Portrait of Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton

Acting

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.

Born: February 26, 1922

Place of Birth: Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, U.K.

Filmography

1976
Trial by Combat

as Ma Gore

1975
1975
Galileo

as Elderly Court Lady

1974
1974
From Beyond the Grave

as Madame Orloff

1974
Great Expectations

as Miss Havisham

1973
1973
Bequest to the Nation

as Lady Frances Nelson

1972
Lady Caroline Lamb

as Lady Melbourne

1972
High Summer

as Lady Huntercombe

1972
Zee and Co.

as Gladys

1971
The Go-Between

as Mrs Maudsley

1969
The Vortex

as Florence Lancaster

1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot

as Constance, the Madwoman of Passy

1969
An Ideal Husband

as Mrs Cheveley

1968
All On Her Own

as Rosemary

1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as Gita Volander

1965
7 Women

as Agatha Andrews

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Helen Lancaster

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Mrs. Cheveley

1965
The Loved One

as Mrs. Helen Kenton

1965
The F.B.I.

as Amy Hunter

1964
The Wednesday Play

as Florence Lancaster

1964
The Best Man

as Alice Russell

1963
Burke's Law

as Connie Hanson

1962
1962
Waltz of the Toreadors

as Emily Fitzjohn

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Chris Becker

1959
The Sound and the Fury

as Caddy Compson

1957
The Passionate Stranger

as Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway

1955
1955
The Constant Husband

as Miss Chesterman

1954
Carrington V.C.

as Valerie Carrington

1954
The Teckman Mystery

as Helen Teckman

1954
The Good Die Young

as Eve Ravenscourt

1952
The Holly and the Ivy

as Margaret Gregory

1952
Home at Seven

as Janet Preston

1951
1951
Calling Bulldog Drummond

as Sergeant Helen Smith

1950
The Elusive Pimpernel

as Marguerite Blakeney

1950
The Astonished Heart

as Leonora Vail

1949
1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie

as Flora MacDonald

1948
The Winslow Boy

as Catherine Winslow

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A Touch of Venus

as Rosemary