She earned a reputation for being difficult to work with and for much of her adult life, she had bipolar disorder, as well as recurrent bouts of chronic tuberculosis, which was first diagnosed in the mid-1940s and ultimately killed her at the age of 53. [31] Olivier had seen Leigh in The Mask of Virtue earlier in May and congratulated her on her performance. Mais ce succès est contrecarré par la mort de son père et son divorce avec Tony Curtis. Thomas, Bob quoting Olivia de Havilland. [142] Leigh was also portrayed by Katie McGuinness in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood (2020). Élève surdouée sautant des classes, vivant dans des appartements, et déménageant fréquemment, elle arrête l'école à l'âge de quinze ans, pour étudier la musique et rentrer finalement à l'université du Pacifique où elle fait de la psychologie. Vivien Leigh was a British actress who achieved film immortality by playing two of American literature's most celebrated Southern belles, Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois. En 1947, l'actrice Norma Shearer se rend dans une station de ski dans la région de Truckee avec son époux Marty Arouge pour passer ses vacances[2]. [81], When the West End production of Streetcar opened in October 1949, J. Le 7 août 1946, Jeannette Morrisson se rend au studio pour passer un essai qui enchante les responsables du studio. [116][Note 7], Her death was publicly announced on 8 July, and the lights of every theatre in central London were extinguished for an hour. Elle retournera à plusieurs reprises sur les plateaux de tournage de Psychose 2 (1983) et de Psychose 3 (1986) accompagnée d'Anthony Perkins. 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Elle tourne également avec et sous la direction de Jack Webb un film méconnu : Pete Kelly's Blues, dans lequel on entend également chanter Peggy Lee et Ella Fitzgerald. [94], In January 1953, Leigh travelled to Ceylon to film Elephant Walk with Peter Finch. She was the only child of Ernest Richard Hartley, a British broker, and his wife, Gertrude Mary Frances (née Yackjee; she also used her mother's maiden name of Robinson). He dares too confidently ... but she hardly dares at all and is terrified of overreaching her technique and doing anything that she has not killed the spontaneity of by overpractice. Not for anyone's ear but your own: it's narrowed down to Paulette Goddard, Jean Arthur, Joan Bennett and Vivien Leigh". In 1985, a portrait of her was included in a series of United Kingdom postage stamps, along with Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Charlie Chaplin, Peter Sellers and David Niven to commemorate "British Film Year". Le mariage est annulé le 28 décembre de la même année[3]. [29] I find it so stupid. "[110] Leigh's performance was tinged by paranoia and resulted in outbursts that marred her relationship with other actors, although both Simone Signoret and Lee Marvin were sympathetic and understanding. Her funeral was attended by the luminaries of British stage and screen. New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards, Online Film & Television Association Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Later in life, she performed as a character actress in a few films. [6] Gertrude's parents, who lived in India, were Michael John Yackjee (born 1840), an Anglo-Indian man of independent means, and Mary Teresa Robinson (born 1856), who was born to an Irish family killed during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and grew up in an orphanage, where she met Yackjee; they married in 1872 and had five children, of whom Gertrude was the youngest. After their return to London, her former husband, Leigh Holman, who could still exert a strong influence on her, stayed with the Oliviers and helped calm her. After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progressed to the role of heroine in Fire Over England (1937). Elle commence avec James Stewart, avec qui elle joue dans L'Appât en 1953 sous la direction d'Anthony Mann. [123] The ceremony was conducted as a memorial service, with selections from her films shown and tributes provided by such associates as George Cukor, who screened the tests that Leigh had made for Gone with the Wind, the first time the screen tests had been seen in 30 years. [18][Note 1], Leigh's friends suggested she take a small role as a schoolgirl in the film Things Are Looking Up, which was her film debut, albeit uncredited as an extra. Leigh herself had mixed feelings about her association with the character; in later years, she said that playing Blanche DuBois "tipped me over into madness". ", "Salacious secrets lay behind the glamorous life of Gone With the Wind star Vivien Leigh. L'actrice tourne alors avec les plus grands acteurs hollywoodiens sous la direction de fameux réalisateurs. It was the first time Olivier witnessed