Margaret Leighton
Acting
Born February 26, 1922, Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, U.K.
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.
Filmography
- 1982Journey Through the Black Sun — Arra
- 1976Trial by Combat — Ma Gore
- 1975Galileo — Elderly Court Lady
- Space: 1999 — Arra
- 1974Frankenstein: The True Story — Francoise DuVal
- 1974From Beyond the Grave — Madame Orloff
- 1974Great Expectations — Miss Havisham
- 1973Bequest to the Nation — Lady Frances Nelson
- Frankenstein: The True Story — Francoise DuVal
- The Upper Crusts — Lady Phyllida Seacroft
- 1972High Summer — Lady Huntercombe
- 1972Lady Caroline Lamb — Lady Melbourne
- 1972Zee and Co. — Gladys
- 1971The Go-Between — Mrs Maudsley
- 1970Hamlet — Gertrude
- 1969An Ideal Husband — Mrs Cheveley
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Gertrude, The Woman
- 1969The Madwoman of Chaillot — Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
- 1969The Vortex — Florence Lancaster
- 1968All On Her Own — Rosemary
- Judd, for the Defense
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. — Gita Volander
- 19657 Women — Agatha Andrews
- BBC Play of the Month — Helen Lancaster, Mrs. Cheveley
- The F.B.I. — Amy Hunter
- 1965The Loved One — Mrs. Helen Kenton
- 1964The Best Man — Alice Russell
- The Wednesday Play — Florence Lancaster
- Burke's Law — Connie Hanson
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Nell Snyder
- 1962Waltz of the Toreadors — Emily Fitzjohn
- Ben Casey
- 1959The Sound and the Fury — Caddy Compson
- 1957The Passionate Stranger — Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway
- Armchair Theatre — Lady Huntercombe
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Iris Teleton
- 1955ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall — Gwendolen Fairfax
- 1955The Constant Husband — Miss Chesterman
- 1954Carrington V.C. — Valerie Carrington
- 1954The Good Die Young — Eve Ravenscourt
- 1954The Teckman Mystery — Helen Teckman
- 1952Home at Seven — Janet Preston
- 1952The Holly and the Ivy — Margaret Gregory
- 1951Calling Bulldog Drummond — Sergeant Helen Smith
- Hallmark Hall of Fame — Gertrude
- 1950The Astonished Heart — Leonora Vail
- 1950The Elusive Pimpernel — Marguerite Blakeney
- 1949Under Capricorn — Milly
- 1948Bonnie Prince Charlie — Flora MacDonald
- 1948The Winslow Boy — Catherine Winslow
- A Touch of Venus — Rosemary
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 1954Tonight in Britain — Self