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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
English actress (1929–1982)
(1929-07-22 ) 22 July 1929
3 October 1982
(1982-10-03) (aged
53 )
London, England
(m. 1956; div. 1980)
1
Ada Brand Thomson [1] Vivien Merchant , was an English actress. She began her career in 1942, and became known for dramatic roles on stage and in films. In 1956 she married the playwright Harold Pinter and performed in many of his plays.
Merchant achieved considerable success from the 1950s to the 1970s, winning the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress in 1964. For her role in the film Alfie Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress , and won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer . In 1967, she starred in the Broadway production of Pinter's The Homecoming Tony Award nomination. Her other films included Accident The Offence Frenzy The Homecoming The Maids
Merchant took her stage name as a composite of the actress Vivien Leigh and her brother, who was a merchant seaman (cited by Michael Billington ). She began acting professionally in 1942, with supporting juvenile roles in repertory, progressing to West End roles in such works as Noël Coward 's Sigh No More Ace of Clubs Alfie Accident Frenzy The Offence Alfie gained her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress , and won her the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer and the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress.
After Merchant married the playwright Harold Pinter in 1956, she appeared in many of his plays, including the 1960 revival of his first play, The Room Hampstead Theatre , A Slight Ache A Night Out The Collection The Lover Alan Badel at Associated Rediffusion , for which she was given an Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Newcomer and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress , both in 1963.
Merchant subsequently appeared as Wendy in Tea Party Leo McKern in 1965. She starred as Ruth in The Homecoming Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play . She went on to star in the film version in 1973. The last of his plays in which she performed on stage was Old Times Paul Scofield 's Macbeth for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967, directed by Sir Peter Hall .
Merchant took the role of Madame in the Greenwich Theatre revival of Jean Genet 's The Maids Glenda Jackson and Susannah York : This was filmed in 1974 by Christopher Miles . In 1975, Merchant and Timothy Dalton headed the cast of a revival of Coward's The Vortex Greenwich Theatre .[2]
Personal life [ edit ]
Merchant was the first wife of Harold Pinter , whom she met while working as a repertory actress; he was then working as an actor under the stage name of David Baron. They married in 1956, and their son, Daniel, was born in 1958.[3]
Their marriage began disintegrating in the mid-1960s. From 1962 to 1969, Pinter had a clandestine affair with Joan Bakewell , which inspired his play Betrayal [4] Antonia Fraser , the wife of Sir Hugh Fraser , which he confessed to his wife that March.[5] tabloid press , expressing her distress.[6] [7] [8] Betrayal , never learning about his prior affair with Joan Bakewell.[9]
The Frasers' divorce became final in 1977, and the Pinters' in 1980. In 1980, Pinter and Fraser married.
Merchant became deeply depressed after the end of her marriage to Pinter and turned to drinking. She died at the age of 53 on 3 October 1982, from alcoholism.[10] [11]
Filmography [ edit ]
Notes
Alfie
Lily Clamacraft
BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Accident
Rosalind
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (runner-up)
Alfred the Great
Freda
Under Milk Wood
Mrs. Pugh
Mrs. Oxford
Maureen Johnson
The Homecoming
Ruth
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Maids
Madame
Television [ edit ]
Notes
Virtuoso
Miss Coleman
Sunday-Night Theatre
Elsa Perkins
Episode: The Fifty Mark
The Infamous John Friend
"Crown Inn" Landlady
Episode: Episode #1.4
Armchair Theatre
Girl
Episode: A Night Out
Rose Blatchford
Episode: The Honeymooners Night School
Studio 4
Olivia
Episode: The Weather in the Streets
The Lover
Sarah
Henriette
Episode: Wives and Lovers
Angela Fairbourne
Episode: In Confidence
ITV Play of the Week
Kathy Grayson
Episode: The Fall of the Sparrow
Theatre 625
Natalia Petrovna
Episode: A Month in the Country Focus
Jane
Episode: My Friend Corby
Ella
Episode: Ella
ITV Playhouse
Tessa
Episode: Funeral Games
Evelyn Daly
Episode: Waters of the Moon
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Maureen Instance
Episode: The Full Cheddar
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Augusta Fullam
Episode: Wicked Women [12]
Aquarius
Anna in Old Times
Episode: 5 June 1971
Dona Ana
Episode: Don Juan in Hell
A War of Children
Nora Tomelty
TV movie
Play of the Month
Jane Noble
Episode: The Common
Maggie Jarman
Episode: Cover
The Lover
Sarah
TV movie
Maria Theresa
TV movie
Elizabeth Fry
Episode: Beyond This Life
Mile. Gunet
Episode: Growing Up
Breakaway
Isabel Black
Episode: The Local Affair
Miss Pross
(TV miniseries)
Crown Court
Judge
Episode: Face Value: Part 1 , (final appearance)
References [ edit ]
^ Details about the Pinters' marriage and their family life are provided by Michael Billington The Life and Work of Harold Pinter (London: Faber and Faber, 1996); rev. ed. Harold Pinter (London: Faber and Faber, 2007). (Pinter's official authorized biography.)
^ Billington Harold Pinter , pp. 256–267
^ Michael Billington (1996) The Life and Work of Harold Pinter , p. 253, Faber and Faber, ISBN 0571171036
^ E.g., "Actress Tells All", Daily Mail Harold Pinter , pp. 253–254.