such behaviour from her. She had been attempting to walk to the bathroom and, as her lungs filled with liquid, she collapsed and suffocated. In 1959, when she achieved a success with the Noël Coward comedy Look After Lulu!, a critic working for The Times described her as "beautiful, delectably cool and matter of fact, she is mistress of every situation". [72], With her doctor's approval, Leigh was well enough to resume acting in 1946, starring in a successful London production of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth; but her films of this period, Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) and Anna Karenina (1948), were not great commercial successes. Ils ont deux filles ensemble : Kelly Curtis et Jamie Lee Curtis. [135] After her death, however, Tynan revised his opinion, describing his earlier criticism as "one of the worst errors of judgment" he had ever made. La vie de Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) Vie : La célébrité . 1 1 1. Olivier played the lead in Richard III and also performed with Leigh in The School for Scandal and The Skin of Our Teeth. [1] Although her career had periods of inactivity, in 1999 the American Film Institute ranked Leigh as the 16th greatest female movie star of classic Hollywood cinema. "[51], Gone with the Wind brought Leigh immediate attention and fame, but she was quoted as saying, "I'm not a film star—I'm an actress. Cukor was dismissed and replaced by Victor Fleming, with whom Leigh frequently quarrelled. She made a request through her American agent Myron Selznick, who conveniently happened to be David’s brother, that she be considered for the part. The tour was an outstanding success and, although Leigh was plagued with insomnia and allowed her understudy to replace her for a week while she was ill, she generally withstood the demands placed upon her, with Olivier noting her ability to "charm the press". [46], Filming proved difficult for Leigh. Actresses go on for a long time and there are always marvellous parts to play. Le 8 juillet, la mort de Vivien Leigh est annoncée, et chaque théâtre du West End de Londres éteint ses lumières pendant une heure en son honneur. Great beauties are infrequently great actresses—simply because they don't need to be. Entre-temps, elle jouera dans un épisode de Columbo, Forgotten Lady (1975), où elle interprète une actrice qui fait son retour et qui perd la mémoire - un des plus beaux face à face avec le célèbre lieutenant, où elle rivalise avec d'autres partenaires brillantes de Peter Falk comme Anne Baxter ou Faye Dunaway. In December 1939, film critic Frank Nugent wrote in The New York Times, "Miss Leigh's Scarlett has vindicated the absurd talent quest that indirectly turned her up. She and Olivia de Havilland secretly met with Cukor at night and on weekends for his advice about how they should play their parts. [115] Merivale first contacted her family and later was able to reach Olivier, who was receiving treatment for prostate cancer in a nearby hospital. [Note 4] Her irreverent and often bawdy sense of humour allowed her to establish a rapport with Marlon Brando, but she had an initial difficulty in working with director Elia Kazan, who was displeased with the direction that Olivier had taken in shaping the character of Blanche. "[67], The Oliviers returned to Britain in March 1943,[68] and Leigh toured through North Africa that same year as part of a revue for the armed forces stationed in the region. Après avoir eu pour partenaire le chanteur Frank Sinatra pour le thriller Un crime dans la tête, et joué une nouvelle fois sous la direction de George Sidney dans le musical Bye Bye Birdie, elle retrouve Jerry Lewis pour Trois sur un sofa et tourne avec Paul Newman et Lauren Bacall dans le film noir nostalgique Détective privé, qui peut être considéré comme son dernier grand rôle au cinéma. [9] Gertrude Hartley tried to instill an appreciation of literature in her daughter and introduced her to the works of Hans Christian Andersen, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, as well as stories of Greek mythology and Indian folklore. Janet Leigh (Merced, California; 6 de julio de 1927 - Beverly Hills; 3 de octubre de 2004) fue una actriz estadounidense de cine, especialmente recordada por su papel en la película Psicosis, de Alfred Hitchcock, por la cual fue nominada al premio Óscar y ganó un Globo de Oro.. Su verdadero nombre era Jeanette Helen Morrison. Leigh was filming Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) when she discovered she was pregnant, then had a miscarriage. Esmond was granted custody of Tarquin, her son with Olivier. [8] At the age of three, young Vivian made her first stage appearance for her mother's amateur theatre group, reciting "Little Bo Peep". [28], In 1960, Leigh recalled her ambivalence towards her first experience of