Leighton, Margaret

Leighton, Margaret
born Feb. 26, 1922, Barnt Green, near Birmingham, Worcestershire, Eng.
died Jan. 13, 1976, Chichester, West Sussex

British actress.

A member of the Old Vic company, she made her London debut in 1944 and her Broadway debut in 1946. She was acclaimed for her wide range of roles in plays such as The Cocktail Party (1950) and The Applecart (1953). She received Tony Awards for her Broadway appearances in Separate Tables (1956) and The Night of the Iguana (1962). Her most notable film roles were in The Winslow Boy (1948), The Sound and the Fury (1959), and The Go-Between (1971).

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▪ English actress
born Feb. 26, 1922, Barnt Green, near Birmingham, Worcestershire, Eng.
died Jan. 13, 1976, Chichester, West Sussex

      English actress of stage and screen noted for her versatility in classic and contemporary roles.

      Leighton made her stage debut as Dorothy in Laugh With Me (1938) at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and then studied at Sir Barry Jackson's theatre school in Birmingham. She earned critical acclaim during her years as a member of England's prestigious Old Vic company, making her London debut as the troll king's daughter in Peer Gynt (1944) and her first New York City appearance as Lady Percy in Henry IV, Part I (1946). Leighton worked steadily both in London and on Broadway for several years. At home her notable roles included Celia Coplestone in The Cocktail Party (1950) and Orinthia (opposite Noël Coward's Magnus) in a revival of The Applecart (1953); in New York City she received a Tony (Antoinette Perry) Award for Separate Tables (1956), and another for The Night of the Iguana (1962).

      Although she made her reputation on the stage, Leighton is also remembered for several fine screen performances; among the best of her more than 20 films were The Astonished Heart (1949), The Winslow Boy (1948), The Sound and the Fury (1959), The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969), and The Go-Between (1970). For the last she was honoured as best supporting actress by the British Society of Film and Television Arts. Exceptional television performances included her roles as Miss Havisham in a 1974 production of Great Expectations and as Queen Gertrude in a production of Hamlet (1970), for which she won an Emmy award. Leighton appeared at both Stratford-upon-Avon and the Chichester Festivals; her last appearance was with Alec Guinness in A Fame and a Fortune in London (1975).

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