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In behind 1931, she met Herbert Leigh Holman, acknowledged as Leigh, a barrister thirteen years her senior. Despite his disapproval of "theatrical people", they were married on 20 December 1932, and upon their marriage she terminated her population analysis at RADA. On 12 October 1933, she Vivien Leigh Book gave blessed event to a daughter, Suzanne, but felt stifled by her domestic life. Her friends suggested her for a minute part in the film Things Are Looking Up, which pointed her film debut. She engaged an agent, John Gliddon, who believed that the agname "Vivian Holman" was not due for an actress, and after rejecting his suggestion, "April Morn", she took "Vivian Leigh" as her professional name. Gliddon recommended her to Alexander Korda as a possible film actress, but Korda rejected her as lacking potential.

When Myron Selznick, who also represented Olivier, met Leigh, he felt that she possessed the qualities his partner David O. Selznick was searching for. Myron Selznick took Leigh and Olivier to the determined where the burning of the Atlanta Depot scene was being filmed, and avant-garde Leigh. The following day, Leigh read a scene for Selznick, who organised a screen attempt and wrote to his wife, "She's the Scarlett dark horse and looks damn good. Not for anyone's ear but your own: it's narrowed down to Paulette Goddard, Jean Arthur, Joan Bennett and Vivien Leigh". The director George Cukor concurred and praised the "incredible wildness" of Leigh, who was given the part forthwith after.