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Birthday:1913-11-5

Deathday: 1967-7-7

Place of birth: England

Occupation: actor

Nationality: UK

Region: Born in Darjeeling, India.

Country: UK

Religion: None

Biography:

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If Vivien Leigh's life is made into a movie, I believe it will be a touching movie. The movie should start like this: On the eve of World War I, the little princess Vivien Leigh was born in the royal family of a British colony in the northeastern Indian Gulf ... Vivien Leigh spent the first six years of her life in this beautiful country.

Vivien Leigh's father, Ernie Harry, is an American doing business in India. He is also a talented amateur playwright. My mother, Gertrude Yeko, is a French-Irish hybrid with a fragile appearance. My parents got married in 19 1 1 and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Vivien Leigh, in Darjeeling two years later. Before Vivien Leigh was one year old, World War I broke out. Harry joined the Indian cavalry and was transferred to Kamandu two years later. There is an amateur troupe organized by British wives, which often performs some monologues and pantomime. Vivien Leigh, who was only three years old, dressed up as a shepherdess and went on stage to recite poems. Quot "Birds" reflects her innate talent for acting. Harry likes flowers and plants, and Gertrude's married life is not happy, so he turns to religion for comfort. At the insistence of her mother, Vivian Li Qing was sent back to the Sisters of the Sacred Heart Hospital in England when she was only seven years old. Since then, she has been far away from India, which is full of golden sunshine and colorful childhood.

Because the dormitory in the monastery was cold and pale, Vivien Leigh felt quite lonely, but at that time she was determined to be a great actress when she grew up, so she took the music and drama training in the monastery seriously and became the only student in the school who chose ballet in deep activities. In a blink of an eye, Vivien Leigh is thirteen years old. She looks like a beautiful, intelligent and enterprising girl. She bid farewell to the monastery, took her father's arm and traveled all over Europe in four years. At this time, she was widely exposed to French, German and Italian, and became a happy girl welcomed by boys. School life is just an ornament of Vivien Leigh's girlhood.

193 1 Easter, 17-year-old Vivien Leigh first read the controversial novel Sons and Lovers published by British writers D, H and Lawrence Pu. Her bold sexual description stirred her young and active heart. Marilyn Tao Wendao, a former good friend in Sisters of the Sacred Heart, has now become a Hollywood actress, which has aroused Vivien Leigh's ambition and made it clear to her parents that she wants to learn to be an actress. Harry was overjoyed when he heard the news and immediately registered his daughter at the Royal Theatre Academy in London. At this time, there are still three months before the start of the next semester in May. While waiting for admission, Vivien Leigh met Herb Lee Herman, a 3 1 year-old lawyer. This man looks like Vivien Leigh's movie idol Li Silian Howard (who will play Wei Xili in Gone with the Wind in the future, and happens to be Scarlett's secret crush). He is mature and charming, and soon makes Vivien Leigh fall in love. 1932 65438+On February 20th, they finally got married in a Catholic church in Spain. For this marriage, Vivien Leigh gave up his studies at the Royal Theatre Academy. Soon after, under the introduction of Herman's friend, Vivien Leigh got the chance to play a lady in Shakespeare's plays. This unforgettable experience once again aroused Vivien Leigh's desire to become a great actress, so she got her husband's consent and returned to the Royal Academy of Drama to study various acting courses diligently. But it wasn't long before Vivien Leigh got pregnant. After giving birth to her daughter Susan Herman, she was too lazy to go back to school. On the contrary, she is keen on social life and keeps attending various banquets. In Vivien Leigh's social circle, many girls go to be models or play small roles in movies. Vivien Leigh finally waited for this opportunity and made her debut in a British film called Better. Play an innocent girl. In order to seize this acting opportunity, Vivien Leigh gave up the opportunity to travel to Europe with Herman and flew back to London to work alone.

