第3章 Vivien Leigh费雯·丽
这位被丘吉尔赞誉为“上帝的艺术品”的女子，就是电影史上最光彩夺目的天才演员之一，戏剧舞台上难得的瑰宝，为了爱情和艺术，把短暂的一生燃烧成最灿烂焰火的费雯·丽。
About Vivien Leigh
关于费雯·丽
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier was an English actress. She won two Best Actress Academy Awards for playing “southern belles”: Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she also played on stage in London's West End.
Leigh was born Vivian Mary Hartley in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India, to Ernest Hartley, a British Officer in the Indian Cavalry, and Gertrude Robinson Yackje. Leigh's parents were married in Kensington, London, in 1912. In 1917, Ernest Hartley was transferred to Bangalore, while Gertrude and Vivian stayed in Ootacamund. Vivian Hartley made her first stage appearance at the age of three, reciting “Little Bo Peep” for her mother's amateur theatre group. Gertrude Hartley tried to instill in her daughter an appreciation of literature and introduced her to the works of Hans Christian Andersen, Lewis Carroll, and Rudyard Kipling, as well as stories of Greek mythology and Indian folklore. An only child, Vivian Hartley was sent to the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Roehampton, England, (now Woldingham School) in 1920 at the age of six-and-a-half. One of her friends at the convent school was the future actress Maureen O'sullivan, to whom she expressed her desire to become “a great actress”.
She was a prolific stage performer, frequently in collaboration with her then-husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles. During her 30-year stage career, she played roles ranging from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth.
Lauded for her beauty, Leigh felt that it sometimes prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress. However, ill health proved to be her greatest obstacle. For much of her adult life Leigh had what is now known as bipolar disorder. She earned a reputation for being difficult to work with, and her career suffered periods of inactivity. She also suffered recurrent bouts of chronic tuberculosis, first diagnosed in the mid-1940s. Leigh and Olivier divorced in 1960, and she worked sporadically in film and theatre until her death from tuberculosis in 1967.
费雯·丽成功地饰演《乱世佳人》的斯佳丽·奥哈拉和《欲望号街车》的布兰奇·杜波依斯，两度获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。1999年，她被美国电影学会选为百年来最伟大的女演员第16名。《乱世佳人》中斯佳丽狡黠的眼神，《魂断蓝桥》中玛拉纯真无邪的笑脸、《欲望号街车》中迟暮美人经典剧照的无奈与疯狂，是费雯·丽留给世界影坛的不朽形象。
费雯·丽被认为是她所处时代最美丽的女演员之一，导演们在她的大部分影片中强调了这一点。当问及她是否认为她的美貌成为障碍时，她说：“人们认为如果你看起来相当不错，你不能表演，而我只在乎表演。我认为美貌是一个很大的障碍，如果你真的希望看起来像你饰演的角色，而那个角色不一定像你。”
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Vivien Leigh is a Hollywood legend.
费雯·丽是好莱坞传奇人物。
I think Vivien Leigh is a fantastic actress.
我认为费雯·丽是个很棒的演员。
English actress Vivien Leigh died of chronic tuberculosis at 53 on July 8.
7月8日，英国影星费雯·丽死于慢性肺结核，享年53岁。
Gone with the Wind was a classic movie and Vivien Leigh was wonderful in it.
《乱世佳人》这部电影很经典，费雯·丽在里面演得好极了。
Vivien Leigh is a Hollywood movie queen, who is household known in the world.
费雯·丽是一位家喻户晓的好莱坞影后。
You can read Vivien Leigh's screen performances as if she were a character in a novel.
你会觉得银幕上的费雯·丽宛然是小说中人物的再现。
Vivien Leigh played Ophelia in the play directed by Tyrone Guthrie.
费雯·丽在蒂龙·古瑟里执导的戏剧中饰演欧菲莉亚。
Vivien Leigh's Southern-belle accent was slightly wonky.
费雯·丽的南方美人口音有点不靠谱。
The way Vivien Leigh wore her antebellum wardrobe was very graceful.
