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Margaret Sullavan

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress | * 05/16/1909 († 50, 01/01/1960) | Norfolk, Virginia (United States of America (USA))
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 ... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Margaret Sullavan

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Donaldson Awards Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Margaret Sullavan as Actress(19)

as Self (archive footage)1988 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as 'Rebecca' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Mary Scott1950 No Sad Songs for Me
as Lieutenant Smith1943 Cry 'Havoc'
as Ray Smith1941 Back Street
as Ruth Holland1941 So Ends Our Night
as Jane Alexander1941 Appointment for Love
as Freya Roth1940 The Mortal Storm
as Klara Novak1940 The Shop Around the Corner
as Judy Linden1938 The Shining Hour
as Daisy Heath1938 The Shopworn Angel
as Patricia Hollmann1938 Three Comrades
as Cicely1936 Next Time We Love
as Cherry Chester / Sarah Brown1936 The Moon's Our Home
as Valette Bedford1935 So Red the Rose
as Luisa Ginglebuscher1935 The Good Fairy
as Lammchen1934 Little Man, What Now?
as Mary Lane1933 Only Yesterday

TV Shows/Series with Margaret Sullavan as Actress(4)

as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Janet Layton Willson1948 Studio One

Full Name: Margaret Sullavan
Born: Sunday, 05/16 1909 (May) in Norfolk, Virginia (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 01/01 1960 (January) in New Haven (aged: 50)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: French (FR)
Educated at: Chatham Hall
Spouses (current/former): Leland Hayward, Henry Fonda, William Wyler, Kenneth Wagg
Children: Brooke Hayward, Bridget Hayward, William Leland Hayward
Father: Cornelius Sullavan
Mother: Garland Brooke Council
Other names for Margaret Sullavan (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Margaret Brooke Sullavan"
"Маргарет Саллаван"
Margaret Sullavan frequently works together with these people:
Charlton Heston (17x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (13x, Actor)
John Forsythe (12x, Actor)
James Daly (12x, Actor)
Jackie Gleason (11x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (11x, Actor)
Art Carney (11x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (10x, Actor)
Kevin McCarthy (10x, Actor)
James Gregory (10x, Actor)
Richard Kiley (10x, Actor)
Nina Foch (9x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:108819, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024