Yes! As i watched this interview i was thinking the same thing, she always got roles that were much like her in her real life. Poor Vivien I am sorry that her last years she lived a tragic life. Will always be remembered as scarlett Ohara.
ever notice how in a lot of vivien leigh movies the characters she plays have this frailty interposed with this strength? like a wilted flower/warrior juxtaposition. a streetcar, gwtw, waterloo bridge, the roman spring. and in all those movies, she loses her love. they really seem to mirror her life in that way.
I love Vivien Leigh, and I find it very upsetting to see how illness ruined her life, my favourite film will always be 'That Hamilton Woman' with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.
I just watched Gone with the Wind for the first time a few days ago and I immediately became so fascinated with Vivien. There's something really magnetic about her plus she is just about the most beautiful women I've ever seen in person or on film. Her struggles were so sad but I still find her so captivating.
what filthy people! That bitch scratching her nose---sign of a liar! jealous pigs! How gleefully they drag her through the nud-how does that diminish her work...it doesn't..sickening.....
An actress. I think Queen Elizabeth is even better looking than her, and she is loyal to her partner and be respected by other people too. :) So did Ms. Hillary Cliton also smarter and good repuntation than them.
I wish she was able to helped in all the illnesses she had. Everything could have been so much and people could have remembered her so much longer. One thing I know is for sure, she was a strong and curageous woman and I will always remember her.
I'm amazed by Vivien Leigh. Her ambition is so inspirational. And I wish that we had the medicine we have now back then, so she possibly could have been helped.
Probably the finest actress of the twentieth century, and certainly the most beautiful. Talent like that comes along only once every hundred years or so.
Boy these friends of Vivien's sure like to talk about her sex life, especially that one woman I swear practically every story she told had to do with sex lol. I know the nymphomania was part of her illness but they don't need to go into that much detail especially sense the woman is dead.
@puertoricanmama92 she must have been jealous of vivien or maybe she must have lost her boyfriend to vivien. she sure like to talk about sex a lot maybe she never had some
Its very sad. Its a shame they didn't have the treatment today back then maybe she could have been helped. I dont think it should have been disclosed the episode in the park im sure Vivien wouldn't want people to know stuff that personal.
Remember there are millions of not famous people who aren't famous and have these same mental issues. Don't forget about them. Too bad VL had to have this and she isn't alone. It's a nightmare illness. RIP VL I never knew you had to try so hard, too.
it doesn't matter if olivier was the greatest lover on the planet, her condition was that she would jump any man any where in the park in the street just crazy and that is part of the illness, they need lots of men and who knows maybe women too
larry olivier was homosexual, and although they were leagally married, he really didnt want her sexually.
she was bi polar so she could not cope with this fact and it not only made her incredibly insecure and vulnerable ,he divorced her due to her crazy rages and behaviour.
The "poor Vivien" that you are weeping over willfully abandoned her first husband, proving that she was a selfish, cruel, and wanton individual with few feelings of sympathy for anyone else. That ugly quality is what made her so successful in the roles that she played. She was externally beautiful, and internally cold and cruel, both "beauty and the beast" combined.
"where did she go, she asked the maid, I dont know the maid repiled, she had been to the square and come back all muddy, she had been with someone, its just the thing that you did in those days" What a sucky shitty thing to say about your long dead friend, some friend!
Actually Vivian chose roles that were parallel with her life , in a sense we do get a glimpse at her real life.
She preferred stage and was only in a few movies by choice.
Scarlett- beautiful and the center of everyman's attention.
Always gets what she wants.
Blanche- manic depressant fighting to cope with her illness.
Mrs. Stone and Mary from Ship of Fools- older woman coping with middle age and seeking out a boytoy to make her feel younger. (not seeing a problem with that:)
@td2gether4ever If you watch and examine "blanche" role carefully, it has so many exploitive elements. I don't believe it was fitting for her character. Vivien was under such a distress due to many personal turmoils, and her manic depressive illness was just side effect from her experience with crooked medical officials. If anything, Scarlet was very fitting for her beauty and role and she should have been in many movies like that, not those exploitive films and stage roles.
@grai The Mills were very great friends of the Oliviers since the early days.Mary Mills was certainly a great friend to VL,just check the numerous bio's.Besides when you're a confidant you don't always want to reveal such things for public consumption, it's called discretion.I'm sure she took a great deal to the grave (about Vivien) and good on her.
Olivier was devoted to his acting to such a degree it left little time for friendships in the way that ordinary people mean them
same with any successful person
luvvies are notorious for saying the were close to their "darling" friends and probably had two conversations with them a year if that and trhen when its time to jump on the bandwagon they're all super-close its bullshit
@grai Er,methinks you need to read around a liitle.There are plenty of ref's to both the Mills' in Larry's auto/bio and of course VL was godmother to their daughter and at their wedding,so they were kinda more than acquaintences!! Not to mention they were frequent guests at Notley over the years as were a great many others.So the 'O's' were hardly devoid of friends as you seem to think.Look on youtube to see hoe many film premieres they attended together,there are a number!!!
@coolsdon Er,methinks being godmother to their daughter and at their wedding frequent guests at Notley ,film premieres DOTH not a deep friendship make!! Methinks thou art merely proving my point!!
her friends are so uncaring especially the woman who talked about how she was covered in mud and sexual. if her friends were so sympathetic and caring, they would not talk about her in such a manner. what evil people. I hope they all rot in hell. Vivien was such an elegant and beautiful woman with grace. can't possibly compare to friends like you with such a cold cold heart and selfishness.
I feel truly bad for her. Now that she's gone, all they talk about is how she was so sexual and sick and blah blah blah. her sexuality and mental illness could have resulted from side effect of medication.
@ItBrandonSilver yeah they are constantly talking about her sex life, its weird....then she only had what 4 partners i mean thats really not much at all...
I think she could only love the asshole type of men who were with her and with orther women as well... she could not have a normal healthy love life.. but I also think that she loved Larry but only as a brother not as a lover...
