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Vivien Merchant was an English actress who starred in plays by Harold Pinter and films like Alfie and Frenzy. She was married to Pinter from 1956 to 1980, but divorced him after his affair with Antonia Fraser.
Oct 6, 1982 · Vivien Merchant, the British actress who starred on the West End and Broadway in many of the enigmatic plays written by her former husband, Harold Pinter, died Sunday at her home in London, her...
On stage from the age of 14 (she played a much-younger orphanage resident in a Peterborough Repertory staging of Jane Eyre) British actress Vivien Merchant hit her stride in the mid-1950s. From 1956 through 1980, Vivien was married to playwright Harold Pinter; she starred or was co-starred in several of his plays, notably as Ruth in The Homecoming.
Oct 7, 1982 · Vivien Merchant, the actress, died of alcoholism, a coroner ruled today. Miss Merchant, who was 53 years old, was the former wife of Harold Pinter, the playwright.
Vivien Merchant (born Ada Thompson 22 July 1929 – 3 October 1982) was a British actress. She performed in many stage productions and several films, including Alfie (1966) and Frenzy (1972). Her performance in Alfie earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and the National Board of Review Award for ...
Merchant, Vivien (1929–1983) English actress. Born Ada Thompson, July 22, 1929, in Manchester, England; died Oct 3, 1982, in London, England, of cirrhosis of the liver; m. Harold Pinter (play-wright), 1956 (div. 1980).
(1929–82)English actress. Playing cool, sexually charged characters, Merchant was best known as an interpreter of Harold Pinter, to whom she was married. She originated the role of Ruth, the ...
