Margaret LeightonMargaret Leighton (February 26, 1922 – January 13, 1976) was an English actress. Born in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, she studied acting with Barry Jackson at his Birmingham Theatre School. Her stage debut was as Dorothy in Laugh With Me (1938), which was also performed that year for television on BBC. She went on to become a star of the Old Vic. Leighton's Broadway debut was as the Queen in Henry IV (1946) starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson during a visit to America of the Old Vic company, which performed a total of five plays from its repertoire before returning to London. After appearing in two British films, including the starring role of Flora MacDonald opposite David Niven in Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948), the willowy blonde actress played the second female lead in Hitchcock's Hollywood film Under Capricorn (1949) starring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, and Michael Wilding. She starred with Walter Pidgeon in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer crime/mystery Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951). Other film co-stars included Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison, Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Peter Sellers, Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, and Michael Caine. Leighton had three husbands, publisher Max Reinhardt (married 1947-divorced 1955), actor Laurence Harvey (married 1957-divorced 1961) and actor Michael Wilding (married 1964-her death 1976). She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Separate Tables (1956); she won another Tony in that category for The Night of the Iguana (1962), playing Hannah Jelkes opposite Bette Davis as Maxine Faulk. Leighton was nominated for Best Actress in a Play for Much Ado About Nothing (1959) opposite John Gielgud and for Tchin-Tchin (1962) opposite Anthony Quinn. She also had a noteworthy list of TV appearances, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Ben Casey and Burke's Law. She won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama for Hamlet (1970). And she was nominated for an Emmy in 1966 for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for four episodes of Dr. Kildare. Her last appearance on Broadway was as Birdie Hubbard in a revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes (1967) starring Anne Bancroft as Regina Giddens. For her film role as Mrs. Maudsley in The Go-Between (1970), Leighton won the British BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Actress for her role as Valerie Carrington in Carrington, V.C. (1955) and also received a Hollywood Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The Go-Between. Margaret Leighton died of multiple sclerosis at the age of fifty-three in Chichester, West Sussex. Filmography
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Margaret Leighton died of multiple sclerosis at the age of fifty-three in Chichester, West Sussex. Kennedy Center Honors (1989). She received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Actress for her role as Valerie Carrington in Carrington, V.C. (1955) and also received a Hollywood Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The Go-Between. Peabody Award: "Valentine". Maudsley in The Go-Between (1970), Leighton won the British BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Autobiography: "My Heart Belongs," Morrow (1976). For her film role as Mrs. Husband Richard Halliday dies, 1973. Her last appearance on Broadway was as Birdie Hubbard in a revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes (1967) starring Anne Bancroft as Regina Giddens. Tony Award: "The Sound of Music". Kildare. Tony Award, (later) Emmy Award: "Peter Pan". And she was nominated for an Emmy in 1966 for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for four episodes of Dr. Special Tony Award: "Annie Get Your Gun". She won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama for Hamlet (1970). Donaldson Award, NY Drama Critics Award: "One Touch of Venus". She also had a noteworthy list of TV appearances, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Ben Casey and Burke's Law. Daughter Heller Halliday. Leighton was nominated for Best Actress in a Play for Much Ado About Nothing (1959) opposite John Gielgud and for Tchin-Tchin (1962) opposite Anthony Quinn. Married Richard Halliday 1940. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Separate Tables (1956); she won another Tony in that category for The Night of the Iguana (1962), playing Hannah Jelkes opposite Bette Davis as Maxine Faulk. They were divorced in 1936. Leighton had three husbands, publisher Max Reinhardt (married 1947-divorced 1955), actor Laurence Harvey (married 1957-divorced 1961) and actor Michael Wilding (married 1964-her death 1976). Their son is actor Larry Hagman, who once appeared with his mother in South Pacific, as a member of the chorus. Other film co-stars included Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison, Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Peter Sellers, Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, and Michael Caine. In 1929, she married Ben Hagman. She starred with Walter Pidgeon in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer crime/mystery Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951). Amongst the roles originally created by her were those of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria in The Sound of Music. After appearing in two