Margaret Leighton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-02-26
Day of Death
1976-01-13 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, U.K.
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.
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Known For
Acting
(1982)
(1976)
Trial by Combat
as Ma Gore
(1975)
Galileo
as Elderly Court Lady
(1974)
From Beyond the Grave
as Madame Orloff
(1974)
Great Expectations
as Miss Havisham
(1974)
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Francoise DuVal
(1973)
Bequest to the Nation
as Lady Frances Nelson
(1972)
Lady Caroline Lamb
as Lady Melbourne
(1972)
High Summer
as Lady Huntercombe
(1971)
The Go-Between
as Mrs Maudsley
(1971)
Zee and Co.
as Gladys
(1969)
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
(1969)
An Ideal Husband
as Mrs Cheveley
(1969)
The Vortex
as Florence Lancaster
(1968)
All on Her Own
as Rosemary
(1965)
The Loved One
as Mrs. Helen Kenton
(1965)
7 Women
as Agatha Andrews
(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)
The Constant Husband
as Miss Chesterman
(1954)
Carrington V.C.
as Valerie Carrington
(1954)
The Good Die Young
as Eve Ravenscourt
(1954)
The Teckman Mystery
as Helen Teckman
(1954)
Tonight in Britain
as Self
(1952)
The Holly and the Ivy
as Margaret Gregory
(1952)
Home at Seven
as Janet Preston
(1951)
Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Sergeant Helen Smith
(1950)
The Astonished Heart
as Leonora Vail
(1950)
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Marguerite Blakeney
(1949)
Under Capricorn
as Milly
(1948)
The Winslow Boy
as Catherine Winslow
(1948)
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Flora MacDonald