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  Passion and Madness, The Doomed Love of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh 1937, The Start of a Doomed Romance The year is 1940  Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh have just got married, to great public acclaim. They are the most famous couple in Hollywood, possibly in the world. She has just finished playing Scarlett O'Hara, in 'Gone With The Wind', the most sought after role in cinematic history, and received a Best Actress Oscar for it. He has just finished playing Heathcliffe in William Wyler's classic, 'Wuthering Heights' opposite Merle Oberon, for which he received a Best Actor nomination. They are very much in love. At the 1940 Academy Awards Ceremony At the 1940 Academy Awards Ceremony They were two of the brightest acting talents of the twentieth century. They met when he was 29 and she 23. They were both married to other people, but didn't care. Their love affair entranced the public imagination. They stayed married for 20 years through glory, nymp...

JOAN PLOWRIGHT , BRITISH ACTRESS  BORN 1929 OCTOBER 28 Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, DBE[1] (born 28 October 1929), commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, is an English retired actress whose career has spanned over six decades. She has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy and two BAFTA Awards. She is also one of only four actresses to have won two Golden Globes in the same year. Early life[edit source] Plowright was born in Brigg, Lincolnshire, the daughter of Daisy Margaret (née Burton) and William Ernest Plowright, who was a journalist and newspaper editor.[2][3] She attended Scunthorpe Grammar School[4] and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. [5] Career[edit source] Plowright made her stage debut at Croydon in 1948[6] and her London debut in 1954. In 1956 she joined the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre and was cast as Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife. She appea...