Born Vivian Mary Hartley, the future Hollywood actress took her first role at the age of three, reciting Little Bo Peep in her mothers amateur theatre group, according to Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh by Alexander Walker. During the time she was in a production of South Sea Bubble, Leigh learned that she was pregnant once again and withdrew from the play as a result. It seemed to be Oliviers letters that kept Leigh going, and her performance in Gone with the Wind ultimately brought her much success and fame on the silver screen. Never to me But to yourself and because of that to others. At the age of six, Vivian was sent by her mother from Loreto Convent, Darjeeling, to the Convent of the Sacred Heart (now Woldingham School) then situated in Roehampton, south-west London. Suzanne Farrington, who has died aged 81, was the only child of. Leigh befriended Clark Gable, his wife Carole Lombard and Olivia de Havilland, but she clashed with Leslie Howard, with whom she was required to play several emotional scenes. " He was also critical of her reinterpretation of Lady Macbeth in 1955, saying that her performance was insubstantial and lacked the necessary fury demanded of the role.
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