^ Cf. "People" Archived 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Time Time Archive: 1923 to the Present
^ Peter Guttridge "Those choice words that say 'I hate you'" , The Independent , 26 January 1996
^ Stop the Clocks: Thoughts on What I Leave Behind, Joan Bakewell, Virago, 2016
^ "Death of Vivien Merchant Is Ascribed to Alcoholism" , The New York Times
^ According to Billington, Pinter "did everything possible to support" Merchant until her death, and regrets that he became estranged from their son, Daniel, after their separation and Pinter's marrying Antonia Fraser. A reclusive writer and musician, Daniel does not use the surname Pinter , having adopted as his surname his maternal grandmother's maiden name Brand after his parents separated (Harold Pinter pp. 276, 255)
^ Wicked Women at IMDb
External links [ edit ]
Awards for Vivien Merchant
Most Promising Newcomer to Film
Norman Wisdom (1953)
David Kossoff (1954)
Paul Scofield (1955)
Eli Wallach (1956)
Eric Barker (1957)
Paul Massie (1958)
Hayley Mills (1959)
Most Promising Newcomer to
Rita Tushingham (1961)
Tom Courtenay (1962)
James Fox (1963)
Julie Andrews (1964)
Judi Dench (1965)
Vivien Merchant (1966)
Faye Dunaway (1967)
Dustin Hoffman (1968)
Jon Voight (1969)
David Bradley (1970)
Dominic Guard (1971)
Joel Grey (1972)
Peter Egan (1973)
Georgina Hale (1974)
Valerie Perrine (1975)
Jodie Foster (1976)
Isabelle Huppert (1977)
Christopher Reeve (1978)
Dennis Christopher (1979)
Most Outstanding Newcomer to
Joe Pesci (1981)
Ben Kingsley (1982)
Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film
Haing S. Ngor (1984)
Virginia McKenna (1956)
Rosalie Crutchley (1957)
Gwen Watford (1959)
Catherine Lacey (1960)
Billie Whitelaw (1961)
Ruth Dunning (1962)
Brenda Bruce (1963)
Vivien Merchant (1964)
Katharine Blake (1965)
Gwen Watford (1966)
Vanessa Redgrave (1967)
Judi Dench (1968)
Wendy Craig (1969)
Margaret Tyzack (1970)
Annette Crosbie (1971)
Patricia Hayes (1972)
Billie Whitelaw (1973)
Celia Johnson (1974)
Lee Remick (1975)
Siân Phillips (1977)
Penelope Keith (1978)
Francesca Annis (1979)
Cheryl Campbell (1980)
Peggy Ashcroft (1981)
Judi Dench (1982)
Beryl Reid (1983)
Coral Browne (1984)
Peggy Ashcroft (1985)
Claire Bloom (1986)
Anna Massey (1987)
Emma Thompson (1988)
Thora Hird (1989)
Diana Rigg (1990)
Geraldine McEwan (1991)
Helen Mirren (1992)
Helen Mirren (1993)
Helen Mirren (1994)
Juliet Aubrey (1995)
Jennifer Ehle (1996)
Gina McKee (1997)
Daniela Nardini (1998)
Thora Hird (1999)
Thora Hird (2000)
Julie Walters (2002)
Julie Walters (2003)
Julie Walters (2004)
Anamaria Marinca (2005)
Anna Maxwell Martin (2006)
Victoria Wood (2007)
Eileen Atkins (2008)
Anna Maxwell Martin (2009)
Julie Walters (2010)
Vicky McClure (2011)
Emily Watson (2012)
Sheridan Smith (2013)
Olivia Colman (2014)
Georgina Campbell (2015)
Suranne Jones (2016)
Sarah Lancashire (2017)
Molly Windsor (2018)
Jodie Comer (2019)
Glenda Jackson (2020)
Michaela Coel (2021)
Jodie Comer (2022)
Kate Winslet (2023)
Sarah Lancashire (2024)
Marjorie Rambeau (1955)
Debbie Reynolds (1956)
Sybil Thorndike (1957)
Kay Walsh (1958)
Edith Evans (1959)
Shirley Jones (1960)
Ruby Dee (1961)
Angela Lansbury (1962)
Margaret Rutherford (1963)
Edith Evans (1964)
Joan Blondell (1965)
Vivien Merchant (1966)
Marjorie Rhodes (1967)
Virginia Maskell (1968)
Pamela Franklin (1969)
Karen Black (1970)
Cloris Leachman (1971)
Marisa Berenson (1972)
Sylvia Sidney (1973)
Valerie Perrine (1974)
Ronee Blakley (1975)
Diane Keaton (1977)
Angela Lansbury (1978)
Meryl Streep (1979)
Eva Le Gallienne (1980)
Mona Washbourne (1981)
Glenn Close (1982)
Linda Hunt (1983)
Sabine Azéma (1984)
Anjelica Huston (1985)
Dianne Wiest (1986)
Olympia Dukakis (1987)
Frances McDormand (1988)
Mary Stuart Masterson (1989)
Winona Ryder (1990)
Kate Nelligan (1991)
Judy Davis (1992)
Winona Ryder (1993)
Rosemary Harris (1994)
Mira Sorvino (1995)
Juliette Binoche / Kristin Scott Thomas (1996)
Anne Heche (1997)
Christina Ricci (1998)
Julianne Moore (1999)
Lupe Ontiveros (2000)
Kathy Bates (2002)
Patricia Clarkson (2003)
Laura Linney (2004)
Gong Li (2005)
Catherine O'Hara (2006)
Amy Ryan (2007)
Penélope Cruz (2008)
Anna Kendrick (2009)
Jacki Weaver (2010)
Shailene Woodley (2011)
Ann Dowd (2012)
Octavia Spencer (2013)
Jessica Chastain (2014)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (2015)
Naomie Harris (2016)
Laurie Metcalf (2017)
Regina King (2018)
Kathy Bates (2019)
Youn Yuh-jung (2020)
Aunjanue Ellis (2021)
Janelle Monáe (2022)
Da'Vine Joy Randolph (2023)
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