movies
celebrities
tv
trailers
box office
photos
dvd
fans
Get Movie Showtimes
Select a Movie
Select a Movie
Now Playing
21 Jump Street
(R)
Amazing Spider-Man, The
(PG13)
American Reunion
(R)
Avengers, The
(PG13)
Battleship
(PG13)
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The
(PG13)
Brave
(NR)
Brave
(NR)
Brave
(NR)
Chernobyl Diaries
(R)
Dictator, The
(R)
Hunger Games, The
(PG13)
Lockout
(PG13)
Lucky One, The
(PG13)
Madagascar 3
(PG)
Madagascar 3
(PG)
Men in Black 3
(PG13)
Mirror Mirror
(PG)
Pirates! Band of Misfits
(PG)
Prometheus
(R)
Prometheus
(R)
Snow White and the Huntsman
(PG13)
That’s My Boy
(R)
Think Like a Man
(PG13)
What to Expect When You're Expecting
(PG13)
Go to
More Movies
OR
Find Theaters
Search
Sign up for our Newsletter
Fan Us
Follow Us
Vivien Merchant
MAIN
PHOTOS
VIDEOS
NEWS
CREDITS
BIOGRAPHY
AWARDS
FANSITES
FORUM
BIRTHDAY
July 22, 1929
Manchester, Lancashire, England
DIED
October 03, 1982
PROFESSIONS
Actor
SOMETIMES CREDITED AS
Ada Thomson
BIOGRAPHY
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. The actress made her first....
Expand Full Bio
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. The actress made her first film appearance in Alfie (1966), winning an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lily, the bored housewife whose fling with hedonistic Michael Caine culminates in a painful abortion. One of Merchant's most delightful screen turns was also one of the least typical: the air-headed gourmet-cook wife of long-suffering Scotland Yard inspector Alec McCowan in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972). Merchant left acting in 1980 after she and Pinter divorced. She died in 1982.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Collapse Full Bio
- Portions of Content Provided by
Rovi Data Solutions
© 2009 Rovi Data Solutions, Inc.
Recently Worked With...
Glenda Jackson
The Maids
Released: Apr. 21, 1975
Cyril Cusack
The Homecoming
Released: Oct. 29, 1973
Sean Connery
The Offence
Released: May. 11, 1973
Tim Wylton
Under Milk Wood
Released: Jan. 1, 1973
Bunny May
Frenzy
Released: Jun. 21, 1972
Keith Buckley
Alfred the Great
Released: Jul. 2, 1969
Jane Hillary
Accident
Released: Apr. 17, 1967
Michael Caine
Alfie
Released: Jan. 1, 1966
Collapse
Expand to view more
Fan Sites
Vivien Merchant Fansites
No fan sites available. Create the first!
Are you the #1 Vivien Merchant Fan? Sign Up To Create A Website Here.
Go
Build a Fan Site
Top 5 Celebrities
Naomi Watts
September 28, 1968
Shoreham, England
Megan Fox
May 16, 1986
Tennessee
Angelina Jolie
June 04, 1975
Los Angeles, CA
Chris Hemsworth
N/A
Scarlett Johansson
November 22, 1984
New York, NY
Go to
Top 100 Celebs
Sponsored Links
Buy A Link Here