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Sullavan's eldest daughter, actress Brooke Hayward, wrote Haywire, a best-selling memoir about her family, that was adapted into the miniseries Haywire starring Lee Remick as Margaret Sullavan and Jason Robards as Leland Hayward.
Born in Los Angeles, Hayward is the eldest of three children born to agent turned film, television, and stage producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan.
Sullavan’s third marriage to Hayward started out well enough. After marrying, they had three children, Brooke, Bridget, and Bill, in quick succession. For a moment, it looked like Sullavan had finally put all the drama behind her and was settling down for a quiet life away from the movies.
Her eldest daughter, actress Brooke Hayward, wrote an autobiographical book titled "Haywire" which was a best-seller in 1981. It was later made into the television movie Haywire (1980), starring Lee Remick.
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- January 1, 1960
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On November 5, 1937, Sullavan married her agent and producer Leland Hayward. Together they had three children - Brook, Bridget and William (Bill). Later in 1947, Sullavan discovered that Hayward was having an affair with socialite Slim Keith so divorced him.
On 15 November 1936, Hayward married the stage and screen actress Margaret Sullavan, who was pregnant with his child. He thus became the third of Sullavan's four husbands.
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Her Christmas Day marriage in 1931 to Henry Fonda lasted only 15 months, and her later marriages to director William Wyler and agent Leland Hayward were also tempestuous. Two of her three children, Bridget and Bill, would spend some time in mental institutions, and commit suicide.
