Margaret Brooke SULLAVAN b. 16 May 1909 Norfolk, VA d. 1 Jan 1960 New Haven, New Haven County, CT: Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families

1909 - 1960 (50 years)

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Name	Margaret Brooke SULLAVAN
Birth	16 May 1909	Norfolk, VA
Gender	Female
Death	1 Jan 1960	New Haven, New Haven County, CT [1]
	Cause: Overdose of sleeping pills. Suicide suspected.
Burial	St. Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Lancaster County, VA
Notes	(1) Source: Albert Mark Fonda . (2) www.findagrave.com: Margaret Sullavan Birth: May 16, 1909 Death: Jan. 1, 1960 Actress. Remembered as the first wife of actor Henry Fonda, she was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of wealthy stockbroker Cornelius Hancock and heiress Garland Council Sullavan, She attended numerous private schools while growing up, studying drama. She performed with the Harvard University Players and began her acting career with the Broadway play "A Modern Virgin" (1931). After meeting aspiring actor Henry Fonda in the Harvard University Players, she married him on Christmas Day, 1931, but their marriage only lasted a few months, ending in divorce. Her later marriages to director William Wyler (1934 to 1936) and to movie agent Leland Hayward (1936 to 1947) were also stormy, although she appeared to have found love with Kenneth Wagg, who she married in 1950. She became making films in 1933, with "Only Yesterday" and played opposite her ex-husband Henry Fonda in the 1936 film, "The Moon's Our Home." She earned an Oscar nomination in "Three Comrades" (1938), playing the role of Patricia Hollmann against screen star Robert Taylor, her only Oscar nomination. She would make several movies with Jimmy Stewart, with whom she had some chemistry, including "Next Time We Love" (1936), "The Shopworn Angel" (1938), "The Shop Around the Corner" (1940), and "The Mortal Storm" (1940). Considered the epitome of grace and charm on screen, she was angry and self-destructive off screen. After the film "Cry Havoc" (1943), she was unable to find work and she turned to alcohol to sooth[e] herself. Her only film after 1943 was the role of Mary Scott in "No Sad Songs for Me" (1950). She was able to appear in a number of television roles in the early 1950s, but most producers wanted no part of her. She also discovered that she was becoming deaf in her later years, and committed suicide with an overdose of pills (barbiturates), although the county coroner ruled the death was accidental. Her daughter, Brooke Hayward, would later write a harrowing memoir of the family's life together, "Haywire," which became a television movie in 1980. (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Family links: Spouse: William Leland Hayward (1902 - 1971); Children: Bridget Hayward (1939 - 1960), William Leland Hayward (1941 - 2008)* Cause of death: Suicide Burial: Saint Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA Maintained by: Find A Grave Record added: Jan 01, 2001 Find A Grave Memorial# 1000
Person ID	I3520	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

Family 1	Henry Jaynes FONDA, b. 16 May 1905, Grand Island, Hall County, NE d. 12 Aug 1982, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 77 years)
Marriage	25 Dec 1931	Kernan Hotel, Baltimore, MD [2]
Divorce	1932
Family ID	F2168	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

Family 2	William WYLER, b. 1 Jul 1902, Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France d. 27 Jul 1981, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 79 years)
Marriage	25 Nov 1934	Yuma, Yuma County, AZ
Family ID	F2169	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

Family 3 William Leland HAYWARD, II, b. 13 Sep 1902, Nebraska City, Otoe County, NE d. 18 Mar 1971, "Haywire," Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, NY (Age 68 years)

Marriage 1936

Divorce 1947

Children

	1. Living
	2. Bridget HAYWARD, b. 10 Feb 1939, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA d. 31 Oct 1960, New York City, New York County, NY (Age 21 years)
	3. William Leland HAYWARD, III, b. 27 Mar 1941, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA d. 20 Mar 2008, Castaic, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 66 years)

Family ID F2170 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 17 Apr 2024

Family 4	Kenneth WAGG
Family ID	F2171	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

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Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) The followingtranscription was made by Marianna Frost of the Samuel Miles Frost Family Bible, dated 1831, which is in the possession of Vernon Frost, Houston, TX: (Spelling and punctuation as recorded in Bible) Belton O'Neal Frost died July 21st 4 A.M. Footnote: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) The followingtranscription was made by Marianna Frost of the Samuel Miles Frost Family Bible, dated 1831, which is in the possession of Vernon Frost, Houston, TX: (Spelling and punctuation as recorded in Bible) Belton O'Neal Frost died July 21st 4 A.M. Footnote: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957: Name: Chaffin Frost Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Angeline Dodsen Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 16 Nov 1841 Event Place: , Sumter, Alabama Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Elisha Dodsen Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59344-1 System Origin: Alabama-EASy GS Film number: 1293884 Reference ID:. Footnote: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957: Name: Chaffin Frost Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Angeline Dodsen Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 16 Nov 1841 Event Place: , Sumter, Alabama Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Elisha Dodsen Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59344-1 System Origin: Alabama-EASy GS Film number: 1293884 Reference ID:. Footnote: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957: Name: Chaffin Frost Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Angeline Dodsen Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 16 Nov 1841 Event Place: , Sumter, Alabama Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Elisha Dodsen Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59344-1 System Origin: Alabama-EASy GS Film number: 1293884 Reference ID:. Footnote: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957: Name: Chaffin Frost Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Angeline Dodsen Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 16 Nov 1841 Event Place: , Sumter, Alabama Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Elisha Dodsen Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59344-1 System Origin: Alabama-EASy GS Film number: 1293884 Reference ID:. Footnote: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957: Name: Chaffin Frost Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Angeline Dodsen Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 16 Nov 1841 Event Place: , Sumter, Alabama Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Elisha Dodsen Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59344-1 System Origin: Alabama-EASy GS Film number: 1293884 Reference ID:.
Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Fonda — My Life, by Henry Fonda, as Told to Howard Teichmann (1981), p. 62.