Name
Margaret Leighton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-02-26
Deathday
1976-01-13 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, U.K.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Margaret Leighton (26 February 1922 – 13 January 1976) was an English actress. She had an exquisite sense of grandeur and refinement. She created the role of Hannah Jelkes in Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.
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- 1974 Frankenstein: The True Story as Francoise DuVal
- 1949 Under Capricorn as Milly
- 1971 The Go-Between as Mrs Maudsley
- 1962 Waltz of the Toreadors as Emily Fitzjohn
- 1964 The Best Man as Alice Russell
- 1954 Carrington V.C. as Valerie Carrington
- 1965 The Loved One as Mrs. Helen Kenton
- 1954 The Good Die Young as Eve Ravenscourt
- 1974 From Beyond the Grave as Madame Orloff
- 1974 Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
- 1965 7 Women as Agatha Andrews
- 1955 The Constant Husband as Miss Chesterman
- 1948 The Winslow Boy as Catherine Winslow
- 1976 Trial by Combat as Ma Gore
- 1982 Journey Through the Black Sun as Arra
- 1952 The Holly and the Ivy as Margaret Gregory
- 1972 Zee and Co. as Gladys
- 1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot as Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
- 1951 Calling Bulldog Drummond as Sergeant Helen Smith
- 1959 The Sound and the Fury as Caddy Compson
- 1950 The Astonished Heart as Leonora Vail
- 1975 Galileo as Elderly Court Lady
- 1950 The Elusive Pimpernel as Marguerite Blakeney
- 1948 Bonnie Prince Charlie as Flora MacDonald
- 1954 The Teckman Mystery as Helen Teckman
- 1972 Lady Caroline Lamb as Lady Melbourne
- 1952 Home at Seven as Janet Preston
- 1973 Bequest to the Nation as Lady Frances Nelson
- 1957 The Passionate Stranger as Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway
- 1969 An Ideal Husband as Mrs Cheveley
- 1969 The Vortex as Florence Lancaster
- 1972 High Summer as Lady Huntercombe
- 1968 All On Her Own as Rosemary
- 1954 Tonight in Britain as Self
- 1955 ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall as Gwendolen Fairfax
- 1970 Hamlet as Gertrude
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Connie Hanson
- 1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Gita Volander
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Amy Hunter
- 1973 Frankenstein: The True Story ( 2 episodes ) as Francoise DuVal
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Gertrude
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Iris Teleton
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Ben Casey ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 191 episodes ) as Chris Becker
- 1973 The Upper Crusts ( 6 episodes ) as Lady Phyllida Seacroft
- Soon A Touch of Venus ( 1 episode ) as Rosemary
- 1975 Space: 1999 ( 1 episode ) as Arra
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Nell Snyder
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Helen Lancaster
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Cheveley
- 1964 The Wednesday Play ( 1 episode ) as Florence Lancaster
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Lady Huntercombe
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Gertrude
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as The Woman
