Vivien Mary Hartley
Vivien Mary Hartley was born November 5, 1913 in Darjeeling, India. Through out her early education years Vivien received a convent education. Around this time is when she began to experience bipolar symptoms. Her teachers and peers noticed Vivien’s strange behavior, they claimed Vivien would have sudden mood changes at times. Regardless of her strange behavior at times Vivien had a normal childhood and like most children aspired to become a famous actress one day.
Around her early adulthood Vivien went on to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. It was around this time that Vivien married Leigh Holman causing her to put her education on hold. On October 12, 1993 Vivien gave birth to Suzanne. Even though she was newly wed and a mother this did not stop Vivien from making her dreams come true of being a famous actress. She continued to play roles in films and around this time is when she took the name Vivien Leigh as her actress name. It was around this time that Vivien’s manic episodes began to affect her marriage. Vivien and her co-worker Oliver began to have an affair while working on a film together. Her constant manic episodes caused Vivien to be promiscuous and seek pleasure. Not only that but she began to have sudden mood changes. Oliver and many of her co-workers began to notice her rapid mood changes on the set. It got to the point were Vivien had earned the reputation of being difficult to work with due to her constant mood changes on the set.
As Vivien continued to succeed in her career her mood shifts became worse and worse and her marriage with Leigh Holman went down hill. Her manic episodes caused her mood swings and her constant promiscuity with others. After Vivien divorced Leigh for her lover Oliver she married him. During her marriage with Oliver her disorder began to worsen. She began to seek help but not much was