Vivien Leigh was born Vivian Mary hartley on the evening of wednesday November 5th,1913 in her parents, home in Darjeeling, India. She moved to England With her family at the age of 6 in 1920． In January of l932,Vivien met Leigh Holman.They married． But her destiny would not remain domestic for long however, so on Angust 21st, 1934 she arrived at Lime Grove Studios to begin work on her first film,Things are Looking Up． In September, Vivien went to see a play called Theatre Royal starring a popular new stage actor, Laurence Olivier, and was intrigued by his good looks and stage presence. During this period Vivien found a new favourite novel that she re-read several times -Gone with the wind．5he even asked her agent to submit her name to the widely publicized search to find an actress for Scarlett O'Hara. After aremarkably well一timed introduction to David O. Selznick by her HoIlvWood agent on December l0th, the first night of location shooting, Vivien did screen tests for her dream role. Both Selznick, and the film's director George Cukor, were impressed by her talent and beauty.
As soon as the filming was finished, Vivien did a screen test for the film, Rebecca. She didn’t seem right for the part -qualities which made her ideal for Scarlett now made her unsuited for such a restrained role, Vivien next was given the lead role in MGM's Waterloo Bridge as part of her new Hollywood counter, although she would have Preferred working on Pride and Prejudice, Olivier had the option to work with her as the leading man in Woterloo Bridge or take the lead in Pride and Prejudice. Vivien would work on either film, as long as she could work with Olivier.Due to her contract however, she ended up signing om to Waterloo Bridge without him. Meanwhile, she prepared for the grand opening of GWTW in Atlanta. It opened to great reviews and Vivien became the talk of the town. Right after Christmas, she begin work on Waterloo Bridge, talking ballet lessons for a scene early On in the film, and voice lessons to improve her acting technique. At this point in l940, Leigh Holman finally filled for divorce.This meant that after 6 months wait．Vivien would be free to marry Olivier. Their wedding ceremony took place at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara on August 31st, 1940, with Katharine Hepburn as the maid of honour.
In the summer of l950, Vivien left England to return to Hollywood after nearly a decade absence, and began work on the film version of A StreetCar Named Desire. Shooting started Angust 14th and Warner Brothers paid Vivien $100,000 for her 3 months of work. Vlvien purposely made herself look older and unflattering for the film一using heavy makeup,wige and drastic lighting which would hide her still beautiful features．Audiences in the autumn of l951 were stunned to see such a different person, barely recognizing the actress that played Scarlett so exquisitely a decade earlier The resulting film in l951 was still powerful, perhaps Vivien's finest achievement, winning her a second best actress Oscar.
In l937 she received an unwelcome telegram from Olivier asking for divorce, but in her heart, she always believed tha、 he would come back to her Vivien drank severely during this period and was diagnosed with cyclic manic- depressive psychosis. The divorce settlement between Vivien and Olivie. was finalized on December 2nd,1960. Then Vivien did a reading at Oxford which would become her last public appearance. In May, she became very ill and refused to be admitted to a hospital. She continued to smoke and entertain her many friends and visitors,preferring to live as she always had． On Friday, July 7th 1967 she was found asleep in her room.A private funeral was held on Wednesday the 12th at St.Mary's surrounded by hundreds of flower arrangements with tributes from family and peers. All of London's theatres switched off their marquees at l0pm for an hour of respect and requiem masses were arranged in New York, A memorial service was held at St Martin's in the Fields on August l4th, attended by her many friends and famous stars, Many felt for her to die while she was still performing and beautiful, was how she would have wished it． Her ashes were scatteredad at Lake Tickerage on October 8th.
