Vivien Merchant
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1929, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- October 3, 1982
- Movies
- 20
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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 Best Supporting Actress.
She was the first wife of the playwright Harold Pinter, whom she met when working as a repertory actress and married in 1956. Their son, Daniel, was born in 1958. Having performed the role of Rose in a production of his first play, The Room (1957) at the Hampstead Theatre in 1960, she also appeared in many of Pinter's subsequent works, including as Ruth in The Homecoming (1964) on stage (1965) and screen (The Homecoming, 1973). The last of his plays in which she performed was Old Times (1971) as Anna.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Reine Maria Theresa |
| 1975 | The Maids | Madame |
| 1973 | The Homecoming | Ruth |
| 1973 | The Common | Jane Noble |
| 1973 | The Offence | Maureen Johnson |
| 1972 | A War of Children | |
| 1972 | Frenzy | Mrs Oxford |
| 1972 | Under Milk Wood | Mrs. Pugh |
| 1969 | Alfred the Great | Freda |
| 1968 | Funeral Games | Tessa |
| 1967 | Accident | Rosalind |
| 1967 | Opus | Ruth (The Homecoming) |
| 1966 | Ella | Ella |
| 1966 | Alfie | Lily Clamacraft |
| 1966 | A Month in the Country | |
| 1965 | Tea Party | |
| 1964 | The Summer in Gossensass | Hedda Gabler |
| 1963 | The Lover | Sarah |
| 1960 | Night School | Sally Gibbs |
| 1960 | A Night Out | Girl |
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