Sarah Siddons painting. The film opens with a close-up of the statuette, and ends with a character holding it. Actress Bette Davis, who played Margo Channing in the film, posed as Siddons in a 1957 re-creation of the Reynolds portrait staged as part of the Pageant of the Masters. In April 2010, BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour Drama" presented "Sarah Siddons: Life in Five Sittings", a radio drama by David Pownall about the long relationship between Siddons and artist Thomas Lawrence, in five 15-minute parts. When the film "All About Eve" was released in 1950, the "Sarah Siddons Award for Distinguished Achievement"
Margo Leavin and Architecture to rebuild and expand its aging graduate art studio facilities in Culver City; the complex will be renamed the UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios. The following is a partial list: Margo Leavin Margo Leavin is an American art dealer, who was born in New York, but spent her career in Los Angeles. In 1970 she opened the Margo Leavin Gallery in West Hollywood, CA which she operated until it closed in 2013. Leavin is known for her wit, her relationships with her artists and business savvy. The longevity of her career is a testament to these attributes.