Acting · 1909 to 1960

Margaret Sullavan

Best rated: The Shop Around the Corner (8.0)

Films: 15
Avg rating: 7.21
Peak run: 1938’43
Oscar noms: 1

Films: 15
Avg rating: 7.21
Peak run: 1938’43
Oscar noms: 1

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The career

Margaret Sullavan, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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193315 films1950

Current formLast 5: 7.34 vs career 7.21 (+0.13)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Margaret by the numbers

Average

7.21

7 rated films

Vote weighted

7.27

bigger films count more

Median

7.1

half are better

Consistency

±0.53

rating spread

Career

18y

1933 to 1950

Total votes

65.8K

across every film

Best

8.0

The Shop Around the Corner

Worst

6.4

The Shining Hour

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

1950	No Sad Songs for Me	Mary Scott	·	633
1943	Cry 'Havoc'	Lieutenant Smith	7.0	1,377
1941	Back Street	Ray Smith	·	805
1941	So Ends Our Night	Ruth Holland	·	914
1940	The Mortal Storm	Freya Roth	7.7	7,036
1940	The Shop Around the Corner	Klara Novak	8.0	44,831
1938	The Shining Hour	Judy Linden	6.4	1,525
1938	The Shopworn Angel	Daisy Heath	6.9	1,854
1938	Three Comrades	Patricia Hollmann	7.1	2,373
1936	The Moon's Our Home	Cherry Chester	·	352
1936	Next Time We Love	Cicely Hunt Tyler	·	756
1935	The Good Fairy	Luisa	7.4	1,864
1935	So Red the Rose	Valette Bedford	·	253
1934	Little Man, What Now?	Emma 'Lammchen' Pinneberg	·	734
1933	Only Yesterday	Mary Lane	·	502

Better together?

Margaret Sullavan's regulars

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Takes

On Margaret Sullavan

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Actress · Academy Awards 1939
Margaret Sullavan
Nominated

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