They divorced when Sullavan found he was cheating on her with Nancy “Slim” Keith. Sullavan’s first marriage was to Henry Fonda, but it was her third husband, Leland Hayward that touched her the most. She only made 16 films, four of them opposite Jimmy Stewart who was head-over-heels for her. She was known for her rebellious spirit and chose her scripts carefully. She also had a hearing defect called otosclerosis which was the cause of her unique, throaty voice. As a child she overcame this and became a tomboy to the disapproval of her parents. Margaret Sullavan was born with a muscular disorder that prevented her from walking. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. It was ruled a suicide after authorities found his suicide note which has to be one of the most fascinating suicide notes of all time.ĭear World, I am leaving because I am bored. He was found dead, 10 miles away from his hotel. It was in this stage of his life, at a hotel in Barcelona and taking a drug called Nembutal that he decided to take his life. He was prone to fits of rage and delirium as his wits left him and we began wandering. What destroyed him even more was the deterioration of his mental faculties which was the source of his greatest pride and joy. In his later years, his health deteriorated which depressed and frustrated him and drove him to drink. Sanders married Zsa Zsa Gabor and then later married her older sister Magda. He also guested as a villain on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The voice was the reason he was often cast in villainous roles such as Shere Khan in The Jungle Book and Addison DeWitt in All About Eve. George Sanders was known for his brilliant mind, his wit, and his booming voice. These accounts maintain that she drowned in the toilet. The other account is that she was found with her head in the toilet, likely because of of a bad reaction to the Seconal pills causing her to head to the toilet to vomit. One account claims she was found on her bed, completely composed, and surrounded by flowers exactly as she had planned it. There is also controversy about how she was found.
The reason for her suicide is often attributed to her own impulsive behavior and a suspected undiagnosed case of bipolar disorder by those who do not believe her suicide note. People note that she was something of an iconoclast and likely wouldn’t have killed herself over the illegitimacy of her baby. There is a lot of controversy surrounding Velez’s death. To Harald: May God forgive you and forgive me, too but I prefer to take my life away and our baby’s, before I bring him with shame, or killin’ him. This is the reason she gave for taking her own life with 80 Seconal pills. In the mid-1940s she became pregnant with Harald Maresch’s child, but he refused to marry her. Her characters were usually feisty and sensual earning her the vaguely racist nicknames “The Mexican Spitfire” and “The Hot Pepper.” She went on to have famous affairs with Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Erich Maria Remarque, and Errol Flynn. She worked with legendary directors such as Cecil B. She first rose to prominence in silent films including her first starring role opposite Douglas Fairbanks in The Gaucho. Lupe Velez was one of the first Mexican actresses to achieve success in Hollywood.
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