Margaret Whitton
Born: 1950-11-30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2016-12-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Margaret Whitton (November 30, 1950 - December 4, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actress, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Whitton did her primary film work between 1986 and 1993. Her most visible roles were that of baseball team owner Rachel Phelps in Major League (1989) and its sequel Major League II, and as Michael J. Fox's vibrant, sexy and underappreciated aunt-by-marriage in The Secret of My Success (1987). She also appeared in the Robin Williams-Kurt Russell vehicle The Best of Times (1986) and in Mel Gibson's The Man Without a Face (1993). She first noticeably appeared on the stage in 1973, billed as Peggy Whitton. In the early 1980s, she began to be billed as Margaret Whitton and made her Broadway debut in 1982's Steaming. After her seven year experiment with film, she returned to the stage, appearing on Broadway in And the Apple Doesn't Fall... (1995) and in the original, award-winning musical Marlene (1999), starring Siân Phillips as Marlene Dietrich. Today she is the president of independent film producer Tashtego Films (www.tashtegofilms.com). Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Whitton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2012
- Casting By ... (Co-Executive Producer)
2011
- A Bird of the Air ... (Director)
1994
- Major League II as Rachel Phelps
- Trial by Jury as Jane Lyle, Juror
- Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills as Leslie Abramson
1993
- The Man Without a Face as Catherine Palin
- Cutters as Adrienne St. John
1992
- Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even as Melinda
1991
- The Summer My Father Grew Up as Naomi
- Good & Evil as Genevieve
1990
- Kojak: None So Blind as Michele Hogarth
1989
- Major League as Rachel Phelps
- Little Monsters as Holly Stevenson
- A Fine Romance as Louisa Phillips
1987
- Cat & Mousse as Miriam
- The Secret of My Success as Vera Prescott
- Baby Boom as Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
- Ironweed as Katrina
1986
- Nine 1/2 Weeks as Molly
- The Best of Times as Darla Robinson
1984
- Miami Vice as Cassie Bramlette
- Tales from the Darkside as Mary Jones
1982
- Love Child as Jacki Steinberg
- National Lampoon's Movie Madness as First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")
1974
- Teenage Hitchhikers as Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)
1972
- Parades as Jane