Margaret Whitton
Born: 1949-11-30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2016-12-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Margaret Whitton (November 30, 1949 – December 4, 2016) was an American actress. Her most known 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 and underappreciated aunt-by-marriage in The Secret of My Success (1987). She also appeared in the films The Best of Times (1986) and 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. 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
- Good & Evil as Genevieve
- The Summer My Father Grew Up as Naomi
1990
- Kojak: None So Blind as Michele Hogarth
1989
- Major League as Rachel Phelps
- A Fine Romance as Louisa Phillips
- Little Monsters as Holly Stevenson
1987
- The Secret of My Success as Vera Prescott
- Baby Boom as Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
- Ironweed as Katrina
- Cat & Mousse as Miriam
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
- National Lampoon's Movie Madness as First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")
- Love Child as Jacki Steinberg
1974
- Teenage Hitchhikers as Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)
1972
- Parades as Jane