critical acclaim and sudden fame, commenting, "that some critics saw fit to be as foolish as to say that I was a great actress. [35] Olivier later recalled an incident when her mood rapidly changed as she was preparing to go onstage. Vivian Mary Hartley, dite Vivien Leigh, née le 5 novembre 1913 à Darjeeling (Inde) et morte le 8 juillet 1967 à Londres, est une actrice britannique. Hate, hate, and never want to do another film again! [90], In 1951, Leigh and Laurence Olivier performed two plays about Cleopatra, William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, alternating the play each night and winning good reviews. [73] In 1947, Olivier was knighted and Leigh accompanied him to Buckingham Palace for the investiture. During her 30-year career, she played roles ranging from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth. [17] On 12 October 1933 in London, she gave birth to a daughter, Suzanne, later Mrs. Robin Farrington. [53], In February 1940, Jill Esmond agreed to divorce Laurence Olivier, and Leigh Holman agreed to divorce Vivien, although they maintained a strong friendship for the rest of Leigh's life. [136], In 1969, a plaque to Leigh was placed in the Actors' Church, St Paul's, Covent Garden, London. En 1958, elle retrouve les chemins des studios et se fait diriger par Orson Welles dans La Soif du mal avec Charlton Heston, où son personnage se fait violer. Le film est un véritable triomphe. In the autumn of 1935 and at Leigh's insistence, John Buckmaster introduced her to Laurence Olivier at the Savoy Grill, where he and his first wife Jill Esmond dined regularly after his performance in Romeo and Juliet. [92] The reviews there were also mostly positive, but film critic Kenneth Tynan angered them when he suggested that Leigh's was a mediocre talent that forced Olivier to compromise his own. [93] Tynan's diatribe almost precipitated another collapse; Leigh, terrified of failure and intent on achieving greatness, dwelt on his comments and ignored the positive reviews of other critics. [140], Leigh was portrayed by American actress Morgan Brittany in The Day of the Locust (1975), Gable and Lombard (1976) and The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980). She reportedly turned down a studio contract worth $5,000 a week in order to volunteer as part of the war effort. [7] Porén, a Johnson non lle gustaba o nome e finalmente foi cambiado definitivamente a "Janet Leigh" (pronunciado como "Lee"). https://www.decades.com/lists/8-wild-facts-about-psycho-star- [55], Selznick observed that she had shown no enthusiasm for the part until Olivier had been confirmed as the lead actor, so he cast Joan Fontaine. The New York press publicised the adulterous nature of the beginning of Olivier and Leigh's relationship and questioned their ethics in not returning to the UK to help with the war effort. Olivier later came to recognise the symptoms of an impending episode—several days of hyperactivity followed by a period of depression and an explosive breakdown, after which Leigh would have no memory of the event, but would be acutely embarrassed and remorseful. [54] Leigh had made a screen test and hoped to co-star with Olivier in Rebecca, which was to be directed by Alfred Hitchcock with Olivier in the leading role. En 1951, après deux divorces, elle se marie une troisième fois, avec le comédien Tony Curtis. • 1947 : L'Heure du pardon (The Romance of Rosy Ridge) de Roy Rowland : Lissy Anne MacBean de Victor Saville : Effie Bright As a result of this episode, many of the Oliviers' friends learned of her problems. Ce n'est que huit ans après qu'elle tournera à nouveau dans un film pour le cinéma, Halloween, 20 ans après (Halloween H20: 20 Years Later) dans lequel elle se retrouve une seconde fois aux côtés de sa fille Jamie. [Note 8] In a survey of theatre critics conducted shortly after Leigh's death, several named her performance as Lady Macbeth as one of her greatest achievements in theatre. Vivien was different; ambitious, persevering, serious, often inspired. At the time, the public strongly identified Leigh with her second husband, Laurence Olivier, who was her spouse from 1940 to 1960. For stage names, Gliddon proposed "Susan" then "Suzanne Hartley" and "Mary Hartley", before the more outlandish "April Morn" and "April Maugham". "[30], Her early performances brought her immediate success in Britain, but she remained largely unknown in other parts of the world until the release of Gone with the Wind. [6] Ernest and Gertrude Hartley were married in 1912 in Kensington, London. Holman was granted custody of their child after their divorce. "[87] Olivier accompanied her to Hollywood where he was to co-star with Jennifer Jones in William Wyler's Carrie (1952). [116] In his autobiography, Olivier described his "grievous anguish" as he immediately travelled to Leigh's residence, to