British films, including the starring role of Flora MacDonald opposite David Niven in Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948), the willowy blonde actress played the second female lead in Hitchcock's Hollywood film Under Capricorn (1949) starring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, and Michael Wilding. Mary Martin (December 1, 1913 - November 3, 1990) was an American star of (mainly stage) musicals. Leighton's Broadway debut was as the Queen in Henry IV (1946) starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson during a visit to America of the Old Vic company, which performed a total of five plays from its repertoire before returning to London. "In Performance at the White House, A Salute to Broadway" (1988) Television. She went on to become a star of the Old Vic. "Legends!" (1986) National Tour. Her stage debut was as Dorothy in Laugh With Me (1938), which was also performed that year for television on BBC. "Irving Berlin's America" (1986) Television. Born in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, she studied acting with Barry Jackson at his Birmingham Theatre School. "The Sound of American Music: Rodgers and Hammerstein" (1985) Television. Margaret Leighton (February 26, 1922 – January 13, 1976) was an English actress. "Over Easy" (1981-1983, PBS, Host) Television. Arra. "Beverly Sills Farewell" (1981) Television. Journey Through the Black Sun (1976) (ITC) .. "Standing Room Only: Showstoppers" (1980) Television. Miss Havisham. "Valentine" (1979) Television/Film. Great Expectations (1974) (NBC) .. "Bing Crosby, His Life and Legend" (1978) Television. Francoise DuVal. "Do You Turn Sommersaults?" (1977) Broadway and Tour. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) (NBC) .. "Together On Broadway" with Ethel Merman (1977). Lady Seacroft. "Jack Paar Special" (1972) Television. The Upper Crusts (1973) (series) (ITV) .. "Mary Martin at Eastertime" (1966) Television. Gertrude. "I Do! I Do!" (1966) Broadway, National Tour. Hamlet (1970) (NBC) .. "Mary Martin, Hello Dolly 'Round the World" (1966) Television. Cheveley. "Hello Dolly" (1965) Tour, London. Mrs. "Jennie" (1963) Broadway. An Ideal Husband (1969) (BBC) .. "Bing Crosby Christmas Show" (1962) Television. Rosalind. "Peter Pan" (1960) Television. As You Like It (1953) (BBC) .. "Music with Mary Martin" (1959) Television. Dorothy. "Magic with Mary Martin" (1959) Television. Laugh With Me (1938) (BBC) .. "The Sound of Music" (1959) Maria. Ma Gore. "Annie Get Your Gun" (1957) Television. Trial by Combat (1976) (Combat-Warner Bros.) .. "Peter Pan" (1956) Television. Elderly Court Lady. "Hallmark Hall of Fame, Born Yesterday" (1956) Television. Galileo (1975) (The American Film Theatre) .. "Ford Star Jubilee: Together With Music" (1955) Television. Madame Orloff in segment The Elemental. "Peter Pan" (1955) Television. From Beyond the Grave (1973) (Warner Bros.) .. "The Skin of Our Teeth" (1955) Broadway, Washington, DC, Paris. Lady Frances Nelson. "Person to Person" (1954) Television. A Bequest to the Nation (1973) (Universal) .. "General Foods 25th Anniversary Show" (1954) Television. Lady Melbourne. "Peter Pan" (1954) Broadway. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) (MGM-EMI) .. "Main Street to Broadway" (1953) Film. aka X, Y and Zee (USA). "Ford 50th Anniversary Show" (1953) Television. Gladys .. "Kind Sir" (1953) Broadway. Zee and Co. (1972) (Columbia) .. "America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers" (1951) Television. Maudsley. "South Pacific" (1949) Nellie Forbush. Mrs. "Annie Get Your Gun" (1947) National Tour. The Go-Between (1970) (EMI Distribution) .. "Night and Day" (1946) Film. Constance, the Madwoman of Passy. "Lute Song" (1946) Broadway. The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) (Warner Bros.) .. "Pacific 1860" (1946) London. Agatha Andrews. "One Touch of Venus" (1943) Broadway and Tour. 7 Women (1966) (MGM) .. "True to Life" (1943) Film. Helen Kenton. "Happy Go Lucky" (1943) Film. Mrs. "Star Spangled Rhythm" (1942) Film. The Loved One (1965) (MGM) .. "Birth of the Blues" (1941) Film. Alice Russell. "New York Town" (1941) Film. The Best Man (1964) (United Artists) .. "Kiss the Boys Goodbye" (1941) Film. The Third Secret (1964) (20th Century Fox). "Love Thy Neighbor" (1940) Film. Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) (The Rank Organisation Film Productions) ... Emily Fitzjohn. "Rhythm on the River" (1940) Film. Caddy Compson. "The Great Victor Herbert" (1939) Film. The Sound and the Fury (1959) (20th Century Fox) .. "Leave It To Me" (1938) Broadway. Judith Wynter/Leonie. A Passionate Stranger (1955) (British Lion Films) .. Miss Chesterman. The Constant Husband (1955) (British Lion Films) .. Valerie Carrington. Carrington, V.C. (1955) (Kingsley-International Pictures) .. Eve Ravenscourt. The Good Die Young (1954) (United Artists) .. Helen Teckman. The Teckman Mystery (1954) (Associated Artists Productions) .. Margaret Gregory. The Holly and the Ivy (1952) (London Film Productions) .. Janet Preston. Home at Seven (1952) (British Lion Films) .. Helen Smith. Sgt. Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951) (MGM) .. Marguerite Blakeney. The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) (British Lion Films) .. Leonora Vail. The Astonished Heart (1949) (General Film Distributors) .. Milly. Under Capricorn (1949) (Warner Bros.) .. Flora MacDonald. Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) (London Film Productions) .. Catherine Winslow. The Winslow Boy (1948) (British Lion Films) .. |