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Article: a poisonous embrace; When Vivien Leigh stole Laurence Olivier from his pregnant wife, it was the start of one of the greatest love affairs in showbusiness. Yet it also led to a spiral of despair, infidelity and her early death . . .
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 11, 2001
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Byline: CHRISTOPHER HUDSON
THEY reached the pinnacle.
They had everything. I'd never seen people so adored, so admired. But there was a terrible price to pay. And in the end, you suddenly saw that all the beauty and all the riches and all the fame - it was worth very little.
The only thing that was priceless was the moments of inspiration.' This epitaph, spoken by a friend of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, comes at the end of a Channel 4 documentary on the couple, to be screened on Thursday.
It examines, with new insights from close friends, the relationship between these two incandescent stars of stage and screen, one of the ...