ACTOR

Margaret Sullavan

1909 - 1960

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Sullavan has received more than 2,345,129 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Margaret Sullavan is the 3,137th most popular actor (down from 2,621st in 2019), the 4,754th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,213th in 2019) and the 1,415th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.3M

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  • 51.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Margaret Sullavan ranks 3,137 out of 13,578. Before her are Chantal Goya, Tapio Rautavaara, RuPaul, Jerry Zucker, Svetlana Bojković, and Carol Burnett. After her are Betsy Blair, Cheryl Ladd, Georges Guétary, Christopher Atkins, Maria Ouspenskaya, and Michael Moriarty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Margaret Sullavan ranks 205. Before her are Mario Pizziolo, Lev Artsimovich, Adam von Trott zu Solz, Endel Puusepp, Milena Pavlović-Barili, and Đorđe Vujadinović. After her are André Clot, Guillermo León Valencia, Eva Justin, Phoumi Vongvichit, Christophe Soglo, and Eric Ambler. Among people deceased in 1960, Margaret Sullavan ranks 124. Before her are Roy Chapman Andrews, Ioannis Georgiadis, Walter Noddack, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Igor Grabar, and Ward Bond. After her are Toyohiko Kagawa, Melvin Purvis, Wu Lien-teh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Oliver Kirk, and Hersch Lauterpacht.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Margaret Sullavan ranks 4,754 out of 20,380. Before her are Jerry Zucker (1950), Vince Neil (1961), Joe Haldeman (1943), Alice Paul (1885), Carol Burnett (1933), and Marvin Hamlisch (1944). After her are Jim Courier (1970), Loretta Lynn (1932), Kay Ivey (1944), Janet Asimov (1926), Betsy Blair (1923), and Robert Barro (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Margaret Sullavan ranks 1,415. Before her are John Bennett Perry (1941), Ward Bond (1903), Carrie Snodgress (1945), RuPaul (1960), Jerry Zucker (1950), and Carol Burnett (1933). After her are Betsy Blair (1923), Cheryl Ladd (1951), Christopher Atkins (1961), Michael Moriarty (1941), Tim Kang (1973), and Thomas Jane (1969).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Shop Around the Corner
Klara Novak
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Jan 12o 19408.148 / 10
The Mortal Storm
Freya Roth
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Jun 20o 19407.2 / 10
The Good Fairy
Luisa Ginglebuscher
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing good deeds for others and maintaining her purity. Luisa's well-meaning lies get her caught between a lecherous businessman, Konrad, and a decent but confused doctor, Max Sporum. When Luisa convinces Konrad that she's married to Max, Konrad tries everything he can to get rid of the baffled doctor.
Feb 18o 19356.9 / 10