Margaret Sullavan
Subtitle: The Life and Career of a Reluctant Star
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781476675237
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses, united states; Motion pictures, biography
Description: "In 1933, Margaret Sullavan made her film debut and was an overnight sensation. For the next three decades, she enchanted audiences and critics in any medium she chose-film, theater, television-and was regarded as one of the foremost dramatic actresses. Off screen, she epitomized the Southern Belle-beauty, hospitality and a flirtatious but chaste demeanor. Deep down, she suffered from crippling insecurity, especially as a mother-a feeling exacerbated by progressive hearing loss. By age 50, she could no longer cope and took an overdose of sleeping pills. This biography covers her film career with insightful criticism from the period and details her personal life, including her marriage to Henry Fonda, her special friendship with James Stewart and her bitter rivalry with Katharine Hepburn"--