Vivien Leigh's life is the subject of a new book by Lyndsy Spence, "Where Madness Lies." It details the Oscar winner's struggles with mental illness and her turbulent marriage to Laurence Olivier.

When Williams’ Streetcar arrives at the Max Bell Theatre on Jan. 28, it will be Vancouver-based actress Lindsey Angell portraying the aging southern belle who Williams claimed was inspired by his ...

A Tony Award winner in 1961 for Tony Richardson and George Devine’s A Taste of Honey and an Oscar nominee for Mike Newell’s ...

An excerpt from the new book Where Madness Lies, which charts the Hollywood icon's experiences with manic depression, heartache, and a life lived in the spotlight.

Oscar-nominated UK actress Joan Plowright, a legend of stage and screen and wife of the great actor Laurence Olivier, has ...

One evening, Olivier came backstage to meet her with his then-wife Vivien Leigh. The following year, she played opposite Olivier in the original London production of John Osborne's "The Entertainer".

Of course, the one time Vivien Leigh played someone “normal,” she went insane. Leigh specialized in portraying mad women: Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, and the deranged and damaged Blanche du Bois ...

Every woman has to do that at some stage in her life... All I do know is that I want to lose myself in work,” Vivien Leigh said. She could go anywhere she wanted, to the places she and Larry ...

In 1938, after auditioning numerous women for the role, producer David O. Selznick chose British actress Vivien Leigh to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind. File Photo by John Angelillo ...

Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench,​ Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith​ ...