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 Who was considered for Butterflies Are Free?

Ingrid Bergman
Bergman was one of three major contenders for the role, but all were bypassed in favor of Eileen Heckart who was repeated her stage success.
Actor who got the part: Eileen Heckart

Olivia De Havilland
According to Eileen Heckart's son's biography of his mother, De Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, and Angela Lansbury were all serious candidates for this role. But in the end Eileen Heckart reprised her stage role and won an Oscar for it.
Actor who got the part: Eileen Heckart

Angela Lansbury
Lansbury (along with Ingrid Bergman and Olivia de Havilland) was one of the three major contenders for this role, but in the end Eileen Heckart repeated her stage success and won an Oscar.
Actor who got the part: Eileen Heckart



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