What really changed Vivien Leigh's performance fate was that she was appreciated by Sir Alexander Korda Company and signed a five-year basic actress contract with her. At that time, Kodak became the movie mogul of England for making the Miyako film The Private Life of Henry VIII. Vivien Leigh knew his influence, so she went there specially, and finally achieved her wish to join Kodak. But at first Kodak only allowed Vivien Leigh to play some roles in films such as Country Chicken and Gentleman's Agreement, because he thought she lacked a distinctive style and it was difficult for her to stand out among many new actors. It was not until she played a young woman over her age, Guista, in the stage play Green Window that Vivien Leigh was first noticed by drama critics and praised her performance. Vivien Leigh was ecstatic about it. At the same time, Vivien Leigh met Lawrence Oliver, a famous young actor at that time, under the introduction of friends, which changed her later life. Oliver has a husband and a wife, and his wife is the famous actor Jill Esnon. Both of them are recognized as perfect girls in London plays, so he didn't take Vivien Leigh to heart at first. It was not until Vivien Leigh became famous with the film "The Mask of Morality" and personally went to the stage of the theater to congratulate Oliver Shakespeare on the success of Romeo and Juliet that Oliver suddenly discovered that Vivien Leigh was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. When they co-starred in the film Fire in England, they finally hit it off and couldn't lose each other.

From 65438 to 0938, Vivien Leigh went to the United States to visit her husband Lawrence Oliver, who was filming Wuthering Heights. There, Vivien Leigh was lucky enough to meet the Selznick brothers, who happened to shoot the burnt-out city of Atlanta in the movie Gone with the Wind. However, Scarlett O 'Hara's role in the film has not been determined, and Vivien Leigh was invited to audition. At that time, several big-name actors were candidates for this role, such as Norma Silas, katharine hepburn and paulette Goddard. In fact, public opinion thought that Mrs. Goddard was the best candidate for this role. However, four days later, Vivien Leigh was told that she had won her dream role and the others were eliminated. The film Gone with the Wind later became the most memorable film in film history, and won the Oscar for Best Film, and Vivien Leigh also won the Oscar for Best Actress. When she received the prize, her name was Mrs Lawrence's.

1940, Vivien Leigh made another American film, Broken Blue Bridge, which was very familiar to the audience in China, but it was not very successful in the United States at that time. However, Vivien Leigh herself likes it very much, especially the interlude in the film. She had hoped to play this song at her own funeral. After that, the couple returned to London and performed their favorite stage play together. 195 1 year, Vivien Leigh starred in her second Oscar-winning film A Streetcar Named Desire. The film started shooting on August 14, and Warner Bros. paid Vivien Leigh100000 dollars as her reward for three months' work. In order to be true, Vivien Leigh deliberately made himself look old in the movie. Cover up her still beautiful face with heavy makeup, wig and strong light. 195 1 autumn, the audience was surprised to see a completely different role, and it was almost impossible to confirm that this was the actor who played Scarlett well ten years ago. This film 195 1 year still caused a sensation, perhaps Vivien Leigh's most successful work. It won her the Oscar for Best Actress again, and the heroine in the film finally had a nervous breakdown. Perhaps it was too much participation, intense work and her fragile nerves, and Vivian soon contracted the same disease. Wen Fei was sent to a mental hospital for treatment. Although she and Lawrence were once recognized as the happiest and most suitable couple, Lawrence couldn't stand his hysterical wife, and they formally divorced on 1960. Her illness tortured her until her death in 1967. Her last famous film was Madame Si Tong's Roman Spring, starring the enthusiastic actress Warren Betty on the screen, and she left alone. Vivien Leigh has a pair of shrewd big eyes, a delicate face and a slim waist. When Selzny first met Vivien on 1938, she was deeply moved by her appearance. It is said that Churchill once saw Vivian at a party, and his people said to him, "You can meet her." But Churchill said, "No, I want to enjoy God's masterpiece from a distance." Despite suffering from illness, Wen Fei's amazing beauty passed away soon, but what she will always remain in the audience's mind is her immortal image in Gone with the Wind.

Vivien Leigh last appeared on the screen in the movie Ship of Fools, but she only played a small role in this movie. Vivien Leigh died of sudden tuberculosis on July 7th, 0967 at the age of 53.

all one's life

A beautiful and strong woman, her outstanding and wonderful performance in Gone with the Wind, a film adapted from Gone with the Wind, made her stand out from the crowd and laid her prominent position in the film industry in the future. Later, Broken Blue Bridge and A Streetcar Named Desire were immortal movies.