@Bandtrip50 People used to believe in Crazy things, it's proven that Electro shock theraphy and medication patient with dangerous drugs cause severe skin illness such as Steven Johns Syndromes etc. Electro shocks cause permanent Brain Damage and it has not killed only ViVien Leigh but many other people too.
Read about Death of Psychiatry. I didn't say Hollywood don't want beauties, but look at all the tragic deaths of hollywood starlets. Hollywood Want Beauties but Beauties hardly make it .
Vivien Leigh did not die of Electric Shock treatment. She died of Tuberculosis.
She drowned in her own fluid. Some people think Vivien Leigh's mental problems were caused by the medications she took for TB. Compounded by her bipolar condition. Many beauties like Garbo made a great living in Hollywood
as did other beauties. Hedy Lamar could have been rich but she was not
good with her money. She died broke. I disagree with you.
@Bandtrip50 Beautiful actresses have harder time making in hollywood. they get chewed up and used and abused by the people involved. Do you think Vivien Leigh was a giant success? No, she made very few movies. and look at how much she got paid. very little. compared to other actresses at the time. and several movies she was in, they were rather exploitive and insulting to her character. She never had a serious illness. just being in Hollywood caused her so much distress..
@Bandtrip50 Vivien Leigh got very little for her movie roles, despite of her beauty and remarkable talent. but Gone with the wind is STILL a giant success making tons of money when vivien leigh hasn't made any.. do you think Gone with the wind would have been such a success without Vivien Leigh? I don't think so.
it goes to show you, hollywood only use and abuse beauties for their profit and "needs". people want beauty so that they can destroy it.
@Bandtrip50 I have never said Vivien died of Electro shocks. the mental illness her so called friends refer to were most likely caused by medications and electro shock therapy. I am not denying that there were many hollywood beauties who didn't end up in tragic death but you can't deny that there were many who ended up tragically. some just knew their way out in hollywood much better than some. I don't think Vivien leigh was a giant success by any means if you do enough research.
@Bandtrip50 I believe No one has a right to claim that they know Vivian Leigh and her true inner turmoils. I don't think even her closest friends know what she has went thru. I know Vivien was sick. But I am talking about facts here. If you know anything about psychiatry back in the days, (if you dont, read Death of Psychiatry), they are known to cause psychiatric illnesses such as bipolar and others. I don't doubt for second that her illnesses and other major stresses were compounded by them.
@Bandtrip50 Even her miscarriage can be contributed to her stress. I have never said she was broke. But she got paid very little for her roles and her film selections were very limited compared to other starlets in her era. I am certain that she was exploited in cruel medical fields and wrong crowds at hollywood for her friends to describe her as mentally ill, bipolar sexfin covered in Mud for gods sake.
Vivien Leigh did not get roles she wanted because she was such a hot star in the late 30's and 40's. David O. Selznick only wanted great roles for Vivien.
You crack me up Duardin! Scarlet O'Hara was hardly a limited role and was in fact the GREATEST role in films for any actress! Every top actress in Hollywood
tried out for the role and the right actress got the role VIVIEN LEIGH!
Vivien did weird things when she was ill. Part of the illness.
@Bandtrip50 The illness was result of treatment she received from the crooked and mean spirited medical officials. She would not have been so ill if she surrounded herself with caring medical officials and that could have prevented miscarriage which caused her great distress throughout her life. I have never said Scarlet role was a limited. In fact Gone with wind is the biggest success still Because of Vivien Leigh. She made very little money in hollywood. you should research the facts.
@Bandtrip50 If it wasn't for Vivien Leigh, No one would talk about Gone with the wind. She could have landed many great roles if she had very support network in hollywood during that time. She was such a beauty and talent but exploited and lived pretty tragic life.
@Bandtrip50 People seem to focus only on the beauty and positive sides about her when her real life was filled with tragedy and obvious exploitation that people seem to take so lightly. I am sure she could have been much happier being in happy marriage caring for the child. its such a tragedy that she didn't get to fulfill that very much.
I cannot imagine how anyone but only the strongest of purpose could make it through life with severe mental illness, at a time when psychiatric medications were not yet available. With all that is said in this intriguing documentary, I would've loved to have heard Ms. Leigh herself speak about her own life.
Vivien Leigh is truly one of a kind--the greaters actress of all time IMO. She led the life she wanted, and all the time she knew how to go about in getting them. I just can't bear to imagine if she had suffered in her death bed--suffocating, couldn't breathe--I remembered shedding tears as I was reading the book--as if seeing her suffering--and the thought of being alone, and no one there to cry out for help....sigh.
I thought this was the best I've ever seen about her, how anyone with bi-polar could remember lines or do anything without meds is remarkable. The sex thing how she got away with all she did and it not been splashed all over the papers is beyond me. She was beautiful and talented, what a live, what a women!
So sad, it's funny how people commenting on here talk like they know her when they didn't the people on this documentary knew her and are being honest about her and her life...she's not perfect, she was a great actress but she was crazy, more or less.
You speaking from experience, or are you just generalizing? As a nurse, I take offense when people say that. Modern medicine won't cure everything, but it's pretty amazing how far we've come.
wow, really 53 years old, that is just noit right, where were the doctors, the friends....it just seemed to me watching their candid interviews they pretty much let vivien take care of it....which was the wrong thing to do...they blamed her high and lows , her drinking, her smoking , her incredible endurance, but it seemed no one literally step in and did something???
it's disconcerting isn't it. it's makes you wonder if your friends would do the same 40 years after you died! but its clear that they all loved and admired her. i wish though this had been more about her as a person and an actress, instead of her illness(es). and you're right, a great lady!
Great documentary but why no mention of her Tony award winning musical performance in Tovarich? She sang and danced and was very charming as a Russian maid. Look for her clips, they are here on Youtube.
That''s an excellent point,. Yes nymphomania is a medical condition. IN those days they didn't now how to treat these things very well. Even now, a lot is not yet understood.
