Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1911
- Died
- 1960
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Janus
- Janus
- Janus
- Sabrina fair
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Film & TV
Acting · Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1909 – January 1, 1960) was an American actress. Sullavan started her career on the stage in 1929. In 1933 she caught the attention of movie director John M. Stahl and had her debut on the screen that same year in Only Yesterday. Margaret Sullavan preferred working on the stage and did only 16 movies. She retired from the screen in the early forties, but…
Known for
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)1987
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
- No Sad Songs for Me — Mary Scott1950
- What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest1950
- Studio One — Janet Layton Willson1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
- Cry 'Havoc' — Lieutenant Smith1943
- Joan Crawford's Home Movies — Self1942
- Back Street — Ray Smith1941
- So Ends Our Night — Ruth Holland1941
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Key facts
- Born
- Margaret Brooke Sullavan , ( 1909-05-16 ) May 16, 1909, Norfolk, Virginia , U.S.
- Died
- January 1, 1960 (1960-01-01) (aged 50), New Haven, Connecticut , U.S.
- Resting place
- Saint Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Churchyard
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1929–1960
- Children
- 3, including Brooke Hayward
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1909
- Died
- 1 January 1960
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Margaret
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Q49231
- Place of death
- New Haven
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Studio publicity Margaret Sullavan.jpg
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Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1909 – January 1, 1960) was an American stage and film actress. She began her career onstage in 1929 with the University Players on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In 1933, she caught the attention of film director John M. Stahl and made her screen debut that same year in Only Yesterday. She continued to be successful on stage and film, best known for The Shop Around the Corner.
Sullavan preferred working on the stage and made only 16 films, four of which were opposite close friend James Stewart in a popular partnership that included The Mortal Storm and The Shop Around the Corner. Stewart and Sullavan were also close friends of Henry Fonda, to whom Sullavan was married from 1931 to 1933. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Three Comrades (1938). In the early 1940s, she retired from the screen to devote herself to her children and stage work. She returned to the screen in 1950 to make her last film, No Sad Songs for Me, in which she played a woman dying of cancer. For the rest of her career, she appeared only on the stage. Popular stage portrayals included Terry Randall in Stage Door, Sally Middleton in The Voice of the Turtle and Sabrina Fairchild in Sabrina Fair.
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