Vivien Leigh's life is legendary, and her birthplace is different. This is a small town in India with a view of the Himalayas. After the outbreak of World War I, Vivien Leigh's family returned to England, and her parents sent her to a strict religious school when she was 6 years old. Among the students is Maureen O'Sullivan (mia farrow's mother), who has also become an actress.

From 65438 to 0935, Vivien Leigh appeared on the screen for the first time (things are getting better), and she often participated in drama performances. In several performances on the same stage, she fell in love with laurence olivier, the star of Shakespeare at that time. Later, the two divorced their original spouses respectively and got married on 1940.

105, Vivien Leigh was born in the home of an Indian-born British stockbroker. Her father is a drama fan: Vivien Leigh played a shepherdess at the age of 3, grew up to be a beautiful girl at the age of 7, and attended boarding school at the Sacred Heart Abbey near London, England. Vivien Leigh studied piano, violin and other musical instruments here, and dreamed of becoming a great actor.

In May, Vivien Leigh entered the Royal Academy of Drama in London. At a school dance, she met holman, a young jurist and lawyer. They fell in love at first sight. 1932 On February 20th, 19-year-old Vivien Leigh got married. Soon after, she had a child. After a period of modeling, Vivien Leigh finally got a chance. 1934 She played one of a group of girls in the movie Prosperity. Later, by chance, she met a film agent and began to play roles in films such as Squire and Smile, and made frequent appearances on the stage of drama. She fell madly in love with laurence olivier, the prince of English drama at that time, when she was performing the drama The Grant of Green. 1937, they cooperated for the first time and played a pair of lovers in the film "The Fire in England".

Later, Oliver went to the United States to shoot Wuthering Heights, and Vivien Leigh competed to play Scarlett in Gone with the Wind. She traveled across the ocean to Hollywood and was taken away by the producer. A few days later, she signed a seven-year contract and decided to pay as much as $30,000 for her role as Hao Sijia.

Vivien Leigh was a great success in Gone with the Wind and won the Oscar for Best Actress that year. Later, Vivien Leigh starred in another Hollywood classic, Broken Blue Bridge. She vividly shows the happiness of the characters when they first fall in love, the sadness when they break up and the despair after losing their lover.

Vivien Leigh appeared in no more than 20 films in her life, but she stood out in the world film history with several immortal artistic images. She has become an eternal idol in the hearts of fans all over the world. Her natural beauty, her unusual vividness and her hysteria have all become memories in people's hearts.

1940 On August 28th, after three years of long-distance love, Vivien Leigh and Oliver finally got married after divorce. The next year, they returned to war-torn England together. During this period, Vivien Leigh's health became worse and worse, showing signs of schizophrenia. However, she is still unwilling to leave the screen and stage. 1950, Vivien Leigh returned to Hollywood after nine years' absence and played the fallen woman Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire. With meticulous creative attitude, she cooperated with the famous actor Marlon Brando to make the film a success again, and she herself won the honor of Best Actress in the Academy Award again.

Subsequently, Vivien Leigh's mental illness became more and more serious. She was taken to the hospital while filming the movie Elephant Walk in India. Elizabeth Taylor played her part in The Heroine. At the same time, the relationship between Vivien Leigh and Oliver gradually broke down. 196065438+February, Vivien Leigh divorced again, and her physical and mental health went from bad to worse.

1965, Vivien Leigh starred in the last film of her life, Boat of Fools. 1September 8, 967, Vivien Leigh was exhausted and fell alone at the door of the bedroom. 55-year-old life is over here. In the evening, all theaters in London turned off the stage footlights for one minute, and the actors and audience mourned the talented performing artist together.

Although Vivien Leigh's beauty is unfortunate, her screen image has become an immortal film classic.

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor must be the most striking figure in American film history. Her beauty, her movies and her husband ... have been the target of media pursuit for more than half a century. She seems to be a condensed Hollywood sample: art, beauty, money, love and failed marriage.