@ISS2010 it depends which came first. It is much like the chicken and the egg situation. Many people in that time and even now self medicate because they think that is the only thing that will help them achieve that level of normal where they can cope and live. As for the smoking, she is one of many during that time period who did so. Cigarette companies actually paid actors and actresses to smoke as advertising.
That said, I don't think that the friend meant any real harm. A lot of this was already public knowledge. I think she just could have been a little more discreet, that's all, and sensitive to how Vivien might have felt about her saying such things.
Some women are naturally highly charged sexually and high spirited and difficult to live with as a result. She was beautiful and with that often goes a strong libido.
agree, she could have been nicer as a friend, especially that Vivien was very sensitive. Besides, smth made me think she also suffered of nymphomania, and I remember I had a friend who took medication for this, it's very serious. Probably a lot of people in her time simply didn't understand her...
Whether or not it was important to understand Vivien's sex life in order to to understand her, I agree with the poster who said it was something she would not have liked. She was once asked about her love life by the media and she basically said that the subject was off limits. So I think that this was a breach of discretion by her supposed friend who apparently had a negative opinion of her and was being, I think, I little snidey.
I don't think Vivien would be very impressed at her so-called friend spilling the beans about her sex life like this. It feels wrong that they put that in here.
Thanks for this fascinating documentary. What a tragic life Vivien Leigh had had. I think her illness was triggered off when her parents sent her away to that awful school at the tender age of seven. Two years without even seeing her mother. I think she never overcame that trauma hence her inability to bond with her daughter.
Her sex life was important to mention to understand Vivian. When people suffer from depression, they are unhappy for most of the time and feel like they have no control over anything in their lives and so many people become sex addicts not just because of the sex itself, but feeling "happy" again even if for only a short time.
Vivien had a hard time after 1963 with the nervous breakdown and her tuberculosis coming back so yes she aged considerably in the last 4 years due to bad health,depression.
People give her a hard time about her affairs but I believe she felt something was missing with Larry, not enough attention she had wanted plus not too sure about the rumors of Larry being bisexual,maybe they just grew apart. Shame he left her as wanting his own children. I don't think she ever got over that.
I read about a dinner the Oliviers had in the late 50's at Notley. Vivien was sitting at the dinner table when suddenly she said "Larry why won't you fuck me any more?".
Kirk Douglas brushed this embarrassing incident off and Larry said nothing.
I think Larry stopped having sex due to Vivien's promiscuity. Just my opinion.
Vivien according to Larry became interested in men--any man according to her husband.
I have read of men with bipolar disease doing the same thing with many women.
It is part of the illness.
I think Larry was bisexual. At least his last wife mentioned he was and mentioned Danny Kaye.
In Australia Vivien did a lot of flirting with other men. I think she tired of Larry and the marriage. And wanted out. At least that is what I have read.
This is a very sad story indeed. She was a stunning beauty when she was young. her aging look scared me though. It's nothing wrong that she was a nympho unconsciously. Obviouisly, she was mentally ill.
that was so sad. i loved all the movies i saw of vivian , she was so beautiful and talented and it was so heart-breaking to hear all she went through.
God she was beautiful, though I don't think that she aged gracefully. She died a couple of years before I was born. I know she had mental problems, and I wish I could have taken care of her. Probably because she reminds me of some of the women that I have dated. And I'm sorry, but reading that she was at times a nympho kind of turns me on.
yes i think sometime about jene harlow and more important to me my dad i loved adored my dad he was my hero! but he died to young cause the sorry fucking nhs(uk) cant clean shit! and yer i loved vivien 2!
Babies are dying in the U.S. all because the rich drug companies can't placed different color bottles on their baby drugs. Dennis Quaid nearly lost his twin girls cause of it.
Yeah Jean Harlow died because her mom I think didn't seek help and prayed instead.
@Bandtrip50 the electro shocks she has received gave her permanent brain damage. it's clear that she was exploited due to her vulnerable sides. you don't think there are plenty of people who were jealous of her and detested her? you would be naive to think otherwise. Because Hollywood don't really want beauties.
Yes! As i watched this interview i was thinking the same thing, she always got roles that were much like her in her real life. Poor Vivien I am sorry that her last years she lived a tragic life. Will always be remembered as scarlett Ohara.
edia05 4 weeks ago
ever notice how in a lot of vivien leigh movies the characters she plays have this frailty interposed with this strength? like a wilted flower/warrior juxtaposition. a streetcar, gwtw, waterloo bridge, the roman spring. and in all those movies, she loses her love. they really seem to mirror her life in that way.
vangoghlicious 1 month ago
I love Vivien Leigh, and I find it very upsetting to see how illness ruined her life, my favourite film will always be 'That Hamilton Woman' with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.
foremmahamilton 1 month ago
rest in peace.
thank you for your courage, strength, and desire to make the most out of life.
lilxbwnsuga 1 month ago
I just watched Gone with the Wind for the first time a few days ago and I immediately became so fascinated with Vivien. There's something really magnetic about her plus she is just about the most beautiful women I've ever seen in person or on film. Her struggles were so sad but I still find her so captivating.
anniecsawyer 2 months ago
Thank you for posting. I had never seen it.
SharonTateFan4ever 4 months ago
what filthy people! That bitch scratching her nose---sign of a liar! jealous pigs! How gleefully they drag her through the nud-how does that diminish her work...it doesn't..sickening.....
MrRatherino 4 months ago
She was simply divine, my favorite actress, always & forever...
juliusmaloney 5 months ago
great documentary! Thank you for posting it!
ceridwengwyon 6 months ago
hyper sexualiy is one of the symptoms of bipolar disorder, it goes with the disease
syncswim123 6 months ago
This is so so sad! Of course a sad day as well. Vivien will always live on in our hearts. R.I.P Vivien Leigh we miss you.
