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Margaret Sullavan

Margaret Sullavan

Known For Acting
Birthday May 16, 1909
Died Jan 01, 1960 (50)
Birthplace Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Oct 27, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 returned in 1950 to make her last movie, No Sad Songs For Me (1950), in which she plays a woman who is dying of cancer. For the rest of her career she would only appear on the stage. Sullavan was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Three Comrades (1938). She died of an overdose of barbiturates on January 1, New Year's Day, 1960, at the age of 50. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Sullavan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

as 'Rebecca' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)

No Sad Songs for Me

No Sad Songs for Me

1950

as Mary Scott

Cry 'Havoc'

Cry 'Havoc'

1943

as Lieutenant Smith

Back Street

Back Street

1941

as Ray Smith

Appointment for Love

Appointment for Love

1941

as Jane Alexander

So Ends Our Night

So Ends Our Night

1941

as Ruth Holland

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm

1940

as Freya Roth

The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner

1940

as Klara Novak

The Shopworn Angel

The Shopworn Angel

1938

as Daisy Heath

Three Comrades

Three Comrades

1938

as Patricia Hollmann

The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour

1938

as Judy Linden

The Moon's Our Home

The Moon's Our Home

1936

as Cherry Chester / Sarah Brown

Next Time We Love

Next Time We Love

1936

as Cicely

So Red the Rose

So Red the Rose

1935

as Valette Bedford

The Good Fairy

The Good Fairy

1935

as Luisa Ginglebuscher

Little Man, What Now?

Little Man, What Now?

1934

as Lammchen

Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday

1933

as Mary Lane

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Television Credits

Studio One

as Janet Layton Willson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

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