Liz was destined to be a star when she was born. Her mother, who used to be an actress, raised her from an early age. 1942, 10 She signed a contract with Universal Pictures. /kloc-when he was 0/2 years old, he starred in the TV series Lacey, a famous dog. /kloc-Liz, 0/6 years old, took a group of stunning and sexy photos and got rid of the image of a girl. 19 starred in "sunny place", and her beautiful image was deeply rooted in people's hearts and she started her career as a big star. Taylor co-starred with james deen, Giant, montgomery clift, Sunny Land and Rain Tree County, and paul newman co-starred in The Woman on the Hot Tin Roof, and won the 33rd and 38th Oscars respectively for Diefield VIII and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. But Taylor's most famous movie is Cleopatra, which is called the worst movie in history.

Besides acting, Taylor seems to have been doing one thing all his life-pursuing love. This plump woman is full of primitive lust. She falls in love easily and fascinates men. However, she seldom finds a suitable lover. Her long list of names-Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Warner-means a series of broken marriages. Her marriage and divorce became the focus of newspaper gossip; Taylor, who took away her husband, was condemned by the public; Todd's death in the air crash made the widow Taylor get unanimous sympathy. Although breaking up two families and getting married is called "scandal", this marriage is the most unforgettable love of Tai. They were the most outstanding screen lovers of that era, and co-starred in 1 1 movies, such as The Taming of the Shrew and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, both of which reached the peak of their careers. But they are too similar, the competition in their careers and the contradiction in their personalities make it difficult to bridge the differences. The last film they collaborated on was Divorce. The quarrelling and separated marriage ended in divorce.

For decades, people watched Elizabeth Taylor suffer from illness, injury and heartbreak, watched how many marriages and divorces she experienced, and watched her box office appeal plummet. However, every time this star seems to fall, it magically rises. In her later years, she finally gained people's respect, because for a long time, no star brought great pleasure to the public like her with superhuman beauty, superb acting, extraordinary experience and exuberant vitality.

The most Hollywood woman in Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor has always been regarded as the most Hollywood figure in American film history: growing up as a child star, she is as beautiful as a flower. She can be pure or enchanting. Her charm and acting won her three Oscars, and her indulgence made her look fat and old. Her beauty, her movies and her husband ... have made her the target of media pursuit for more than half a century. She seems to be a concentrated Hollywood sample: art, beauty, money, love and doomed marriage.

The ugly duckling's big dream

There are several extremely important people in Elizabeth Taylor's life, and her mother Sarah Taylor is undoubtedly the first one. We can even say that without Sarah Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor is just an ordinary person.

Although the Taylor couple didn't have enough money to send their children to private schools, Sarah Taylor insisted that ginter take dance lessons with the daughters of the film factory owner. Sarah Taylor got Taylor an audition for MGM Film Company through the parents of a classmate in the dance class. And an old customer of Francis Taylor Art Museum invited her to audition at Universal Studios. Sarah Taylor was convinced that this was due to her years of devout faith, so she told her excited eight-year-old daughter that if God wanted her to be an actress, she would definitely become an actress. "Whether in the past or in the future, God is kind, and his love will always meet everyone's needs."

Sarah Taylor dressed up little Taylor in order to audition for a film company. She couldn't afford expensive stockings, so she put a layer of sunscreen on her legs and drew a black ridge with an eyebrow pencil. Before going to MGM Film Company, Sarah Taylor asked her daughter to sit quietly with a Christian prayer book, praying for the blessing of Christ and realizing her dream.

MGM and Universal are very willing to accept Taylor as a beautiful little girl. After signing a contract with MGM Film Company, Sarah Taylor tied Taylor's thick black hair with a piece of cloth every night to keep her beautiful curly hair from deforming. She always leads her daughter to learn those performance-related subjects, such as singing, dancing, makeup and so on. In the morning, she always wants her daughter to learn how to set foot on the target on the floor without eyes and how to perform under the central aura. Sarah Taylor took great pains to do this. Sarah Taylor always thinks that her daughter Taylor is blessed by her devout faith, so even in the studio, she finds free time to read the Bible in Gentelle.

Sarah Taylor's painstaking efforts were not in vain, and Elizabeth Taylor became popular from then on.

The most beautiful woman in the world

Unconsciously, the lovely little girl Taylor grew up, and her colleagues found that her shyness as a child was slowly disappearing. She began to notice her body, beauty and extraordinary wisdom. ...