FanofBewitched 6 months ago
Stunning, remarkable, extraordinary woman.
mi27031972 7 months ago
@easysimple102011 How do you know that a) Larry's first wife was lovely, b) the Queen is happy?
andromache007 7 months ago
love her
DreaJinx 7 months ago
@easysimple102011
You think the queen was better looking than Vivien Leigh?!
My God, all due respect to her Royal Highness but man, get your eyes tested!!!!!
xxxcharlotte06021xxx 8 months ago 3
thank you for posting this. she was a remarkable woman.
dfwolven 8 months ago 2
Thank you for posting this. I saw it years ago [or one similar] and I've never been able to find it again. So, again,...thank you.
b/b)O(
avallonmist 8 months ago
An actress. I think Queen Elizabeth is even better looking than her, and she is loyal to her partner and be respected by other people too. :) So did Ms. Hillary Cliton also smarter and good repuntation than them.
easysimple101112 9 months ago
@easysimple101112
Would you please get those cataracts taken out! You are blind!
Bandtrip50 8 months ago
An actress. I think Queen Elizabeth is even better looking than her, and she is loyal to her partner and be respected by other people too. :)
easysimple101112 9 months ago
we remember
MrFalconford 9 months ago
I wish she was able to helped in all the illnesses she had. Everything could have been so much and people could have remembered her so much longer. One thing I know is for sure, she was a strong and curageous woman and I will always remember her.
Britfan06 9 months ago
viv. monroe, diana all die a tragic death how sad.
Mandinko23 10 months ago
@Upgrade440 yeah but before that manic depression, she didn't care who she hurt to get what she wanted.
pdoll96 10 months ago
I'm amazed by Vivien Leigh. Her ambition is so inspirational. And I wish that we had the medicine we have now back then, so she possibly could have been helped.
BeautyListener 10 months ago 2
Probably the finest actress of the twentieth century, and certainly the most beautiful. Talent like that comes along only once every hundred years or so.
bestntown 10 months ago
Boy these friends of Vivien's sure like to talk about her sex life, especially that one woman I swear practically every story she told had to do with sex lol. I know the nymphomania was part of her illness but they don't need to go into that much detail especially sense the woman is dead.
puertoricanmama92 10 months ago 8
@puertoricanmama92 she must have been jealous of vivien or maybe she must have lost her boyfriend to vivien. she sure like to talk about sex a lot maybe she never had some
Mandinko23 10 months ago
Its very sad. Its a shame they didn't have the treatment today back then maybe she could have been helped. I dont think it should have been disclosed the episode in the park im sure Vivien wouldn't want people to know stuff that personal.
AudreyH100 10 months ago
In a weird way, she kind of reminds me of Satine from Moulin Rouge
mynameisreallyrandom 11 months ago
@mynameisreallyrandom wow you're right! both intensely talented, both very romantic, both died from TB!
wendy3212 10 months ago
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Remember there are millions of not famous people who aren't famous and have these same mental issues. Don't forget about them. Too bad VL had to have this and she isn't alone. It's a nightmare illness. RIP VL I never knew you had to try so hard, too.
doston1 1 year ago
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doston1 1 year ago
A movie about her life would be amazing but searching for a woman to play her would be like looking for another Scarlett all over again!
gingercady007 1 year ago 16
@gingercady007 I nominate Kim Kardashian.
....see how far we've fallen....=/
Engage777 11 months ago
I have the GREATEST sympathy for this woman...How terrible it must have been for her.....
macarthur261 1 year ago
it doesn't matter if olivier was the greatest lover on the planet, her condition was that she would jump any man any where in the park in the street just crazy and that is part of the illness, they need lots of men and who knows maybe women too
ednuk 1 year ago
She WAS a great actress...one of the finest ever in cinema. I think her reputation will only increase.
followthefleet1 1 year ago
I love her she is such a great actress not like today's star.
applealex312 1 year ago
larry olivier was homosexual, and although they were leagally married, he really didnt want her sexually.
she was bi polar so she could not cope with this fact and it not only made her incredibly insecure and vulnerable ,he divorced her due to her crazy rages and behaviour.
larry had a 10 yr afair with actor danny kaye.
poor vivian, she loved him so much.
6459131 1 year ago
@6459131 Yeah, but didn't she cheat on him first?
grobo11 1 year ago
@6459131
The "poor Vivien" that you are weeping over willfully abandoned her first husband, proving that she was a selfish, cruel, and wanton individual with few feelings of sympathy for anyone else. That ugly quality is what made her so successful in the roles that she played. She was externally beautiful, and internally cold and cruel, both "beauty and the beast" combined.
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"where did she go, she asked the maid, I dont know the maid repiled, she had been to the square and come back all muddy, she had been with someone, its just the thing that you did in those days" What a sucky shitty thing to say about your long dead friend, some friend!
MrsFreshMorning 1 year ago
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MrsFreshMorning 1 year ago
shame today's 'stars' aren't really stars......but are more like cheap xmas lights in comparison....how dull!
MissOrchid12 1 year ago
larry was homosexual, he did not desire her and it ruined the marriage!
6459131 1 year ago
@snowleopard010
lol
electronictrip 1 year ago
Actually Vivian chose roles that were parallel with her life , in a sense we do get a glimpse at her real life.
She preferred stage and was only in a few movies by choice.
Scarlett- beautiful and the center of everyman's attention.
Always gets what she wants.
Blanche- manic depressant fighting to cope with her illness.
Mrs. Stone and Mary from Ship of Fools- older woman coping with middle age and seeking out a boytoy to make her feel younger. (not seeing a problem with that:)
td2gether4ever 1 year ago
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Duardn 1 year ago
@td2gether4ever If you watch and examine "blanche" role carefully, it has so many exploitive elements. I don't believe it was fitting for her character. Vivien was under such a distress due to many personal turmoils, and her manic depressive illness was just side effect from her experience with crooked medical officials. If anything, Scarlet was very fitting for her beauty and role and she should have been in many movies like that, not those exploitive films and stage roles.
