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Margaret Sullavan (1909–1960)

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Born in Norfolk, Virginia to wealthy stockbroker Cornelius Hancock Sullavan and heiress Garland Council Sullavan, Margaret Brooke overcame a muscle weakness in her childhood to go on to become a rebellious teenager at posh private schools. She went on to perform with the University Players at Harvard and made her Broadway debut in Hello... See full bio »

Born:

Margaret Brooke Sullavan Hancock
in Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Died:

(age 50) in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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1954 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Mary Matthews
– State of the Union (1954) … Mary Matthews
 
1951 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– The Nymph and the Lamp (1951)
– Still Life (1951)
 
1951 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
Alexa Trent
– The Touchstone (1951) … Alexa Trent
 
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
Mary Scott
 
1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
– The Twelve Pound Look (1949)
 
1948 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Janet Willsom
– The Storm (1948) … Janet Willsom
 
1943 Cry 'Havoc'
Lieutenant Smith
 
1941 Appointment for Love
Dr. Jane Alexander
 
1941 Back Street
Ray Smith
 
1941 So Ends Our Night
Ruth Holland
 
1940 The Mortal Storm
Freya Roth
 
1940 The Shop Around the Corner
Klara Novak
 
1938 The Shining Hour
Judy Linden
 
1938 The Shopworn Angel
Daisy Heath
 
1938 Three Comrades
Patricia Hollmann
 
1936 The Moon's Our Home
Cherry Chester/Sarah Brown
 
1936 Next Time We Love
Cicely Tyler
 
1936 I Loved a Soldier
 
1935 So Red the Rose
Valette Bedford
 
1935 The Good Fairy
Luisa 'Lu' Ginglebuscher
 
1934 Little Man, What Now?
Emma 'Lammchen' Pinneberg
 
1933 Only Yesterday
Mary Lane
 
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1938 Three Comrades ("The Comrade Song" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 The Shopworn Angel (performer: "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!" 1915 / "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!" 1915)
 
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1955 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 18 December 1955 (1955) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1953 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.18 (1953) … Herself
 
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2011 A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (TV documentary)
 
2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary)
 
2004 In the Good Old Summertime Intro (video documentary short)
Klara Novak
 
2004 Ziegfeld Girl Intro (video documentary short)
Klara Novak
 
1982 Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Herself, film clip (screen test for 'Rebecca') (uncredited)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Herself
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Sabrina Fairchild") in the original Broadway production of "Sabrina Fair" (this was the play that would become the Audrey Hepburn film Sabrina) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 3 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Height:

5' 2½" (1.59 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Perhaps I'll get used to this bizarre place called Hollywood, but I doubt it. See more »

Trivia:

Her youngest daughter, Bridget, was found dead in her Manhattan, New York apartment on October 31, 1960, only eleven months after her mother died. It was ruled a suicide by drug overdose, like her mother. She was 21 years old. See more »

Trademark:

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Star Sign:

Taurus