Sarah Taylor became irritable because of many problems in her marriage. One day, she even quarreled with her daughter at MGM Film Company. She scolded Taylor for her poor acting skills. Taylor, then a child, wrote a note apologizing to his mother like an adult: "I'm sorry, after repeated thinking, I think what I want to do in my life is to make movies, and I can't live without it." If you don't let me do it, it's like cutting off the root of a tree. I will soon wither and become a lifeless waste. "

Sarah Taylor has no objection to her daughter learning to dress up as an adult. On the contrary, she hopes Taylor will step into the ranks of mature women as soon as possible. When Sarah Taylor 13 went to Washington to launch a fund-raising activity with Mrs Truman at the White House, Taylor wore a black velvet skirt, a white leather coat and a pair of seamless nylon stockings. She Gentelle looks as frivolous as Joan Crawford.

Once, in a restaurant, the photographer of the magazine invited Taylor to take a swimsuit photo. After consulting with her mother, she wore a thin white bathing suit and posed in various poses for photographers to take thousands of photos. The photographer told Taylor, "Your angle is good. I think you are the most beautiful woman I have ever photographed. " When the writer J·P· Salinger first met Taylor, she was also fascinated by her beauty: "She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen."

Sarah Taylor was very happy when she heard that her daughter was praised as "the most beautiful woman in the world". She told her good friend Haida Huo Po that she was a columnist in Hollywood. As a result, Taylor was soon declared the most beautiful woman in the world. She is like a pink rose in a greenhouse, blooming quietly.

Practice kissing with a pillow

In order to promote the beautiful female singer jane powell, MGM Film Company decided to make full use of this quietly blooming flower in the greenhouse, and they let Taylor, who is delicate and charming, participate in the filming of Judy's Date. Taylor plays a spoiled beautiful lady in this film. The film Gentelle has jumped from a child star to a big star, and her charm is increasing with the film in her life. The Tribune of The New York Herald believes that Taylor is no longer the little girl in National Velvet. She has grown into a "real 100% beauty, and her future is limitless."

Taylor, a teenager, has started having sex. She suddenly became interested in jewelry and love, which can only be understood through movies and magazines and her own understanding in filming. She once told a friend that after Cynthia's first kiss, she would practice kissing with a pillow every night. In order to increase his charm, Taylor kept practicing facial expressions. She often sits in front of the mirror for hours, constantly changing various postures and expressions. When she took a photo in a tight sweater, she asked the photographer, "What kind of expression do you need now-is it an expression that shows that I am waiting for someone to have sex?" This surprised the photographer.

The myth of Lang's "wealth" female image

1949 In the autumn, during filming "Where the sun shines", nicky hilton was introduced to meet Taylor at Paramount Film Company, and they fell in love at first sight and started a sweet date.

After filming Sunny Place, Taylor told her close friend Montgomery by phone that she was getting married. Montgomery asked Taylor, "Are you sure nicky hilton is the right person for you?" Immersed in the dream of love, Taylor swore that his choice was right.

Nicky's father Conrad has no objection to the future daughter-in-law making movies, even though they have countless money. They are interested in Taylor's ability to make money. Conrad always boasted that Taylor earned 2,000 yuan a week at MGM Film Company and 3,000 yuan every time he spoke on the radio. Of course, he only cares about this-making money. " Conrad's second wife Lisa Garbo said. Conrad believes that Taylor can enhance the reputation of the Hilton family and expand its influence. He and his son Nicky are very supportive of Taylor to continue her film career.

In fact, Nicky has a bad temper, drug addiction and gambling. But he never drinks in front of Taylor, and his politeness and gentleness completely confuse Taylor.

Nicky believed in Catholicism, studied in a seminary, dropped out of school at the age of 19, and later joined the navy. Since then, he began to sleep with many women, but he still insisted on marrying a virgin who believed in Roman Catholicism. He seldom goes to church, but he never considers marrying a woman whose beliefs are different from his own. On Nicky's bedside table, a string of Catholic prayer beads was placed with those pornographic books and medicines. One of his later lovers remembers a cross and a pistol on the bedside table. But by this time Taylor was completely in love, and she insisted that Nicky was her lifelong companion.