Duardn 1 year ago
John Mills made me smile claiming his wife Mary saw Leigh "through all her darkest times"
why wasn't Mary mentioned in the documentary if she played such a vital role?
some of these old actors are full of shit
grai 1 year ago
@grai The Mills were very great friends of the Oliviers since the early days.Mary Mills was certainly a great friend to VL,just check the numerous bio's.Besides when you're a confidant you don't always want to reveal such things for public consumption, it's called discretion.I'm sure she took a great deal to the grave (about Vivien) and good on her.
coolsdon 1 year ago
@coolsdon did you know them personally?
Olivier was devoted to his acting to such a degree it left little time for friendships in the way that ordinary people mean them
same with any successful person
luvvies are notorious for saying the were close to their "darling" friends and probably had two conversations with them a year if that and trhen when its time to jump on the bandwagon they're all super-close its bullshit
grai 1 year ago
@grai Er,methinks you need to read around a liitle.There are plenty of ref's to both the Mills' in Larry's auto/bio and of course VL was godmother to their daughter and at their wedding,so they were kinda more than acquaintences!! Not to mention they were frequent guests at Notley over the years as were a great many others.So the 'O's' were hardly devoid of friends as you seem to think.Look on youtube to see hoe many film premieres they attended together,there are a number!!!
coolsdon 1 year ago
@coolsdon Er,methinks being godmother to their daughter and at their wedding frequent guests at Notley ,film premieres DOTH not a deep friendship make!! Methinks thou art merely proving my point!!
grai 1 year ago
@grai You're quite right,I guess the Olivier's included them into their loves 'cos they had no one else to play with,as it were!! Silly me!
coolsdon 1 year ago
her friends are so uncaring especially the woman who talked about how she was covered in mud and sexual. if her friends were so sympathetic and caring, they would not talk about her in such a manner. what evil people. I hope they all rot in hell. Vivien was such an elegant and beautiful woman with grace. can't possibly compare to friends like you with such a cold cold heart and selfishness.
Duardn 1 year ago
I feel truly bad for her. Now that she's gone, all they talk about is how she was so sexual and sick and blah blah blah. her sexuality and mental illness could have resulted from side effect of medication.
Duardn 1 year ago
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I want to see what the daughter looks like
herstome5656 1 year ago
the woman at 3.14 is mean. watch scratching/touching her nose- body language that obviously says- I'm not making up things /lying/ not trustworthy
sungl0 1 year ago
What a bizarre documentary...seems like they are more interested in her sex life, even her so called "friends".
ItBrandonSilver 1 year ago 31
@ItBrandonSilver yeah they are constantly talking about her sex life, its weird....then she only had what 4 partners i mean thats really not much at all...
ducrozet74 8 months ago
I would LOVE to see a movie on Vivien Leigh........
blueyekyguy4u 1 year ago 3
Frankly, my dear Vivien, I don't give a damn...any more. There's always Notley!
CreativeProfiteer98 1 year ago
I think she could only love the asshole type of men who were with her and with orther women as well... she could not have a normal healthy love life.. but I also think that she loved Larry but only as a brother not as a lover...
Persiansweetcat1 1 year ago
@Persiansweetcat1
I disagree! Vivien and Larry were hot together. One of the most beautiful and sexy
couples on earth when they were young. Vivien had the "hots" for Larry as he did for her!
Bandtrip50 1 year ago
@Bandtrip50 People used to believe in Crazy things, it's proven that Electro shock theraphy and medication patient with dangerous drugs cause severe skin illness such as Steven Johns Syndromes etc. Electro shocks cause permanent Brain Damage and it has not killed only ViVien Leigh but many other people too.
Read about Death of Psychiatry. I didn't say Hollywood don't want beauties, but look at all the tragic deaths of hollywood starlets. Hollywood Want Beauties but Beauties hardly make it .
Duardn 1 year ago
@Duardn
Vivien Leigh did not die of Electric Shock treatment. She died of Tuberculosis.
She drowned in her own fluid. Some people think Vivien Leigh's mental problems were caused by the medications she took for TB. Compounded by her bipolar condition. Many beauties like Garbo made a great living in Hollywood
as did other beauties. Hedy Lamar could have been rich but she was not
good with her money. She died broke. I disagree with you.
Bandtrip50 1 year ago
@Bandtrip50 Beautiful actresses have harder time making in hollywood. they get chewed up and used and abused by the people involved. Do you think Vivien Leigh was a giant success? No, she made very few movies. and look at how much she got paid. very little. compared to other actresses at the time. and several movies she was in, they were rather exploitive and insulting to her character. She never had a serious illness. just being in Hollywood caused her so much distress..
Duardn 1 year ago
@Duardn
The only reason Vivien Leigh was not a bigger success in movies is because she was so ill. Also she spend lots of time in Theater.
Vivien Leigh was not exactly broke when she died. Never had a serious illness?
What do you call Tuberculosis? And Bipolar illness? Especially when there
was not the treatment there is today?
Are you sure you know anything about Vivien?
Bandtrip50 1 year ago
@Bandtrip50 Vivien Leigh got very little for her movie roles, despite of her beauty and remarkable talent. but Gone with the wind is STILL a giant success making tons of money when vivien leigh hasn't made any.. do you think Gone with the wind would have been such a success without Vivien Leigh? I don't think so.
it goes to show you, hollywood only use and abuse beauties for their profit and "needs". people want beauty so that they can destroy it.
She was destroyed by people around her.
Duardn 1 year ago
@Bandtrip50 I have never said Vivien died of Electro shocks. the mental illness her so called friends refer to were most likely caused by medications and electro shock therapy. I am not denying that there were many hollywood beauties who didn't end up in tragic death but you can't deny that there were many who ended up tragically. some just knew their way out in hollywood much better than some. I don't think Vivien leigh was a giant success by any means if you do enough research.
Duardn 1 year ago
@Duardn
I can't find that post now but you mentioned that Electro Shock killed many people including Vivien Leigh?
