Margaret Leighton

Personal Info

Birthday

February 26, 1922

Day of Death

1976-01-13

(53 years old)

Place of Birth

Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, U.K.

Also Known As

Маргарет Лейтон

Margaret Leighton

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Leighton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Dr. Kildare

The F.B.I.

BBC Play of the Month

Burke's Law

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Filmography

1982
Journey Through the Black Sun
as Arra
1976
Trial by Combat
as Ma Gore
1975
Galileo
as Elderly Court Lady
1974
From Beyond the Grave
as Madame Orloff
Great Expectations
as Miss Havisham
1973
Bequest to the Nation
as Lady Frances Nelson
1972
Lady Caroline Lamb
as Lady Melbourne
High Summer
as Lady Huntercombe
1971
Zee and Co.
as Gladys
The Go-Between
as Mrs Maudsley
1969
The Vortex
as Florence Lancaster
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
An Ideal Husband
as Mrs Cheveley
1968
All On Her Own
as Rosemary
1965
7 Women
as Agatha Andrews
The Loved One
as Mrs. Helen Kenton
1964
The Best Man
as Alice Russell
1962
Waltz of the Toreadors
as Emily Fitzjohn
1959
The Sound and the Fury
as Caddy Compson
1957
The Passionate Stranger
as Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway
1955
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
as Gwendolen Fairfax
The Constant Husband
as Miss Chesterman
1954
Carrington V.C.
as Valerie Carrington
The Teckman Mystery
as Helen Teckman
The Good Die Young
as Eve Ravenscourt
Tonight in Britain
as Self
1952
The Holly and the Ivy
as Margaret Gregory
Home at Seven
as Janet Preston
1951
Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Sergeant Helen Smith
1950
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Marguerite Blakeney
The Astonished Heart
as Leonora Vail
1949
Under Capricorn
as Milly
1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Flora MacDonald
The Winslow Boy
as Catherine Winslow