Taylor's engagement date is1May 6th, 950. Recalling the preparations for the wedding, Taylor said, "I really like what I have done for the marriage. Every detail of marriage is extremely important to me. We discuss the wedding dress designed for me with helen rose every day, and even discuss the details. "

On May 6th, Taylor and Nicky's fabulous wedding will be held in the "Good Shepherd Church" in Beverly Hills. One week before the wedding, there were as many as 600 people on the invitation list. According to police statistics at that time, on the morning of Taylor's wedding, more than 3,000 fans were waiting to visit the wedding. When the most beautiful bride in the movie kingdom walked to the car, the sound of the flash button resounded through the audience, and people on both sides of the street expressed their love and appreciation with warm applause.

No matter where they go for their honeymoon, there are many people around Taylor asking for photos and autographs, and she always readily agrees. But Nicky was very disgusted and angry about it, and his temperament became surly. I often stay in casinos at night, drinking and gambling, and stay late. Nicky is a huge admirer of Taylor, and she is puzzled by his sudden and inexplicable anger. When someone you love hurts yourself, the pain is irreparable. Even if it can be remedied, it will eventually form a shadow. But Nicky did hurt Tyler deeply. Good things stay indoors while bad things will go far away. Nicky's rudeness and Taylor's hysteria were quickly noticed by some media, and reporters quickly released Taylor and Nicky's seemingly happy but unknown marriage life. Being pestered by the media, Nicky was angry at Taylor's frequent public appearances. He often regrets marrying a movie star's wife, and he hates being called Elizabeth Taylor's husband. It is very reasonable for a movie star to make frequent appearances in public.

After returning from her honeymoon, Taylor began to shoot A Share of Father's Capital, in which she played a pregnant woman. One day in the middle of filming, Taylor fainted in the studio-she was really pregnant. Nicky's uncle is an obstetrician, but when he came to the apartment, Taylor had already had a miscarriage. When she is ill, she really hopes that Nicky can take care of herself and stay with her. But Nicky plans to go deep-sea fishing. He said her stuntman would take care of her. As a husband, Nicky didn't even perform the most basic duties, and Taylor was heartbroken. She kept crying and told Marjory everything that happened during her honeymoon.

One night after they got married for seven months, the war between Taylor and Nicky began again. Nicky swore at her and said that if she didn't want to live a good life, she could go away. Taylor rushed out of their rented house in Palisades and drove to Marjory's home. Marilyn Hilton recalled: "Elizabeth would go outside every time she had an attack. She ran away from home several times when they spent their honeymoon in Europe. Barron once told Nicky that if he didn't pay attention to changing his old habits, he would lose Taylor. But Nicky doesn't care. She will come back. She always does. "

Later, in the Los Angeles Observer, they saw a statement issued by the propaganda department of MGM Film Company, quoting Taylor: "I am sorry to announce that Nicky and I can't make up for the trauma between us and have to break up. We are all very sorry about this decision, but after careful consideration, we think it is impossible to reconcile. "

During this time, young Taylor was completely insane, and at this time, she was also taking part in the filming of Happy Marriage. Her hysteria breaks out every day, even crying loudly in the studio. Although she was in tears, she couldn't get any help from her family. Taylor could no longer bear the pressure from her mother and the Hilton family, and once changed her name to Rebecca? Jones has been admitted to the hospital in Le Valencia. It was this week's hospitalization that outlined an established pattern for her to seek emotional balance in the future. Later, whenever she could not bear great emotional pressure, she often went to the hospital. This can free her from the oppressive environment that torments her and satisfy her desire for care. Although her parents may not be around when she was in hospital, the doctor's care for her was enough to make her grateful.

Taylor asked the Los Angeles court for a divorce on the grounds of extremely cruel mental torture. Nicky hilton did not appear in court, but a lawyer handled the matter on his behalf. He didn't raise any objection to her behavior.

Later, Taylor asked her lawyer to sue the Hilton family for a private property. Later, she got the real estate and all the wedding gifts, as well as Hilton Hotel 100 shares. Taylor spent the next many years brooding over the pain caused by this failed marriage. The mythical wedding between Taylor and Nicky fell through.

From Beauty and Sadness: A Real Elizabeth Taylor. Oriental Publishing House, February 2005, 65438.