Hayward, Brooke, 1937-....

Writer, actress, and model, Brooke Hayward was born on July 5, 1937.

She is the oldest of three children born to stage and film actress, Margaret Sullavan and agent, Leland Hayward. Her sister, Bridget Hayward, was born in 1939. Her brother, William "Bill" Hayward, was born in 1942. During her childhood, there were several moves between California and Connecticut with the last, in 1948, to Greenwich, Connecticut, after Margaret Sullavan was divorced from Leland Hayward. Sullavan wanted her children to have a "normal" childhood and isolated them from the evils of Hollywood. The children lived in a separate house with a nurse (nanny) and a cook. A tutor taught Hayward and her siblings at home for the first few years of their life. When they were older, Brooke and Bridget attended Greenwich Academy, where Jane Fonda was a classmate. Bill Hayward and Peter Fonda attended Brunswick, around the corner from Greenwich Academy. In the fall of 1953, the Hayward children all left home to attend boarding schools. Hayward attended Madeira School in McLean, Virginia. Bridget went to school in Gstaad, Switzerland and Bill in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. After graduating in 1955, Hayward attended Vassar and Yale.

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