Talk:Margaret Sullavan/Archive 1

Notability
I can´t understand that Miss Sullavan is almost forgotten! You can hardly find ANY information on the net, and here, although she´s been mentioned, nobody seems to care enough to start a discussion. Watching her films, it is clear to me she was an actress of the first magnitude. Having read Haywire, I think she might have been as worthy for a cult following as, let's say, Frances Farmer.
 * For whatever reason, only one of her films (The Shop Around the Corner) has endured as a solid classic. She gave up movies, basically...to raise a family. And she did not repeat any of her Broadway successes, afterwards, on film.Codenamemary (talk) 06:48, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Birth Year?
The IMDb lists her birth year as 1911, and yet her grave marker says 1909. Which is correct? --Jeremy Butler 12:00, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

The 1910 Census (April 1910) lists her as 11 months old, which makes 1909 the correct year. Swango


 * Hmm, you're right about the gravestone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&GRid=1000&PIgrid=1000&PIcrid=641525&PIpi=76590& Softlavender (talk) 01:00, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

IMDb
IMDb and similar sites are *not* considered reliable sources. IMDb refuses to post their own sources or discussions, they refuse to use proper citation methods, and they refuse any request to document their biographies. Please use proper citations for anything questioned. Thanks. Wjhonson (talk) 05:03, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Death "ruled" suicide info removed for being unsourced
I removed "Her death was later identified as apparent suicide" which was sited as being from this source: http://books.google.com/books?id=z_Cbnzlr1ucC&lpg=PA53&dq=%22Margaret%20Sullavan%22%20%20died%20OR%20dead%20OR%20death&lr&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q=%22Margaret%20Sullavan%22%20died%20OR%20dead%20OR%20death&f=false -- the book in question is actually incorrect, as it says, "Sullavan died from an overdose of barbiturates that was ruled a suicide." There is no source for that given in the book, and other sources, including newspaper articles listed as sources for this article, show that it was NOT ruled a suicide. I believe the sentence I removed was intended to basically say that, at some point after the official ruling, someone somewhere determined it was a suicide, but I can't find anything definitive about that. I do want to note that the book Haywire by Sullavan's daughter, used as a source in this article, addresses the issue and says that it was a "possibility" but makes no definite claim one way or another. Clockster (talk) 09:12, 4 March 2013 (UTC)