Margaret Sullavan

Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1911 - January 1, 1960) was an American actress.

She was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of a wealthy stockbroker. She made her Broadway debut in 1931. She married Henry Fonda on December 25 of that year. The marriage ended the following year, although Sullavan and Fonda remained lifelong friends. Her marriage to director William Wyler was equally brief. Her third marriage, to agent and producer Leland Hayward, lasted 13 years and produced three children. While married to Hayward, she worked less and less. Her last film role was in 1950.

Sullavan suffered from depression and a congenital hearing defect that grew worse as she grew older. She was found unconscious in a hotel room in New Haven, Connecticut from a barbiturate overdose on January 1, 1960. Her death was officially ruled an accident, but many think it was a suicide.

Her film debut came in 1933 in Only Yesterday. She also appeared in Little Man, What Now?, The Good Fairy, So Red the Rose, The Moon's Our Home, Next Time We Love, The Shopworn Angel, Three Comrades (for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress), The Shop Around the Corner, The Mortal Storm, Appointment for Love and Cry Havoc. She co-starred frequently with James Stewart, with whom she and Fonda had acted in a stock company when they were all unknowns.

Her daughter, actress Brooke Hayward, wrote a memoir, Haywire, about her family. It was made into a television movie starring Lee Remick.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1751 Vine Street.


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She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1751 Vine Street. Mae's other credits include:. It was made into a television movie starring Lee Remick. She has also appeared on Independence Day as the President's daughter, (alongside Will Smith) and in Hope Floats, with Sandra Bullock. Her daughter, actress Brooke Hayward, wrote a memoir, Haywire, about her family. She played Ryan's daughter in the movie. She co-starred frequently with James Stewart, with whom she and Fonda had acted in a stock company when they were all unknowns. At the age of four, Mae made her film debut, acting alongside Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman.

She also appeared in Little Man, What Now?, The Good Fairy, So Red the Rose, The Moon's Our Home, Next Time We Love, The Shopworn Angel, Three Comrades (for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress), The Shop Around the Corner, The Mortal Storm, Appointment for Love and Cry Havoc. This caused a lot of surprise to her mother Pat Musick who is an accomplished actress herself, but it was satisfying to her finding out young Mae had gotten some of the skills she did. Her film debut came in 1933 in Only Yesterday. She got the job, beating out her own mother for it. Her death was officially ruled an accident, but many think it was a suicide. Mae started out going to an audition for a voice over in a commercial about Tyson Chickens. She was found unconscious in a hotel room in New Haven, Connecticut from a barbiturate overdose on January 1, 1960. She played the title role, 12-year-old Grace, on the show.

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