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Margaret Leighton

Date of birth: 1922-02-26

Place of birth: Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, U.K.

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Маргарет Лейтон

Margaret Leighton

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.

Movie Credits

Frankenstein: The True Story
3.8

Frankenstein: The True Story

1974-09-19

Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr

Under Capricorn
3

Under Capricorn

1949-09-08

A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that bind

The Go-Between
3.4

The Go-Between

1971-06-16

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the be

Waltz of the Toreadors
2.4

Waltz of the Toreadors

1962-04-12

General Fitzhugh, an ageing Lothario has an over-active eye for a pretty woman. Despite a long and s

The Best Man
3.7

The Best Man

1964-04-05

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a ma

Carrington V.C.
3

Carrington V.C.

1954-12-09

Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces

The Loved One
3.1

The Loved One

1965-10-11

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment

The Good Die Young
3.3

The Good Die Young

1954-03-02

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbe

From Beyond the Grave
3.2

From Beyond the Grave

1974-02-21

Four customers purchase (or take) items from Temptations Limited, an antiques shop whose motto is "O

Great Expectations
3.1

Great Expectations

1974-01-01

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that h

7 Women
3.3

7 Women

1965-12-11

In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord c

The Constant Husband
3.5

The Constant Husband

1955-04-21

Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With

The Winslow Boy
3.5

The Winslow Boy

1948-09-24

In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents

Trial by Combat
3.9

Trial by Combat

1976-04-01

A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into

Journey Through the Black Sun
3.1

Journey Through the Black Sun

1982-09-13

"Journey Through the Black Sun" (1982) made by ITC New York combined the first season episodes "Coll

The Holly and the Ivy
3.3

The Holly and the Ivy

1952-12-03

An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes

Zee and Co.
2.9

Zee and Co.

1972-01-21

The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossomi

The Madwoman of Chaillot
3.5

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969-10-12

An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the t

Calling Bulldog Drummond
2.9

Calling Bulldog Drummond

1951-07-02

Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.

The Sound and the Fury
3.3

The Sound and the Fury

1959-03-27

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of th

The Astonished Heart
2.3

The Astonished Heart

1950-03-17

Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton)

Galileo
3

Galileo

1975-01-27

Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and di

The Elusive Pimpernel
2.9

The Elusive Pimpernel

1950-11-07

A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.

Bonnie Prince Charlie
2.4

Bonnie Prince Charlie

1948-10-26

Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose

The Teckman Mystery
3

The Teckman Mystery

1954-10-27

A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a

Lady Caroline Lamb
2.9

Lady Caroline Lamb

1972-11-22

Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord

Home at Seven
3.2

Home at Seven

1952-03-16

Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.

Bequest to the Nation
2.9

Bequest to the Nation

1973-04-18

Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson an

The Passionate Stranger
2.9

The Passionate Stranger

1957-03-04

Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of f

An Ideal Husband
3

An Ideal Husband

1969-05-11

Set during the London season of 1895, An Ideal Husband is a dazzling blend of farce and morality tha

The Vortex
3.5

The Vortex

1969-12-10

In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the cocktail party set. Emotional blackmail, drug

High Summer
0

High Summer

1972-09-12

The peace of an aristocratic cricketing weekend at a large English country mansion in the early 20th

All On Her Own
0

All On Her Own

1968-09-25

Rosemary returns from a party to the empty Hampstead house where she has lived since the death of he

Tonight in Britain
2.5

Tonight in Britain

1954-01-01

A short survey of British entertainment and London attractions photographed at Edinburgh, Stratford

ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
0

ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall

1955-09-22

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