A Little Eternity

My place to store and share the moments of the extraordinary Vivien Leigh. She should have been Dame VLO, amirite?!?!

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Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

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Vivien Leigh and Karl Malden in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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“ A spy… a life I never wanted.”

5 Films that stuck with you.

5|5 Dark Journey ( 1937)

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Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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Laurence Olivier visiting Vivien Leigh on the set of A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951

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“I have never met a woman I thought more beautiful. And somehow, that beauty was both inside and outside.” (Toby Rowland)

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Candid snapshots of Vivien Leigh, 1960s

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The Lido is a cabaret and burlesque show located on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. It opened in 1946. It is known for its exotic shows including dancers, singers, and other performers. Famous names have performed there including: Edith Piaf, Sylvie Vartan, Johnny Hallyday, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Eartha Kitt, Josephine Baker, Elton John, Laurel & Hardy, Dalida, Shirley MacLaine, Mitzi Gaynor and Noël Coward.

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Vivien Leigh

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Perfumes of Old Hollywood Actresses

Ava Gardner: Acqua di Parma Colonia, Fracas, Tabu, Jungle Gardenia, was photographed with Mitsouko; Reporter recalled her perfume being intoxicating, French and exotic (smells like Fracas, no?); She would also spritz perfume in a pathway leading to her room after fights with Frank Sinatra to let him know she was ready to make up.

Vivien Leigh: Joy by Jean Patou (was said to stop to pick up a bottle while touring; gifted perfume by Dior.

Marilyn Monroe: Chanel N5, Joy by Jean Patou, Fracas; was said to take ice baths with drops of perfume.

Elizabeth Taylor: Femme Rochas, Bal a Versaille, Givenchy L’interdit (in honor of friend Audrey Hepburn), White Diamonds (and her other fragrances, presumably), said she liked to mix several perfumes before she came out with her own line; Colin Farrell said “Violet Eyes” smells as he remembers her smelling.Greta Garb

Rita Hayworth: Shalimar, Arpege, Fracas; collected perfume.

Brigitte Bardot: Jicky by Guerlain, Vent Vert by Balmain, Fracas.

Catherine Deneuve: Chanel N5, N19 and N22, Guerlain L’Heure Bleu and Chamade.

Grace Kelly: Creed Fleurissimo (made for her wedding, inspired by her bouquet), Jean Patou Joy,

Claudia Cardinale: L’Air du Temps

Claudette Colbert: Vol de Nuit

Audrey Hepburn: Givenchy L’interdit (created for her), Creed Spring Flower (created for her), Guerlain Chamade, Acqua di Parma Colonia, Femme Rochas, Ivorie Balmain (original)

Gloria Swanson: Joy, Youth Dew, Narcisse Noir

Ingrid Bergman: Guerlain Mitsouko

Jane Russell: Chanel Coco

Jayne Mansfield: Lanvin My Sin, Arpege, Shiaperelli Shocking

Jean Harlow: Mitsouko by Guerlain

Joan Collins: Guerlain Shalimar and Jicky

Joan Crawford: Youth Dew, Jungle Gardenia

Lana Turner: L'air du Temps

Lauren Bacall: loved Diptyque scents, especially L'Ombre dans L'Eau

Marlene Dietrich: Fracas, Tabac Blond, Bandit, Vole du Nuit

Mary Pickford: Crepe De Chine, Joy, Patou

Olivia de Havilland: Joy

Sophia Loren: Irisia, Diva (I also read she wore Shalimar)

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Vivien Leigh for ‘The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone’ 1961.

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Vivien Leigh photographed in costume for Caesar and Cleopatra by Angus McBean, 1951.

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Looking after Vivien Leigh tonight is author Noel Coward after the first night of his farce “Look After Lulu” at the Royal Court Theatre.

Daily Mail Photo description 7/29/1959.

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Vivien Leigh rehearsing for the 1949 production of A Streetcar Named Desire, photographed by Mark Kauffman.

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Vivien Leigh and Lauren Bacall

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Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).

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You know, José, it all began with my mother. It all had to do with my mother, when I was a young girl in India. I was born in India, you know. I lived there until I was thirteen, nearly fourteen really. My birthday fell on a religious Indian holiday. They would throw different colored powders into the sky, and the women wore their most beautiful saris, woven out of silver and purple and gold. There was music everywhere, and as I stood by the window my mother would always say, ‘See, Vivien, the whole world is celebrating your birthday’ And I believed her. But I believe now that the world will not celebrate my birthday anymore.

Vivien Leigh to José Quintero, six months before her death. (x)

She was so wrong. We still celebrate her birthday. Poor thing.