Vivien Leigh was born November 5th 1913 as Vivian Hartley.In her parents home in Darjeeling,India.Her Mother Gertrude Yackjee was also born in Darjeeling, India , in1888 Gertude had dark hair, blue eyes, and peach like skinshe was beatuiful when she was young Gertude had Armenian descendants which is why Vivien's easterns looks come from.Vivien's father Ernest Hartley was born Yorkshire England in 1883 and moved to India when he was twenty in search of a career and a adventure.He became invovled with abokerage firm, spent time with horse racing and acted.

  Her parents meet in Calcutta, Vivien's parents traveled to london where they got married in 1912 after they married they moved to Darjeeling,India A year after they had Vivien a little girl. As a child Vivien came fond of authors she loved to read.{Hans Christian,Lewis Carroll, and Rudyard Kipling} In 1920 she moved to London and that year Vivien was enrolled in Convent of the Sacred Heart at Roehamp-ton she went their for 8 years Her first performance was "A Midsummer Night's Dream" {playing the fairy} and "The Tempest" {playing Miranda}.She studied Ballet.the cello, and the piano.She was the yougest student in the school.When she was finishing school she spoke German, French and English and in 1929 Vivien was chosen for the lead in the school play the play helped her realize to become a actress.

  In January of 1932 Vivien met Leigh Holman {were she got her stage name Leigh} in Teignmouth, England Leigh was 13 years older than Vivien Holman was educated at Cambridge and praticed at Barrister-at-Law. An attachment quickly developed between the two and spent months together.In May of 1932 Vivien began to study at the RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.Vivien abandoned the academy, at Leigh's request, once they became serious about getting married.Then on December 20th Leigh and Vivien got married.In once they returned from their honeymoon in Austria.Vivien went back to RADA and October 10th 1933 Vivien gave birth to a little Girl named Suzanne. Then in 1938 she went to the United States to see her lover Laurence Oliver and Selznick issues a press release declaring that his 2 1/2-year,$50,0000 search for the perfect Scarlett was over. Vivien Leigh, "the wife of a London barrister," will play the coveted role, he says.1940 Leigh Holman goes to court in England to seek a divorce from his wife.{oliver and his wife, actress Jill Esmond, had been divorced for a month earlier} and he got custody of Suzanne.And that same year she starred in "Romeo and Juliet" as Juliet and May of 1940 Vivien married Oliver and moved back to London. Despite poor reviews The Hamilton Woman became a box office success as well as a faveorite film of Winston's Churchill's.During this time Vivien's daughter was placed in and living in Vancouver, Canada , with her Grandmother Gertude. The olivers returned to Britian in Christmas.1945 outstanding reveiws from The Skin Of Our Teeth and high acclaim for Vivien's portrayal of Sabina.It was considered her finest role on stage.After 78 performances, the play ended due to Vivien's continued fatigue and reoccurring illness.Vivien was diagnosed with a tubercular patch onher left lung and was asked to stop working and rest. By the time 1950 Vivien left England to return to Hollywood after nearly a decade absence, and began working on more performances.