Family tree of Vivien LEIGH
Actor
Born Vivian Mary HARTLEY
British stage and film actress
Born on November 5, 1913 in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died on July 8, 1967 in London, England
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In 1917 Ernest Hartley was transferred to Bangalore, while Gertrude and Vivian stayed in Ootacamund. At the age of three, young Vivian made her first stage appearance for her mother's amateur theatre group, reciting "Little Bo Peep".
... Leigh was born Vivian Mary Hartley on the campus of St. Paul's School, Darjeeling in British India. She was the only child of Ernest Hartley, an English officer in the Indian Cavalry, and his wife, Gertrude Mary Frances (née Yackjee; 1888–1972), who also went by her family name, Robinson. A devout Roman Catholic, her mother's origins may have been of Irish and Parsi Indian ancestry. Ernest and Gertrude Hartley were married in 1912 in Kensington, London.
In 1917 Ernest Hartley was transferred to Bangalore, while Gertrude and Vivian stayed in Ootacamund. At the age of three, young Vivian made her first stage appearance for her mother's amateur theatre group, reciting "Little Bo Peep".
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