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Suzanne Farrington (née Holman; 12 October 1933 – 1 March 2015) was the only child of British actress Vivien Leigh and her first husband, Herbert Leigh Holman. Upon her mother's death, Farrington was bequeathed her mother's papers, including her letters, photographs, contracts and diaries.
Jul 7, 2020 · Vivien met Herbert Leigh Holman, known as Leigh Holman, a barrister 13 years her senior, in 1931. Despite his disapproval of "theatrical people", they married on 20 December 1932 and she terminated her studies at RADA; her attendance and interest in acting having already waned after meeting Holman. 1.
Born in 1900, Leigh was educated at Harrow and Jesus College, Cambridge and, like his father, practiced as a Barrister-at-Law. An attachment quickly developed between the two and they spent several months courting and corresponding.
May 10, 2020 · Leigh expressed interest in acting and enrolled in Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 1931—but dropped out after meeting Herbert Leigh Holman, who was 13 years her senior.
Vivian Mary Hartley first met Herbert Leigh Holman, a barrister, in the winter of 1932. It was February and she had just announced to her parents her intention of becoming an actress. Leigh Holman was 31 and Vivien was 18.
Vivian met Herbert Leigh Holman, known as Leigh Holman, a barrister 13 years her senior, in 1931. [16] Despite his disapproval of "theatrical people", they married on 20 December 1932 and she terminated her studies at RADA, her attendance and interest in acting having already waned after meeting Holman. [ 17 ]
Mar 14, 2022 · Both made early marriages: Olivier to the actress Jill Esmond; Leigh to the lawyer Herbert Leigh Holman. Leigh had a daughter, Suzanne, and Olivier a son, Tarquin, to neither of whom they...
Jul 8, 2023 · Vivien met Herbert Leigh Holman, known as Leigh Holman, a barrister 13 years her senior, in 1931. Despite his disapproval of "theatrical people", they married on 20 December 1932 and she terminated her studies at RADA; her attendance and interest in acting having already waned after meeting Holman.
Jul 8, 2014 · In 1932, Vivien married Leigh Holman, a barrister, at the age of 19. The following year, she gave birth to her only child, a daughter she named Suzanne. Shortly after her daughter’s birth, Vivien returned to the acting world. Her breakout role came from the play, The Mask of Virtue, as the courtesan Henriette, in 1935.
It was there that Vivien decided to become an actress. At the end of her education, she met and married Herbert Leigh Holman in 1932 and together had a child named Suzanne in 1933. Though she enjoyed motherhood, it did not squelch her ambition to be an actress.
