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Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton

Birthday: 1922-02-26 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1982
1976
Trial by Combat

as    Ma Gore

1975
From Beyond the Grave

as    Madame Orloff

1974
Great Expectations

as    Miss Havisham

1973
Bequest to the Nation

as    Lady Frances Nelson

1973
Lady Caroline Lamb

as    Lady Melbourne

1972
Zee and Co.

as    Gladys

1971
The Go-Between

as    Mrs Maudsley

1966
7 Women

as    Agatha Andrews

1965
The Loved One

as    Mrs. Helen Kenton

1964
The Best Man

as    Alice Russell

1962
Waltz of the Toreadors

as    Emily Fitzjohn

1961
Dr. Kildare

as    Chris Becker

1959
The Sound and the Fury

as    Caddy Compson

1955
The Good Die Young

as    Eve Ravenscourt

1954
The Teckman Mystery

as    Helen Teckman

1954
The Holly and the Ivy

as    Margaret Gregory

1954
Carrington V.C.

as    Valerie Carrington

1952
Home at Seven

as    Janet Preston

1951
Calling Bulldog Drummond

as    Sergeant Helen Smith

1950
The Elusive Pimpernel

as    Marguerite Blakeney

1949
Under Capricorn

as    Milly

1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie

as    Flora MacDonald