find that Merivale had moved her body onto the bed. [105] In his autobiography, Olivier discussed the years of strain they had experienced because of Leigh's illness: "Throughout her possession by that uncannily evil monster, manic depression, with its deadly ever-tightening spirals, she retained her own individual canniness—an ability to disguise her true mental condition from almost all except me, for whom she could hardly be expected to take the trouble. À l'aise dans tous les registres, elle passe à la comédie avec C'est pas une vie, Jerry (avec Jerry Lewis et Dean Martin) avant de retrouver Tony Curtis pour le film d'aventure, Le Chevalier du roi. [97] Leigh's romantic relationship with Finch began in 1948, and waxed and waned for several years, ultimately flickering out as her mental condition deteriorated. Elle ne tournera que le film fantastique Fog (1980) au cours de la décennie des années 1980. And it took me years to learn enough to live up to what they said for those first notices. She also won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of Tovarich (1963). Holman was granted custody of Suzanne, his daughter with Leigh. On 31 August 1940, Olivier and Leigh were married at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, in a ceremony attended only by their hosts, Ronald and Benita Colman and witnesses, Katharine Hepburn and Garson Kanin. She secured the role of Scarlett soon after. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for her definitive performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949. Elle est l'une des ambassadrices des Share Inc, une œuvre caritative de Hollywood pour les handicapés mentaux. During production, she developed a reputation for being difficult and unreasonable, partly because she disliked her secondary role but mainly because her petulant antics seemed to be paying dividends. Elle apparaît pour la première fois au cinéma en 1976 sous la direction de son beau-père, le réalisateur Reza Badiyi, dans Tod eines Fremden, puis elle fait plusieurs apparitions dans des séries télévisées ou téléfilms comme Baretta ou The Young Runaways, épisode de la série Le Monde merveilleux de Disney. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. [64], The Oliviers filmed That Hamilton Woman (1941) with Olivier as Horatio Nelson and Leigh as Emma Hamilton. Elle s'engage beaucoup pour des causes humanitaires. [99] They played to capacity houses and attracted generally good reviews, Leigh's health seemingly stable. Olivier dismissed it as jealousy; Leigh, however, was adversely affected by his comments. En 1948, les rôles mineurs se multiplient, comme dans Le Maître de Lassie de Fred M. Wilcox, mais elle se fait remarquer dans le musical (Ma vie est une chanson de Norman Taurog) et figure dans Acte de violence du prestigieux Fred Zinnemann. [121] A memorial service was held at St Martin-in-the-Fields, with a final tribute read by John Gielgud. [33] At the time, Myron Selznick—David's brother and Leigh's American theatrical agent—was the London representative of the Myron Selznick Agency. Subsequently, she made her way to the stage in borrowed pumps, and in seconds, had "dried her tears and smiled brightly onstage". [103], In 1958, considering her marriage to be over, Leigh began a relationship with actor Jack Merivale, who knew of Leigh's medical condition and assured Olivier that he would care for her. Without apparent provocation, she began screaming at him before suddenly becoming silent and staring into space. [96] Over a period of several months, she gradually recovered. Despite her fame as a screen actress, Leigh was primarily a stage performer. [80] The play contained a rape scene and references to promiscuity and homosexuality, and was destined to be controversial; the media discussion about its suitability added to Leigh's anxiety. [76] The most dramatic altercation occurred in Christchurch, New Zealand, when her shoes were not found and Leigh refused to go onstage without them. [56] Waterloo Bridge (1940) was to have starred Olivier and Leigh; however, Selznick replaced Olivier with Robert Taylor, then at the peak of his success as one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's most popular male stars. "[44] The following day, Leigh read a scene for Selznick, who organized a screen test with director George Cukor and wrote to his wife, "She's the Scarlett dark horse and looks damn good. Cette actrice exceptionnelle a … [10] 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, southwest London. Pour ce film culte racontant l’histoire d’amour entre le personnage de "[30], Director George Cukor described Leigh as a "consummate actress, hampered by beauty",[125] and Laurence Olivier said that critics should "give her credit for being an actress and not go on forever letting their judgments be distorted by her great beauty.