It doesn't matter. I just wish Vivien had not been ill as she would have been able
to work as an actress and we all would have loved her films.
Bandtrip50 1 year ago
@Bandtrip50 I believe No one has a right to claim that they know Vivian Leigh and her true inner turmoils. I don't think even her closest friends know what she has went thru. I know Vivien was sick. But I am talking about facts here. If you know anything about psychiatry back in the days, (if you dont, read Death of Psychiatry), they are known to cause psychiatric illnesses such as bipolar and others. I don't doubt for second that her illnesses and other major stresses were compounded by them.
Duardn 1 year ago
@Bandtrip50 Even her miscarriage can be contributed to her stress. I have never said she was broke. But she got paid very little for her roles and her film selections were very limited compared to other starlets in her era. I am certain that she was exploited in cruel medical fields and wrong crowds at hollywood for her friends to describe her as mentally ill, bipolar sexfin covered in Mud for gods sake.
Duardn 1 year ago
@Duardn
Vivien Leigh did not get roles she wanted because she was such a hot star in the late 30's and 40's. David O. Selznick only wanted great roles for Vivien.
You crack me up Duardin! Scarlet O'Hara was hardly a limited role and was in fact the GREATEST role in films for any actress! Every top actress in Hollywood
tried out for the role and the right actress got the role VIVIEN LEIGH!
Vivien did weird things when she was ill. Part of the illness.
Bandtrip50 1 year ago
@Bandtrip50 The illness was result of treatment she received from the crooked and mean spirited medical officials. She would not have been so ill if she surrounded herself with caring medical officials and that could have prevented miscarriage which caused her great distress throughout her life. I have never said Scarlet role was a limited. In fact Gone with wind is the biggest success still Because of Vivien Leigh. She made very little money in hollywood. you should research the facts.
Duardn 1 year ago
@Bandtrip50 If it wasn't for Vivien Leigh, No one would talk about Gone with the wind. She could have landed many great roles if she had very support network in hollywood during that time. She was such a beauty and talent but exploited and lived pretty tragic life.
Duardn 1 year ago
@Bandtrip50 People seem to focus only on the beauty and positive sides about her when her real life was filled with tragedy and obvious exploitation that people seem to take so lightly. I am sure she could have been much happier being in happy marriage caring for the child. its such a tragedy that she didn't get to fulfill that very much.
Duardn 1 year ago
Dear Hollywood: If you want to make a movie based on the life of someone, you can't go wrong with Vivien Leigh...
marie2264 1 year ago
oh she was just a legend hope to meet her one day
82558061 1 year ago
Why they didnt mention her daughter except to say that she had one?
JuJuMJFan4life 1 year ago 3
I love Judy Garland! R.I.P
helenajesstarzak 1 year ago 3
that is true to find the person the search would have to be as big as to try and find Scarlett O'Hara
abrblambee 1 year ago 2
I cannot imagine how anyone but only the strongest of purpose could make it through life with severe mental illness, at a time when psychiatric medications were not yet available. With all that is said in this intriguing documentary, I would've loved to have heard Ms. Leigh herself speak about her own life.
ma0namaste 2 years ago 7
@ma0namaste i totally agree with you !!
zandriaaz 1 year ago
a movie about her life would be AMAZING!!
abrblambee 2 years ago 59
@abrblambee I agree, but I can't think of one single actress who could even come close to capturing the magic, grace, beauty, and madness of Vivien.
melville80 1 year ago
@abrblambee Yeah it would...They should do that!
MySweetRemedy1 1 year ago
@abrblambee I agree. Vivien Leigh was a true artist with an interesting story.
HeidiPusskins 8 months ago
@abrblambee
Why haven't they made it yet??She is one of the most interesting women in the world!
As well as one of the most beautiful!
Bandtrip50 8 months ago 3
@abrblambee Absolutely!! Although it´d be difficult to find the right actress, I think :)
Vaninasanta 5 months ago
@abrblambee mmm... I don't think any actress of this day and age can do her justice.
caohanlu 4 months ago
"Rather like Judy Garland's death" My 2 favorite people gone so tragically. Rest in Peace. : )
97sweeney10 2 years ago 4
love Vivian-she'll always be Scarlette-best movie ever-and Olivier-Mr Darcy-fairy tale couple-sad story-thank you for uploading
renai0304 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing this as Gone With The Wind is my favourite movie and I never really new much about Vivien. Rest In Peace beautiful girl. :)
jenii84 2 years ago 2
7:35: An angelic Vivien Leigh---very beautiful.
CrispinFlora 2 years ago
Vivien Leigh is truly one of a kind--the greaters actress of all time IMO. She led the life she wanted, and all the time she knew how to go about in getting them. I just can't bear to imagine if she had suffered in her death bed--suffocating, couldn't breathe--I remembered shedding tears as I was reading the book--as if seeing her suffering--and the thought of being alone, and no one there to cry out for help....sigh.
Bless her soul--and may she rest in peace.
CrispinFlora 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing this. It was an education in itself.
streetwhereulive 2 years ago
At 0:41 she looks like Shirley MacLaine.
and damn, warren beatty is gooorgeous.
stitchgrl777 2 years ago
@stitchgrl777 That is such an understatement.
Hahahahaha
CarlyIsAGangster 2 years ago
'and she could be the sweetest, kindest friend; she could be an absolut bitch.' ;-)
great documentary to one of the best actresses ever. thank you very much for sharing!
