Vivien Leigh: A Biography
Book Details
Author(s)Anne Edwards
PublisherTaylor Trade Publishing
ISBN / ASIN158979785X
ISBN-139781589797857
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank348,649
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This is the story of the actress who became a Hollywood legend by winning the coveted role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind, and whose circle included both theatrical and political celebrities, from Winston Churchill to Noel Coward, John Gielgud, and Marlon Brando. But behind the dazzling exterior lay the sinister shadow of another Vivien Leigh—a shadow which pursued her throughout her aristocratic upbringing, her frustrating first marriage, her tempestuous romance with Laurence Olivier, and her meteoric rise to stardom. As The New York Times wrote of the hardcover edition, “To read her story is to be inspired with pity and terror.â€










