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Vivien Merchant (1929–1982)

Trivia:

Pinter began having an affair with writer/historian Antonia Fraser in 1975. Vivien, battling problems with alcohol, cited Antonia in her divorce action despite the fact the marriage had been crumbling since the mid-60s. Vivien and Pinter finally divorced in 1980 and Pinter married Antonia in December of that same year. Vivien was unconsolable and died two years later of liver cirrhosis. See more trivia »

Died:

(age 53) in London, England, UK

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Filmography

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1982 Crown Court (TV series)
Judge
Face Value: Part 1 (1982) … Judge
 
1980 A Tale of Two Cities (TV mini-series)
Miss Pross / Miss. Pross
Part 8 (1980) … Miss. Pross
Part 7 (1980) … Miss Pross
Part 6 (1980) … Miss Pross
Part 5 (1980) … Miss Pross
Part 4 (1980) … Miss Pross
 
1980 Breakaway (TV series)
Isabel Black
The Local Affair: Part 4 (1980) … Isabel Black
The Local Affair: Part 2 (1980) … Isabel Black
The Local Affair (1980) … Isabel Black
 
1977 Secret Army (TV series)
Mlle. Gunet
Growing Up (1977) … Mlle. Gunet
 
1977 The Velvet Glove (TV series)
Elizabeth Fry
Beyond This Life (1977) … Elizabeth Fry
 
1977 The Lover (TV movie)
Sarah
 
1975 The Maids
Madame
 
1973 Softly Softly: Task Force (TV series)
Maggie Jarman
Cover (1973) … Maggie Jarman
 
1973 The Homecoming
Ruth
 
1968-1973 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Dona Ana / Evelyn Daly / Jane Noble
The Common (1973) … Jane Noble
Don Juan in Hell (1971) … Dona Ana
 
1972 A War of Children (TV movie)
Nora Tomelty
 
1972 Under Milk Wood
Mrs. Pugh
 
1972 The Offence
Maureen Johnson
 
1971 Aquarius (TV series)
Anna in Old Times
Episode dated 5 June 1971 (1971) … Anna in Old Times
 
1970 Skyscrapers (TV movie)
Audley
 
1969-1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Audley / Augusta Fullam / Maureen Instance
Skyscrapers (1970) … Audley
Wicked Women: Augusta Fullam (1970) … Augusta Fullam
The Full Cheddar (1969) … Maureen Instance
 
1970 Wicked Women (TV series)
Augusta Fullen
Augusta Fullan (1970) … Augusta Fullen
 
1969/I Alfred the Great
Freda
 
1968 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Tessa
Funeral Games (1968) … Tessa
 
1967 Accident
Rosalind
 
1966 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Ella
Ella (1966) … Ella
 
1966 Seven Deadly Sins (TV series)
My Friend Corby (1966)
 
1966 Alfie
Lily Clamacraft
 
1966 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Gertrude / Natalia Petrovna
Focus (1966) … Gertrude
 
1965 Tea Party (TV movie)
 
1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Kathy Grayson
The Fall of the Sparrow (1965) … Kathy Grayson
 
1963 Maupassant (TV series)
Freda Dowie
Wives and Lovers (1963) … Freda Dowie
 
1963 The Lover (TV movie)
Sarah
 
1962 Studio 4 (TV series)
Olivia
The Weather in the Streets (1962) … Olivia
 
1960 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Sally Gibbs
Night School (1960) … Sally Gibbs
 
1960 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Girl
A Night Out (1960) … Girl
 
1959 The Infamous John Friend (TV mini-series)
'Crown Inn' landlady
Episode #1.4 (1959) … 'Crown Inn' landlady
 
1955 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Elsa Perkins
The Fifty Mark (I) (1955) … Elsa Perkins
 
1948 Virtuoso (TV movie)
Miss Coleman
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1969 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
Pinter People (1969) (voice)
 
1964 Tempo (TV series)
A Vision of England (1964)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1968) She acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth," in the Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Paul Scofield, Brewster Mason, and Ian Richardson in the cast. Peter Hall was director. See more »
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Trivia:

Pinter began having an affair with writer/historian Antonia Fraser in 1975. Vivien, battling problems with alcohol, cited Antonia in her divorce action despite the fact the marriage had been crumbling since the mid-60s. Vivien and Pinter finally divorced in 1980 and Pinter married Antonia in December of that same year. Vivien was unconsolable and died two years later of liver cirrhosis. See more »

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