Connie193 2 years ago 4
I thought this was the best I've ever seen about her, how anyone with bi-polar could remember lines or do anything without meds is remarkable. The sex thing how she got away with all she did and it not been splashed all over the papers is beyond me. She was beautiful and talented, what a live, what a women!
msjosephine2 2 years ago 3
So sad, it's funny how people commenting on here talk like they know her when they didn't the people on this documentary knew her and are being honest about her and her life...she's not perfect, she was a great actress but she was crazy, more or less.
twilliger123 2 years ago 3
oh.. now that was sad.. :(
RedMangoFromPhuket 2 years ago 2
beautiful and fragile human being. unfortunately even today we still live in the dark ages of medicine.
girlishfun 2 years ago 4
You speaking from experience, or are you just generalizing? As a nurse, I take offense when people say that. Modern medicine won't cure everything, but it's pretty amazing how far we've come.
fluxmuldar 2 years ago 2
@fluxmuldar Still no tricorders though. :)
joserijo1990 2 years ago
wow, really 53 years old, that is just noit right, where were the doctors, the friends....it just seemed to me watching their candid interviews they pretty much let vivien take care of it....which was the wrong thing to do...they blamed her high and lows , her drinking, her smoking , her incredible endurance, but it seemed no one literally step in and did something???
nateboytwo 2 years ago 5
how could her friends say such private things about her.... She was a great lady.
1212matt 2 years ago
it's disconcerting isn't it. it's makes you wonder if your friends would do the same 40 years after you died! but its clear that they all loved and admired her. i wish though this had been more about her as a person and an actress, instead of her illness(es). and you're right, a great lady!
SidinaD 2 years ago
wow is there no privacy anymore, i am turning in my grave
maidmoira 2 years ago
:-(
BrasileiraRecifense 2 years ago
I've always felt the same way, Those that have huge success and fortune very often have equal amounts of tragedy and heartbreak.
Aucht52 2 years ago 4
I don't know why i watch these documentaries...they always leave me depressed....
RdtheLiterature 2 years ago 4
WOW - Warren Beatty was a BABE back then!
VeeQueKay 2 years ago 9
I don't understand why she died of TB. Why was she not given antibiotics? They had found a cure for TB by then.
muffility12 2 years ago 2
i like the part about that old man remembering the laughs of the oliviers. no a bad way to be remembered! got to read her bio now.
mehua 2 years ago
A very moving tribute to a great actress and a beautiful woman. May her soul rest in peace.
Jenniferde2007 2 years ago 14
poor thing........
loved the documentary
lovebites321 2 years ago 7
Great documentary but why no mention of her Tony award winning musical performance in Tovarich? She sang and danced and was very charming as a Russian maid. Look for her clips, they are here on Youtube.
myrnaturner 2 years ago 2
good documentary.
blowtorchacurlyfry1 2 years ago 5
R.I.P. Vivien Leigh.
magpie375 3 years ago 9
Can anyone identify the famous people arriving at her funeral (6:50-7:10)??
pingvuiini 3 years ago
I THINK the guy at 6:58 is either Dirk Bogarde or Lawrence Harvey. The guy at 7:04 is Richard Attenborough.
PadrethePio 2 years ago
Good grief, so depressing.
OonaCanute 3 years ago 3
That''s an excellent point,. Yes nymphomania is a medical condition. IN those days they didn't now how to treat these things very well. Even now, a lot is not yet understood.
ISS2010 3 years ago 2
In those days they didn't know much about the physical and mental damage caused by too much smoking and overdosing on sedatives.
ISS2010 3 years ago
I think the mental issues were mostly to do with her history of taking sedatives and chain smoking.
ISS2010 3 years ago
Well, that and she actually had manic depression. I'm sure the other stuff added to it, though.
OonaCanute 3 years ago 3
You obviously know nothing about Bipolar Disorder. ISS2010! Read and learn your comments make you seem rather stupid!
shoegalsho 2 years ago
@ISS2010 it depends which came first. It is much like the chicken and the egg situation. Many people in that time and even now self medicate because they think that is the only thing that will help them achieve that level of normal where they can cope and live. As for the smoking, she is one of many during that time period who did so. Cigarette companies actually paid actors and actresses to smoke as advertising.
AngelofMine090 1 year ago
That said, I don't think that the friend meant any real harm. A lot of this was already public knowledge. I think she just could have been a little more discreet, that's all, and sensitive to how Vivien might have felt about her saying such things.
Some women are naturally highly charged sexually and high spirited and difficult to live with as a result. She was beautiful and with that often goes a strong libido.
ISS2010 3 years ago 2
agree, she could have been nicer as a friend, especially that Vivien was very sensitive. Besides, smth made me think she also suffered of nymphomania, and I remember I had a friend who took medication for this, it's very serious. Probably a lot of people in her time simply didn't understand her...
ChildofPluto 3 years ago 4
Whether or not it was important to understand Vivien's sex life in order to to understand her, I agree with the poster who said it was something she would not have liked. She was once asked about her love life by the media and she basically said that the subject was off limits. So I think that this was a breach of discretion by her supposed friend who apparently had a negative opinion of her and was being, I think, I little snidey.
ISS2010 3 years ago 3
One of the greatest actresses. Thank you so much for uploading this.
starrynightz 3 years ago 5
I wonder, did Vivien ever see her child again? It seems like she left her daughter with her first husband and never saw her again...
MojeSerduszko1 3 years ago 5
Yes,be sure that Vivien saw her daughter even the girl often was with her father and her granmother Gertrude, Vivien's mother;
If you read Vivien's biography, you'll see that Vivien spent holidays with her daugher and her first husband -
but, even she loved her daughter, she préfered to stay with Lawrence and she wanted to have a child with him, but it has been impossible.
(if my english is not good, forgive me, i'm French)
grindesel 3 years ago 2
Thanks so much for uploading this. It was very insightful but heartbreaking. She was an amazing actress.
kirz778 3 years ago 5
1:43 scary
berkeleybenje 3 years ago
I don't think Vivien would be very impressed at her so-called friend spilling the beans about her sex life like this. It feels wrong that they put that in here.
lephare09 3 years ago 4
Thanks for this fascinating documentary. What a tragic life Vivien Leigh had had. I think her illness was triggered off when her parents sent her away to that awful school at the tender age of seven. Two years without even seeing her mother. I think she never overcame that trauma hence her inability to bond with her daughter.
