Margaret Leighton

Born: 1922-02-26

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.


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The Go-Between

as Mrs Maudsley
Released: 1971-06-16

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

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From Beyond the Grave

as Madame Orloff
Released: 1974-02-21

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

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7 Women

as Agatha Andrews
Released: 1965-12-11

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

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Under Capricorn

as Milly
Released: 1949-09-08

A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister...

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The Winslow Boy

as Catherine Winslow
Released: 1948-09-24

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

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Frankenstein: The True Story

as Francoise DuVal
Released: 1974-09-19

Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his...

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Galileo

as Elderly Court Lady
Released: 1975-01-27

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

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Carrington V.C.

as Valerie Carrington
Released: 1954-12-09

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

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The Madwoman of Chaillot

as Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
Released: 1969-10-12

An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than...

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The Holly and the Ivy

as Margaret Gregory
Released: 1952-12-03

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

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The Best Man

as Alice Russell
Released: 1964-04-05

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

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The Sound and the Fury

as Caddy Compson
Released: 1959-03-27

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

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The Loved One

as Mrs. Helen Kenton
Released: 1965-10-11

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

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Trial by Combat

as Ma Gore
Released: 1976-04-01

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

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Lady Caroline Lamb

as Lady Melbourne
Released: 1972-11-22

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

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Zee and Co.

as Gladys
Released: 1971-07-01

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

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The Elusive Pimpernel

as Marguerite Blakeney
Released: 1950-11-07

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

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Great Expectations

as Miss Havisham
Released: 1974-01-01

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

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The Good Die Young

as Eve Ravenscourt
Released: 1954-03-02

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

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Waltz of the Toreadors

as Emily Fitzjohn
Released: 1962-04-12

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

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Home at Seven

as Janet Preston
Released: 1952-03-16

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

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The Astonished Heart

as Leonora Vail
Released: 1950-03-17

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

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Calling Bulldog Drummond

as Sergeant Helen Smith
Released: 1951-07-02

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

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The Constant Husband

as Miss Chesterman
Released: 1955-04-21

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

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Bonnie Prince Charlie

as Flora MacDonald
Released: 1948-10-26

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

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The Teckman Mystery

as Helen Teckman
Released: 1954-10-27

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

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The Passionate Stranger

as Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway
Released: 1957-03-04

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

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Bequest to the Nation

as Lady Frances Nelson
Released: 1973-04-18

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

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The Vortex

as Florence Lancaster
Released: 1969-12-10

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

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Journey Through the Black Sun

as Arra
Released: 1982-09-13

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

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An Ideal Husband

as Mrs Cheveley
Released: 1969-05-11

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

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High Summer

as Lady Huntercombe
Released: 1972-09-12

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

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All on Her Own

as Rosemary
Released: 1968-09-25

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

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Nell Snyder
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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Dr. Kildare

as Chris Becker
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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The F.B.I.

as Amy Hunter
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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Space: 1999

as Arra
First aired: 1975-09-04

The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon...

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Burke's Law

as Connie Hanson
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Judd for the Defense

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Iris Teleton
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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BBC Play of the Month

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-13

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Gertrude
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Frankenstein: The True Story

as Francoise DuVal
First aired: 1973-11-30

Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his...

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A Touch of Venus

as Rosemary
First aired:

A series of 13 monologues for famous actresses, broadcast on the BBC in 1968–1969.

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