费雯·丽穿战前服装的方式非常优雅。
Vivien Leigh was born Vivian Mary hartley on the evening of wednesday November 5th.
11月5日星期三的傍晚，费·雯丽出生，取名为费雯·玛丽·哈特丽。
The possessions of Vivien Leigh are owned by her daughter, Mrs Suzanne Farrington.
费雯·丽的财产归她女儿苏珊所有。
From Vivien Leigh, we can see her steady pursuit of career and goals.
从费雯·丽身上，我们看到了她对于事业、目标的执著追求。
Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, and many of the supporting cast attended the celebration.
克拉克·盖博，费雯·丽和许多配角参加了庆祝活动。
The collection includes many of Vivien Leigh's personal papers.
收藏品包括许多费雯·丽的私人文件。
This thesis introduces the life experiences of Vivien Leigh.
本文简要介绍了费雯·丽的生平。
In 1960, Vivien Leigh and Olivier divorced.
1960年，费雯·丽和奥利维尔离婚。
Vivien obtained success in career by playing Scarlett O'Hara.
费雯·丽通过扮演斯佳丽获得了事业上的成功。
Vivien Leigh was considered one of the most beautiful actresses of her day.
费雯·丽被认为是当时最漂亮的女演员之一。
Vivien Leigh's early performances brought her immediate success in Britain.
费雯·丽早期的表演使她在英国立即获得成功。
Vivien Leigh and Olivier mounted a stage production of Romeo and Juliet for Broadway.
费雯·丽和奥利维尔表演了百老汇舞台剧《罗密欧与朱丽叶》。
Vivien Leigh believed that comedy was more difficult to play.
费雯·丽相信喜剧更难表演。
Vivien Leigh observed, “It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.”
费雯·丽发现让观众哭比让他们笑更困难。
Vivien Leigh remained largely unknown in other parts of the world.
费雯·丽在其他地方仍然不是很出名。
Leigh was sometimes required to work seven days a week.
有时候费雯·丽需要一周工作七天。
Leigh received excellent reviews.
费雯·丽受到好评。
Shortly after filming commenced, Vivien Leigh suffered a breakdown.
拍摄开始不久后，她崩溃了。
Vivien Leigh wished to play a role in a tragedy.
费雯·丽希望能在悲剧中扮演角色。
Leigh was plagued with insomnia.
费雯·丽深受失眠的困扰。
Vivien Leigh won a second Academy Award for Best Actress.
费雯·丽赢得了第二个最佳女主角奖。
Leigh, terrified of failure.
费雯·丽很害怕失败。
Vivien Leigh gradually recovered over a period of several months.
几个月后，费雯·丽渐渐恢复了。
Let's Talk！
开始交流吧！
Mike: What's your favorite movie?
麦克：你最喜欢的电影是什么？
Daisy: Gone with the wind.
黛西：《乱世佳人》。
Mike: That's a really excellent movie.
麦克：那的确是个非常好的电影。
Daisy: No others would be more suitable for playing the part Scarlett than Vivien Leigh.
黛西：没有人比费雯·丽更适合扮演斯佳丽这个角色了。
Mike: It's true, her performance is perfect.
麦克：的确是，她的表演很完美。
Daisy: I've never seen other films of her, have you?
黛西：我没有看过她的其他影片，你呢？
Mike: I believe I have seen one, but I can't remember, the part Scarlett she played is too impressive.
麦克：我应该是看过，但是我不太记得了，她演的斯佳丽印象太深刻了。
Daisy: I totally agree.
黛西：我完全同意。
Mike: And I'm also a bid fan of Clark Gable.
麦克：而且我也是克拉克·盖博的忠实“粉丝”。
Daisy: He is very charming.
黛西：他很迷人。
Mike: And Gone with the Wind would not be so popular without him.
麦克：如果没有他，《飘》也不会这么受欢迎。
Daisy: I really want to see the movie again now.
黛西：我现在很想再看一次这部电影。
Mike: Let's watch it together.
麦克：我们一起看吧。