![]() ![]() Bipolar disorder, called manic depression in her day, explains in part her failings as a wife and mother. Strachan also pierces the darkness that never left Leigh: mental illness. ![]() Yet her stage work, often overlooked by her film fans, may have been the true showcase of her talent.Īlan Strachan, a director and a chronicler of the British theater, gives Leigh’s full career a stirring reassessment in an immensely readable biography, “Dark Star.” He argues convincingly that there was far more to Leigh than her mesmerizing beauty, which could blind critics to the power behind her performances. Playing two of the greatest female roles ever offered in film – Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone with the Wind” and Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire” – has guaranteed actress Vivien Leigh a place in popular culture. ![]() “Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh.” By Alan Stracha. ![]()
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