一九一三年十一月五日期三的傍晚,印度大吉嶺,費雯麗出生于父母家中,取名為斐雯·瑪麗．哈特麗。一九二零年,她六歲時,隨家遷往英格蘭。一九三二年一月,她認識了李·荷爾曼,并結(jié)婚。但她的目標并不是長期住家,所以,一九三四年八月二十一日,她來到萊姆格魯富制片廠開始拍攝她的第一部影片《欣欣向榮》。九月的時候,費雯麗去觀看一出名為《皇家劇場》的話劇,主演是聲名鵲起的舞臺劇演員——勞淪斯·奧利弗。她被他的英俊與表演所打動。就在這期間,費委麗找到一本心愛的小說,并反復(fù)閱讀,這就是《亂世佳人》。當時正到處尋找飾演郝思佳的演員,她于是要求經(jīng)紀人把她的名字填表寄出。十二月十日她的好萊塢經(jīng)紀人看準時機,把她 推薦給大衛(wèi)·塞爾思尼克,第一晚在外景拍攝點,費雯麗為她夢寐以求的角色試鏡。塞爾思尼克和導演喬治·庫克都被 她的天賦與美貌所打動。
電影剛拍攝完畢,費雯麗便馬上為電影《蝴蝶夢》試鏡。但她似乎并不適合這個角色,她的氣質(zhì)使她成為飾演郝思佳的理想人選,但對于這樣一個內(nèi)向的角色卻并不合適。費雯麗接受的第二個角色是米高梅公司《魂斷藍橋》的女主角,這也是她和好萊塢重新簽約的一部分。雖然她更 愿出演《傲慢與偏見》。奧利弗可以在《魂斷藍橋》或是《傲慢與偏見》之間做選擇,出演男主角。只要能和奧利弗共事,費雯麗愿意同時接拍兩部片子,但因為合同的關(guān)系,終她只能獨自一人簽約于《魂斷藍橋》劇組。同時,她為《亂世佳人》在亞特蘭大的大型首映式做準備。影片引起巨大轟 動,費雯麗成為人盡皆知的人物,圣誕節(jié)剛過,她即投入《魂 斷藍橋》的拍攝,并為影片初始的情節(jié)學習芭蕾舞,參加聲音培訓班以提高演技。就在一九四零年的這段時間,李·荷爾 曼終簽署了離婚協(xié)議。這意味著經(jīng)過六個月的等待,費雯麗終于可以和奧利弗結(jié)婚。一九四零年八月三十一日,他們的婚禮在圣巴巴拉的圣伊斯底 羅蘭奇教堂舉行,并榮幸地邀請到凱特琳·赫本為伴娘。
一九五零年的夏天,經(jīng)過十年的沉寂,費雯麗離開了英格蘭,來到好萊塢,開始拍攝電影《欲望號街車》。電影開拍于八月十四日,華納兄弟公司付給費雯麗十萬美元作為她三個月工作的報酬。在電影中費雯麗為了真實,有意使自己顯得衰老些。使用濃妝、假發(fā)和強烈的燈光來掩 蓋她仍然美麗的容貌。一九五一年的秋天,觀眾驚訝地看見了一個完全不同的人物,幾乎不能確認這就是十年前出色地扮演過郝思佳的演員。一九五一年的這部影片結(jié)果仍然造成轟動,也許是費雯麗成功的作品,為她再次贏得奧斯卡佳女演員獎。
一九三七年,她接到奧利弗一封不受歡迎的電報,提出離婚。但在她心中,她始終相信他會回到她的身邊。這一期間,費雯麗開始酗酒。被診斷為周期性癲狂與抑郁交替發(fā)作精神病。一九六零 年十二月二日,費雷麗和奧利弗簽署離婚協(xié)議。隨后,費雯麗進入牛津大學求學,這是她后的公開露面。五月, 她病情惡化,但拒絕前往醫(yī)院治療。她繼續(xù)抽煙,并遍清朋友和賓客,意欲象往常一樣地生活。一九六七年七月七日,她被人在臥室內(nèi)發(fā)現(xiàn)一睡不醒。十二日星期三,葬禮在圣瑪麗教堂悄悄舉行,身邊花環(huán)簇擁,那是家人和同事對她表達的敬意。十點鐘,所有的倫敦劇院垂下遮檐一小時,向她致敬。 紐約舉行了安靈彌撒奠祭。八月十四日,在菲爾茲的圣馬丁舉行了追悼儀式,生前 眾多的朋友和明星前來參加。許多人認為,她在仍然美麗、仍在表演的時候離開 人世合乎她生前的愿望。十月八日,她的骨灰播撒在提克雷湖上。