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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...

VIVIEN LEIGH, BRITISH ACTRESS  BORN IN INDIA,DARJILING ON 1913 NOVEMBER 5 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. Vivien Leigh Leigh in 1948 Born Vivian Mary Hartley 5 November 1913 Darjeeling ,  Bengal Presidency ,  British India Died 8 July 1967 (aged 53) London , UK Cause of death Tuberculosis Nationality British Education Loreto Convent, Darjeeling Convent of the Sacred Heart Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Occupation Actress Years active 1917–1967 Title Lady Olivier (1947–60) Spouse(s) Herbert Leigh Holman ( m.  1932;  div.  1940) Laurence Olivier ( m.  1940;  div.  1960) Partner(s) John Merivale  (1960–67) Children Suzanne Farrington Synopsis Vivien Leigh was born November 5, 1913 in Darjeeling, India to a Yorkshire stockbroker. She w...