Biography
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.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Journey Through the Black Sun
1982
as Arra
"Journey Through the Black Sun" (1982) made by ITC New York combined the first season episodes "Collision Course" and "Black Sun" from the TV series "...
Trial by Combat
1976
as Ma Gore
A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medie...
Galileo
1975
as Elderly Court Lady
Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion ...
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Francoise DuVal
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.
From Beyond the Grave
1974
as Madame Orloff
Four customers purchase (or take) items from Temptations Limited, an antiques shop whose motto is "Offers You Cannot Resist". A nasty fate awaits all ...
Great Expectations
1974
as Miss Havisham
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Bequest to the Nation
1973
as Lady Frances Nelson
Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
as Lady Melbourne
Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron.
High Summer
1972
as Lady Huntercombe
The peace of an aristocratic cricketing weekend at a large English country mansion in the early 20th century is disturbed when the wayward Bohemian so...
Zee and Co.
1971
as Gladys
The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistres...
The Go-Between
1971
as Mrs Maudsley
British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress ...
The Vortex
1969
as Florence Lancaster
In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the cocktail party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely obs...
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
as Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in ...
An Ideal Husband
1969
as Mrs Cheveley
Set during the London season of 1895, An Ideal Husband is a dazzling blend of farce and morality that explores human frailty and social hypocrisy Sir ...
All on Her Own
1968
as Rosemary
Rosemary returns from a party to the empty Hampstead house where she has lived since the death of her husband. He died of an overdose of sleeping pill...
7 Women
1965
as Agatha Andrews
In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.
The Loved One
1965
as Mrs. Helen Kenton
Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whisp...
The Best Man
1964
as Alice Russell
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-ru...
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
as Emily Fitzjohn
General Fitzhugh, an ageing Lothario has an over-active eye for a pretty woman. Despite a long and satisfying career as a seducer extraordinaire, some...
The Sound and the Fury
1959
as Caddy Compson
Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fo...
The Passionate Stranger
1957
as Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway
Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italia...
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955
as Gwendolen Fairfax
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The Constant Husband
1955
as Miss Chesterman
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his lif...
Carrington V.C.
1954
as Valerie Carrington
Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distingui...
The Teckman Mystery
1954
as Helen Teckman
A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a ser...
The Good Die Young
1954
as Eve Ravenscourt
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
Tonight in Britain
1954
as Self
A short survey of British entertainment and London attractions photographed at Edinburgh, Stratford and in London.
The Holly and the Ivy
1952
as Margaret Gregory
An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.
Home at Seven
1952
as Janet Preston
Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.
Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951
as Sergeant Helen Smith
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950
as Marguerite Blakeney
A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.
The Astonished Heart
1950
as Leonora Vail
Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonor...
Under Capricorn
1949
as Milly
A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of the man he was convicted on killing, set out to hel...
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as Flora MacDonald
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the ...
The Winslow Boy
1948
as Catherine Winslow
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.