Sullavan was born Margaret Brooke. Having studied dance and drama since childhood, she debuted onstage at... (Learn more)
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Margaret Sullavan’s Milestones
| Worked at the Harvard Cooperative Bookstore (for ($18 a week) while at drama school | |
| 1928 | Joined the University Players, community theater at Falmouth, M assachusetts (summer) |
| 1928 | Made social debut in Norfolk, Virginia (winter) |
| 1929 | Made stage debut in summer touring production of Preston Sturges's "Strictly Dishonorable" |
| 1929 | Rejoined University Players in Baltimore for stock season; co-starring with Henry Fonda |
| 1929 | Returned to University Players |
| 1931 | Broadway debut, "A Modern Virgin" |
| 1933 | Film debut, "Only Yesterday" |
| 1933 | First Broadway success as replacement for Marguerite Churchill in "Dinner at Eight"; signed by Universal on her terms ($1,200 weekly, three years, nonexclusive and with approval rights) |
| 1936 | On expiration of Universal contract, returned to Broadway in non-starring role in "Stage Door" |
| 1947 | London stage debut, "The Voice of the Turtle" |
| 1948 | Appeared on TV in first "Studio One" production |
| 1950 | Returned to films after an absence of seven years in "No Sad Songs For Me" |
| 1956 | Withdrew from hit comedy "Janus" for health reasons; disappeared on day scheduled to appear on TV in "The Pilot"; committed herself to a sanitarium for nervous exhaustion; |
| 1960 | Was appearing in out-of-town tryout of "Sweet Love Remember'd" in New Haven when she was found dead of a drug overdose |
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