Christine Lahti

. She lived her final years in seclusion and died in Kensington, London from cirrhosis of the liver. She mainly has acted in independent films or TV series in the past decade, and she is active in political causes. Her acceptance of this award marked her last public appearance. Lahti is married to TV director Thomas Schlamme. She continued to act until the late 1970s, and was created Dame of the British Empire in 1980. After that event, she made it a point to be good-humored about it, usually poking fun at herself at other awards shows. Her greatest success was in the title role in The Wicked Lady (1945), a film which was controversial in its day and brought Lockwood considerable publicity.

When she won her Golden Globe in 1998, she was in the bathroom, which was highly-publicized in the press. In the early 1940s she changed her on-screen image to play villainesses in both contemporary and period films, becoming the most successful actress in British films during that period. She has won one Emmy and two Golden Globes for her role in Chicago Hope. Her most successful film of the 1930s was Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. Lahti received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Swing Shift in 1984, and won an Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action for Lieberman in Love (1995), which she starred in and directed. In 1935 she appeared in the film version of Lorna Doone. After starring in a few blockbuster hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, Lahti has primarily chosen to be in movies she wants to act in - rather than take blockbuster roles, and she is adamant about spending time with her three children. She made her stage debut at the age of 12, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she was seen by a talent scout and signed to a contract.

She started off working in commercials, and her breakthrough movie was ...And Justice for All (1979) with Al Pacino. Born in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan), Lockwood's family returned to the United Kingdom while she was a child. She moved to New York City in the 1970s to work as a waitress. Dame Margaret Mary Lockwood (September 15, 1916 - July 15, 1990) was a British actress. Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress. IMDb Entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001441/).

Chicago Hope (1994) (TV Series). Crazy From the Heart (1991). The Doctor (1991). Miss Firecracker (1989).

Running on Empty (1988). Swing Shift (1984). Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981). ...And Justice for All (1979).