
Acting
Margaret Leighton
EN cinema · 36 credits
Born
26 February 1922
Died
13 January 1976 (aged 53)
Birthplace
Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, U.K.
Also known as Маргарет Лейтон
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.
Known for
Filmography

Trial by Combat
as Ma Gore

Galileo
as Elderly Court Lady

Frankenstein: The True Story
as Francoise DuVal

From Beyond the Grave
as Madame Orloff

Great Expectations
as Miss Havisham

Bequest to the Nation
as Lady Frances Nelson

Zee and Co.
as Gladys

Lady Caroline Lamb
as Lady Melbourne

High Summer
as Lady Huntercombe

The Go-Between
as Mrs Maudsley

Hamlet
as Gertrude

The Madwoman of Chaillot
as Constance, the Madwoman of Passy

An Ideal Husband
as Mrs Cheveley

The Vortex
as Florence Lancaster

All On Her Own
as Rosemary

The Loved One
as Mrs. Helen Kenton

7 Women
as Agatha Andrews

The Best Man
as Alice Russell

Waltz of the Toreadors
as Emily Fitzjohn

The Sound and the Fury
as Caddy Compson

The Passionate Stranger
as Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway

The Constant Husband
as Miss Chesterman
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
as Gwendolen Fairfax

Carrington V.C.
as Valerie Carrington

The Good Die Young
as Eve Ravenscourt

The Teckman Mystery
as Helen Teckman

The Holly and the Ivy
as Margaret Gregory

Home at Seven
as Janet Preston

Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Sergeant Helen Smith

The Astonished Heart
as Leonora Vail

The Elusive Pimpernel
as Marguerite Blakeney

Under Capricorn
as Milly

The Winslow Boy
as Catherine Winslow

Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Flora MacDonald


