olivier? I do not think it worked out though.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are having a fabulous weekend!
Xo Elizabeth
She certainly was a beauty and great actress! I loved Gone with the Wind. Wonderful pictures!
ReplyDeleteHello Dianne
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful woman and so talented too. She left way too soon.
Thank you for the tribute
Helen xx
GOOD MORNING MY FRIEND,
ReplyDeleteShe is one of my all time favorites for her brilliant role as Scarlet AND as Blanche in Streetcar...and her life with Sir Lawrence appears as one of the most iconic relationships in history. But one thing that endears me to this lovely woman is that my Auntie, my mother's sister, looked JUST LIKE HER!!! To think that she died at 53, my age? Oh dear....
Enjoy a peaceful week my dear, Anita
An absolutely fitting tribute, Di. I really enjoyed both the images and her words.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing woman! I knew only the most superficial about Vivien Leigh--thanks for the history.
ReplyDeleteI love coming to your blog Di as I learn something new with every visit! I had no idea Vivien Leigh died of TB aged only 53... so sad.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have had a lovely weekend.
Abby xx
Dianne I grew up and apparently I grow old with Scarlett O'Hara, she has been a huge part of my life, kinda like a subtle inspirational adviser... Vivien Leigh has a very sad story, to me she almost identifies with Scarlett but of course that is unfair.
ReplyDeleteShe deserved more from the public since she was a huge actress but as she was saying...she consumed herself very fast...
Great post...
What a fabulous post!
ReplyDeleteI loved Vivien Leigh--those amazing eyes...
Her role as Scarlett will always remain my favorite, even though she was incredible as Blanche with Brando. What a match...
A truly sad story...to think what other roles she could have played both on the screen and off.
LOVED this...thank you!
Have a wonderful week!
Lisa
Thank you, sweet friend, for visiting me today..
ReplyDeleteYou have reminded me of Notting Hill..I must rent it again, it's been years!
Hugs to you,
- Irina ;)
My dear Di, what a great post. My favourite line from 'Gone with the wind' movie was a line delivered by Clark Gable/Rhett Butler to Scarlett: 'No, I don't think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.'
ReplyDeletePS. My dear, Just to let you know that I have moved to a new web address - http://asuperdilettante.blogspot.com/
What a beautiful person Vivien was! Nice tribute!
ReplyDeleteJust found you, love the look of your blog!
Take care.
Cheryl
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incredible post.
ReplyDeletei adore the pic with larry.
xxx
A very beautiful woman, not like today's characterless pretties.
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed the quotes, expecially the one about Larry.
ReplyDeleteI love Vivien.
ReplyDeleteI loved Vivien Leigh she was right to play Scarlett, she gave that part her all
ReplyDeleteeverytime I want velvet drapes I think of her making her ball gown out of her velvet drapes in that southern mansion she lived in , In GOne With The Wind
Oh! I so hoped I'd grow up and look like Vivian Leigh! It didn't happen ;-). Lovely post.
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