Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1922-02-26
Place of Birth
Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, U.K.
Margaret Leighton
Biography
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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 History
1982
Journey Through the Black Sun as Arra
1976Trial by Combat as Ma Gore
1975Space: 1999 as Arra
1975Galileo as Elderly Court Lady
1974Frankenstein: The True Story as Francoise DuVal
1974From Beyond the Grave as Madame Orloff
1974Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
1973Frankenstein: The True Story as Francoise DuVal
1973Bequest to the Nation as Lady Frances Nelson
1973The Upper Crusts
1972Lady Caroline Lamb as Lady Melbourne
1972High Summer as Lady Huntercombe
1972Zee and Co. as Gladys
1971The Go-Between as Mrs Maudsley
1969The Vortex as Florence Lancaster
1969The Madwoman of Chaillot as Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
1969An Ideal Husband as Mrs Cheveley
1968All On Her Own as Rosemary
1967Judd for the Defense
1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Gita Volander
19657 Women as Agatha Andrews
1965BBC Play of the Month as Helen Lancaster
1965BBC Play of the Month as Mrs. Cheveley
1965The Loved One as Mrs. Helen Kenton
1965The F.B.I. as Amy Hunter
1964The Wednesday Play as Florence Lancaster
1964The Best Man as Alice Russell
1963Burke's Law as Connie Hanson
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Nell Snyder
1962Waltz of the Toreadors as Emily Fitzjohn
1961Ben Casey
1961Dr. Kildare as Chris Becker
1959The Sound and the Fury as Caddy Compson
1957The Passionate Stranger as Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Iris Teleton
1955ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall as Gwendolen Fairfax
1955The Constant Husband as Miss Chesterman
1954Carrington V.C. as Valerie Carrington
1954The Teckman Mystery as Helen Teckman
1954The Good Die Young as Eve Ravenscourt
1954Tonight in Britain as Self
1952The Holly and the Ivy as Margaret Gregory
1952Home at Seven as Janet Preston
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Gertrude
1951Calling Bulldog Drummond as Sergeant Helen Smith
1950The Elusive Pimpernel as Marguerite Blakeney
1950The Astonished Heart as Leonora Vail
1949Under Capricorn as Milly
1948Bonnie Prince Charlie as Flora MacDonald
1948The Winslow Boy as Catherine Winslow
—A Touch of Venus as Rosemary