Suffragette67 3 years ago 4
A real friend would not have said about Vivien going off into the square with someone.
shibamatachick 3 years ago
you're totally right she dind't have to say that
and less in a interview for respecting her memory
and her private life.
With friends like this I rather be alone.
chofydonna 3 years ago 3
Yes. A very shallow person indeed. Let us hope that we surround ourselves with kinder people. Go well!
shibamatachick 3 years ago 3
I know! why does she keep bringing up her sex life like it has something to do with anything here
saritalinda64 3 years ago
That woman hated her!
It's pretty obvious.
arimbu 3 years ago 2
I totally agree with you.., that woman was talking bad about Vivian leigh from the beggining of the interview..
Dutchlandguy 3 years ago 3
Her sex life was important to mention to understand Vivian. When people suffer from depression, they are unhappy for most of the time and feel like they have no control over anything in their lives and so many people become sex addicts not just because of the sex itself, but feeling "happy" again even if for only a short time.
bgilstrap80 3 years ago 5
@shibamatachick I agree
that was gratuitous gossip and really tacky and sleazy
what did that story add to our understanding of Vivien Leigh?
grai 1 year ago
thanks so much for uploading this. it was very insightlful but heartbreaking. she was just the most amazing actress.
Mercedes77789 3 years ago 4
she totally looks like Shirley McClain in the beginning of this video.
prairiegirl10 3 years ago
Vivien had a hard time after 1963 with the nervous breakdown and her tuberculosis coming back so yes she aged considerably in the last 4 years due to bad health,depression.
People give her a hard time about her affairs but I believe she felt something was missing with Larry, not enough attention she had wanted plus not too sure about the rumors of Larry being bisexual,maybe they just grew apart. Shame he left her as wanting his own children. I don't think she ever got over that.
td2gether4ever 3 years ago 2
@td2gether4ever
I read about a dinner the Oliviers had in the late 50's at Notley. Vivien was sitting at the dinner table when suddenly she said "Larry why won't you fuck me any more?".
Kirk Douglas brushed this embarrassing incident off and Larry said nothing.
I think Larry stopped having sex due to Vivien's promiscuity. Just my opinion.
Bandtrip50 1 year ago
@Bandtrip50 or maybe she was acting out because he was having an affair /in love with Danny Kaye.
Nothing makes a beautiful woman feel more insecure..... than being with a man who secretly prefers men. Many biographies claim he was bisexual.
I can see why Vivien sought attention elsewhere if she had to live with that.
They make her look bad but i believe it was Larry who betrayed her first.
Brando (in his bio) said he wanted an affair with Vivian but didn't as a friend of larry's
td2gether4ever 1 year ago
@td2gether4ever
Vivien according to Larry became interested in men--any man according to her husband.
I have read of men with bipolar disease doing the same thing with many women.
It is part of the illness.
I think Larry was bisexual. At least his last wife mentioned he was and mentioned Danny Kaye.
In Australia Vivien did a lot of flirting with other men. I think she tired of Larry and the marriage. And wanted out. At least that is what I have read.
Bandtrip50 1 year ago
Thanks so much for taking the time to upload all six parts of this documentary. It was wonderful :)
VanessaKrystle 3 years ago
I wonder what became of her daughter?
Dragonrdh 3 years ago 4
I was wondering the same thing.
aptharsia 3 years ago
This is a very sad story indeed. She was a stunning beauty when she was young. her aging look scared me though. It's nothing wrong that she was a nympho unconsciously. Obviouisly, she was mentally ill.
mssabik 3 years ago 5
that was so sad. i loved all the movies i saw of vivian , she was so beautiful and talented and it was so heart-breaking to hear all she went through.
sorsaria 3 years ago
Vivien Leigh was amazing and beautiful, her story just breaks my heart...but as that man said, she can finally rest.
lilrobez19 3 years ago 7
God she was beautiful, though I don't think that she aged gracefully. She died a couple of years before I was born. I know she had mental problems, and I wish I could have taken care of her. Probably because she reminds me of some of the women that I have dated. And I'm sorry, but reading that she was at times a nympho kind of turns me on.
bitter37 3 years ago
thanks for the video. I always wanted to know more about her.
efreeteh57 3 years ago 2
thank u,really. Thank u
ladymosconi 3 years ago
Just wonderful! Thank you!
GroovyBlackCat 3 years ago 2
Thank you so much for posting this Documentary!
trschaefer 3 years ago
I would love to kick the ass of the idiotic doctor that allowed Vivien's TB to progress!
Her secretary warned the idiot of Vivien's
condition.
We lost a wonderful actress that could have lived longer and perhaps been successfully
treated for her mental illness as well as her TB.
Sorry but I love Vivien Leigh.
Bandtrip50 3 years ago 15
yes i think sometime about jene harlow and more important to me my dad i loved adored my dad he was my hero! but he died to young cause the sorry fucking nhs(uk) cant clean shit! and yer i loved vivien 2!
26mae1987 3 years ago
25mae1987,
Sorry about your Dad!
Babies are dying in the U.S. all because the rich drug companies can't placed different color bottles on their baby drugs. Dennis Quaid nearly lost his twin girls cause of it.
Yeah Jean Harlow died because her mom I think didn't seek help and prayed instead.
She could have lived also! She died so young.
Bandtrip50 3 years ago 3
the medical system is fucked up!people dying from what? its wrong! and thanku
26mae1987 3 years ago
@Bandtrip50 the electro shocks she has received gave her permanent brain damage. it's clear that she was exploited due to her vulnerable sides. you don't think there are plenty of people who were jealous of her and detested her? you would be naive to think otherwise. Because Hollywood don't really want beauties.
Duardn 1 year ago
@Duardn
I don't have enough knowledge of electro shock to comment on the subject.
But I have read that electro shock sometimes helps patients when nothing else does.
I don't know if you are correct about Hollywood not wanting beauties?
It seems to me that "beauty" is what sells films because people love looking at
beautiful people. I know I love beauty whether it's an actress or actor.
I also love "character" too!
Bandtrip50 1 year ago