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Home/People/Margaret Leighton
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Born
Feb 26, 1922Died: Jan 13, 1976
Lived 53 years
Place of Birth
Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, U.K.
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

36
Movies
16
TV Shows
Also Known As
Маргарет Лейтон
IMDb Profile

Margaret Leighton

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.
Journey Through the Black Sun poster

Journey Through the Black Sun

as Arra
1982
Trial by Combat poster

Trial by Combat

as Ma Gore
1976
Galileo poster

Galileo

as Elderly Court Lady
1975
Frankenstein: The True Story poster

Frankenstein: The True Story

as Francoise DuVal
1974
From Beyond the Grave poster

From Beyond the Grave

as Madame Orloff
1974
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

as Miss Havisham
1974
Bequest to the Nation poster

Bequest to the Nation

as Lady Frances Nelson
1973
Lady Caroline Lamb poster

Lady Caroline Lamb

as Lady Melbourne
1972
High Summer poster

High Summer

as Lady Huntercombe
1972
Zee and Co. poster

Zee and Co.

as Gladys
1972
The Go-Between poster

The Go-Between

as Mrs Maudsley
1971
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

as Gertrude
1970
The Vortex poster

The Vortex

as Florence Lancaster
1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot poster

The Madwoman of Chaillot

as Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
1969
An Ideal Husband poster

An Ideal Husband

as Mrs Cheveley
1969
All On Her Own poster

All On Her Own

as Rosemary
1968
7 Women poster

7 Women

as Agatha Andrews
1965
The Loved One poster

The Loved One

as Mrs. Helen Kenton
1965
The Best Man poster

The Best Man

as Alice Russell
1964
Waltz of the Toreadors poster

Waltz of the Toreadors

as Emily Fitzjohn
1962