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Margaret Leighton, CBE (26 February 1922 – 13 January 1976) was an English actress, active on stage and television, and in film.
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Margaret Leighton was an 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.
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Leighton, Margaret (1922–1976) British actress who won two Tony awards. Born on February 26, 1922, near Birmingham, England; died on January 13, 1976; eldest daughter and one of threechildren (two girls and a boy) of Augustus George Leighton (a businessman) and Doris Isobel (Evans) Leighton; attended the Church of England College, Edgbaston, ...
Margaret Leighton, CBE (26 February 1922 – 13 January 1976) was an English actress, active on stage and television, and in film. Her film appearances included Anthony Asquith 's The Winslow Boy (her first credited film role), Alfred Hitchcock 's Under Capricorn, Powell and Pressburger 's The Elusive Pimpernel, George More O'Ferrall 's The ...
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.
Learn about the life and career of Margaret Leighton, a versatile and elegant English actress who starred in films such as The Best Man, The Passionate Stranger and The Go-Between. See her biography, filmography and latest pictures on Silver Sirens.
