Sullavan, Margaret
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| Birthname | Margaret Brooke Sullavan | ||||
| born on | 16 May 1909 at 00:05 (= 12:05 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Norfolk, Virginia, 36n51, 76w17 | ||||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   24°41'   09°03 Asc. 06°07'
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Biography
American actress who reached the peak of her acclaim in the 1943 stage production, "Voice of the Turtle." She began her career in 1933 with a screen test that launched her immediately into starring roles. Throughout her career she produced a total of 16 films, though it was said she was temperamental and hard to work with.
Sullavan's first of four marriages was to Henry Fonda. By 1948 she had lost 50% of her hearing, but she learned to lip-read. She went through unshakable depressions and stays in various sanitariums. She attempted a comeback in 1959 in a touring play. On 1/01/1960, alone in a hotel room before a performance, she overdosed on sleeping pills.
Relationships
- child relationship with Hayward, Brooke (born 5 July 1937)
- spouse relationship with Fonda, Henry (born 16 May 1905)
- spouse relationship with Wyler, William (born 1 July 1902)
Events
- Health : Medical diagnosis 1948 (50% hearing loss)
- Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital 1956 (Sanitarium)
- Death by Suicide 1 January 1960 (Sleeping pill overdose prior to stage performance.)
Source Notes
Date from her daughter's biography "Haywire," time from "Astrological Review" Spring 1960 (which gave 1911).
Categories
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Ears (50% loss, lip reads)
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Depression (Hospitalized for depressions)
- Personal : Death : Suicide (Overdose, sleeping pills)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
