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Vivien Merchant was an English actress, primarily known for dramatic roles on stage and on film. She was born in Manchester, Lancashire in 1929. Following a number of administrative reforms, her native Manchester has become the capital of its own metropolitan county, named Greater Manchester. Manchester. has become the 6th most populous city in the United Kingdom, following (in order) Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, and Bradford. Greater London does not have city status.Merchant was born as "Ada Brand Thomson". Her stage name "Vivien Merchant" was chosen by Ada herself. "Vivien" in reference to actress Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), and "Merchant" in reference to Ada having a merchant seaman as a brother.Merchant started her acting career in 1942, when only 13-years-old. She appeared regularly on repertory theatre in the 1940s, and had progressed to appearing in leading roles by the early 1950s. She had a romantic relationship with fellow actor Harold Pinter (1930-2008), and they were married in 1956. In 1958, Merchant gave birth to their only child, Daniel Pinter.As Pinter became a celebrated playwright, Merchant was regularly cast in productions of his plays. She made her film debut in the comedy-drama "Alfie" (1966), an adaptation of a play by Bill Naughton. For her role as "Lily Clamacraft", she received a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The Academy Award for that year was won by Sandy Dennis.While continuing her successful theatrical career, Merchant appeared in few subsequent films. Among the best remembered of them is the thriller "Frenzy" (1972), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She essentially appeared in a comic relief role, as the wife of Chief Inspector Oxford. Her final film role was as the Madame in "The Maids" (1975). In the film, two housemaids constantly fantasize about killing their employer (the Madame), but are reluctant to perform the actual murder.While Merchant's career was relatively successful, her marriage was not. Pinter was an unfaithful husband. From 1962 to 1969, Pinter maintained a long-term relationship with fellow writer and journalist Joan Bakewell (1933-). In 1975, Pinter started a new affair with historian and novelist Antonia Fraser (1932-). He told his wife about the affair, and Merchant started verbally attacking Fraser both in private and in public. Pinter divorced Merchant in 1977, and married Fraser in 1980.Merchant was left depressed by her divorce, and started heavily drinking in an attempt to drown her sorrows. Her alcoholism caused a decline in her health, and eventually led to her death in 1982. She was only 53-years-old at the time of her death. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dimos I

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