Margaret Leighton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
British theatre actress Margaret Leighton made her classical stage debut at age 16. The daughter of a businessman, she joined the Old Vic Company under the direction of Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson and in the late 40s and 50s earned kudos for her theatrical endeavors on both the London and Broadway stages. She was nominated for four Tony ...
She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1974 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
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The only actress to ever receive an Oscar nomination in a movie directed by Joseph Losey.
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Appears in X, Y and Zee (1972) (a.k.a. "Zee and Co.") with Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor had been married at one time to Leighton's husband Michael Wilding.
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She suffered from claustrophobia for most of her life.
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Appeared with her future husband Michael Wilding in the Hitchcock film Under Capricorn (1949). After their marriage in 1964, they worked together several more times, but, by his own admission, Wilding preferred retirement and was happy just to be a supportive audience member for his wife.
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Won two Tony Awards for Broadway performances as Best Actress (Dramatic): in 1957 for "Separate Tables" and in 1962 for Tennessee Williams' "The Night of the Iguana." She also received two other nominations in the same category: in 1960 for Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" and in 1963 for "Tchin-Tchin."
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Her frequent co-star on both stage and screen was Ralph Richardson. She played Roxane to his Cyrano in the 1946 London stage revival of "Cyrano de Bergerac", one of Richardson's greatest stage successes.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Journey Through the Black Sun
1976
TV Movie
Arra
A Dirty Knight's Work
1976
Ma Gore
Space: 1999
1975
TV Series
Arra
Galileo
1975
Elderly Court Lady
Great Expectations
1974
TV Movie
Miss Havisham
From Beyond the Grave
1974
Madame Orloff (segment 3 "The Elemental")
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
TV Movie
Francoise DuVal
The Nelson Affair
1973
Lady Frances Nelson
The Upper Crusts
1973
TV Series
Lady Seacroft
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1970-1972
TV Series
The woman / Gertrude
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
Lady Melbourne
Armchair Theatre
1972
TV Series
Lady Huntercombe
X, Y and Zee
1972
Gladys
The Go-Between
1971
Mrs. Maudsley
The Name of the Game
1970
TV Series
Amelia Rayner
The Wednesday Play
1969
TV Series
Florence Lancaster
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
BBC Play of the Month
1968-1969
TV Series
Mrs. Cheveley
Helen Lancaster
Judd for the Defense
1969
TV Series
Mary Wright
A Touch of Venus
1968
TV Series
Rosemary
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
TV Series
Gita Volander
The F.B.I.
1966
TV Series
Amy Hunter
7 Women
1966
Agatha Andrews - Head of Mission
The Loved One
1965
Mrs. Helen Kenton
Dr. Kildare
1965
TV Series
Chris Becker / Paula Winfield
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1965
TV Series
Nell Snyder
Burke's Law
1964
TV Series
Connie Hanson
Ben Casey
1964
TV Series
Leila Farr
The Best Man
1964
Alice Russell
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
Emily Fitzjohn
ITV Play of the Week
1955-1960
TV Series
Mrs. Manningham / Natalya Petrovna
The DuPont Show of the Month
1959
TV Series
Millie Crocker-Harris
The Sound and the Fury
1959
Caddy Compson
Playhouse 90
1959
TV Series
Miss Kerrison
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1958
TV Series
Iris Teleton
Suspicion
1957
TV Series
Miss Perry
A Novel Affair
1957
Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1956
TV Series
Marion (wife)
Marriage a la Mode
1955
Counsel for the Defence
Court Martial
1954
Valerie Carrington
The Teckman Mystery
1954
Helen Teckman
The Good Die Young
1954
Eve Ravenscourt
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1951-1953
TV Series
Rosalind / Lucasta Angel / Catherine Bailey
The Holly and the Ivy
1952
Margaret Gregory
Murder on Monday
1952
Janet Preston
Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951
Sgt. Helen Smith
The Fighting Pimpernel
1950
Marguerite Blakeney
The Astonished Heart
1950
Leonora Vail
Under Capricorn
1949
Milly
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
Flora MacDonald
The Winslow Boy
1948
Catherine Winslow
Arms and the Man
1948
TV Movie
Raina Petkoff
Everyman
1947
TV Movie
Beauty
Laugh with Me
1938
TV Movie
Dorothy
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cinema
1971
TV Series documentary
Herself
Girl Talk
1967
TV Series
Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1966
TV Series
Herself - Guest
That Regis Philbin Show
1964
TV Series
Herself
The Theater of Tomorrow
1963
TV Movie
Herself
The Merv Griffin Show
1963
TV Series
Herself
The Ed Sullivan Show
1962
TV Series
Herself
The 16th Annual Tony Awards
1962
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
The 11th Annual Tony Awards
1957
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best Distinguished Dramatic Actress
Stage by Stage
1955
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
1951
Documentary
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1972
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Supporting Actress
The Go-Between (1971)
1971
KCFCC Award
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Supporting Actress
The Go-Between (1971)
1971
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama
Hamlet (1970)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1972
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Go-Between (1971)
1966
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama
$1.6 Million
