Margaret Leighton

Born: 1922-02-26 in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, U.K.

Died: 1976-01-13

Known For: 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.

Filmography

1982

Journey Through the Black Sun as Arra

1976

Trial by Combat as Ma Gore

1975

Space: 1999 as Arra
Galileo as Elderly Court Lady

1974

Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
From Beyond the Grave as Madame Orloff
Frankenstein: The True Story as Francoise DuVal

1973

Frankenstein: The True Story as Francoise DuVal
Bequest to the Nation as Lady Frances Nelson
The Upper Crusts as Lady Phyllida Seacroft

1972

Lady Caroline Lamb as Lady Melbourne
Zee and Co. as Gladys
High Summer as Lady Huntercombe

1971

The Go-Between as Mrs Maudsley

1970

Hamlet as Gertrude

1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Gertrude
The Madwoman of Chaillot as Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
An Ideal Husband as Mrs Cheveley
The Vortex as Florence Lancaster

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Helen Lancaster
The F.B.I. as Amy Hunter
The Loved One as Mrs. Helen Kenton
7 Women as Agatha Andrews

1964

The Wednesday Play as Florence Lancaster
The Best Man as Alice Russell

1963

Burke's Law as Connie Hanson

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Nell Snyder
Waltz of the Toreadors as Emily Fitzjohn

1961

Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare as Chris Becker

1959

The Sound and the Fury as Caddy Compson

1957

The Passionate Stranger as Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway

1956

Armchair Theatre as Lady Huntercombe

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Iris Teleton
The Constant Husband as Miss Chesterman
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall as Gwendolen Fairfax

1954

The Good Die Young as Eve Ravenscourt
Carrington V.C. as Valerie Carrington
The Teckman Mystery as Helen Teckman
Tonight in Britain as Self

1952

Home at Seven as Janet Preston
The Holly and the Ivy as Margaret Gregory

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Gertrude
Calling Bulldog Drummond as Sergeant Helen Smith

1950

The Elusive Pimpernel as Marguerite Blakeney
The Astonished Heart as Leonora Vail

1949

Under Capricorn as Milly

1948

The Winslow Boy as Catherine Winslow
Bonnie Prince Charlie as Flora MacDonald