In 1934, Vivien Leigh saw Laurence Olivier in a performance of Theatre Royal. She turned to a friend and said, 'This is the man I'm going to marry' – which is amazing because she was already married with a child,” says Stephen Galloway, author of Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the Romance of the Century.
Vivien's words would come true, of course. In his new book, Galloway traces the legends' epic 20year love story from its smoldering start to its bittersweet finish. “It's tragic because her life and their marriage were really ruined by her bipolar disorder, an illness that nobody could understand, let alone cure, back then, he tells Closer.
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My Family COMES FIRST
THE TODAY ANCHOR WILL LEAVE THE SHOW NEXT YEAR TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HER DAUGHTERS
JULIE BOWEN - 5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ME
THE EMMY-WINNING ACTRESS OPENS UP ABOUT HER EARLY YEARS, MODERN FAMILY & MORE
BONNIE BARTLETT & WILLIAM DANIELS - OUR LOVE Keeps Getting Stronger
THE ACCLAIMED ACTORS REFLECT ON THE THINGS THAT MAKE THEIR 73-YEAR UNION WORK
I've Never Been HAPPIER
The Partridge Family alum talks about his life today and the long road he has traveled.
I'm a SURVIVOR
A TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD DIDN'T STOP THE GILLIGAN'S ISLAND STAR FROM LIVING HER DREAMS
Cary Grant - HAUNTED By His Past
THE HANDSOME AND CHARMING ACTOR SPENT DECADES RUNNING FROM HIS CHILDHOOD PAIN
FAREWELL TO A LEGEND
\"I feel so lucky to have lived the life that I did and to be surrounded by the people I love.\"
Freshly Reinvented OLD-SCHOOL BITES
Discover a new and creative twist on traditional Hungarian recipes that you'll instantly add to your rotation
INA GARTEN - HOW THERAPY SAVED MY MARRIAGE
\"It was the hardest thing I ever did. I told him that I needed to be on my own.\"
FRANK SINATRA & DEAN MARTIN - The Night That Almost Ended in TRAGEDY
A MAN NEARLY DIED WHEN A CELEBRATORY EVENING AMONG THE RAT PACK WENT HORRIBLY WRONG