Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in 'Fire ... Although she passed very early in life, Leigh ended her career remembered as one of the greats.

Vivien Leigh was a fighter. She fought for the role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind and fought to be with the man she loved.But her most vicious battle was with mental illness: Few ...

Vivien Leigh didn't just act. She shimmered, she burned, she broke. Known best for two of the most iconic performances in film history, Leigh's talent extended far beyond Southern belles and tattered ...

In her personal life, she was suffering from ... A new book, Where Madness Lies: The Double Life of Vivien Leigh, tells the story of Leigh’s troubles and how she attempted to rebuild her life ...

Two months later, she was in a mental asylum. A new biography, “Where Madness Lies: The Double Life of Vivien Leigh,” by Lyndsy Spence (Pegasus Books, out Tuesday) chronicles Leigh’s ...

Vivien Leigh asked her husband ... 41 pages into a book about the final 14 years of Leigh’s life, from 1953 to 1967, you can’t help pitying Olivier, and understanding why he took such a ...