Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Showing posts with label Vivien Leigh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vivien Leigh. Show all posts
Thursday, 22 August 2024
Saturday, 17 March 2018
The wearing of the green
Loretta Young
Nicole Kidman's green parrot frock from the Screen Actors' Guild awards 2017
Jackie Kennedy wearing a pale green Givenchy dress
HM The Queen in 1954
Vivien Leigh's green "curtain" dress from "Gone With the Wind"
Happy Paddy's Day!
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
The perfect English rose
“Only England could have produced her. She was the perfect English rose. When the door opened and she was there, she was so terribly good-looking. She had such an exquisite unreality about her.” - Diana Vreeland
"[Her] ravishing beauty often tended to obscure her staggering achievements as an actress. Great beauties are infrequently great actresses — simply because they don’t need to be. Vivien was different; ambitious, persevering, serious, often inspired.” - Garson Kanin
“As a beauty, she was at the top of the tree. She never went through an unbeautiful phase.” - David Niven
[While married to Lawrence Oliver, who became a Lord:] “Her Ladyship is fucking bored with formalities, and would like to be known as Miss Vivien Leigh!”
Today is the centenary of the birth of the divine Miss Leigh.
The V&A recently acquired her archives, which went on display to the public this autumn.
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