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Mini Biography:
British theatre actress Margaret Leighton made her classical stage debut... more
Trivia:
Won two Tony Awards for Broadway performances as Best Actress (Dramatic):... more
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another
3 wins
&
2 nominations
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Excerpt From Gail Gerber's "Trippin' With Terry Southern"
(From CinemaRetro. 30 March 2009, 7:00 AM, PDT)
(From CinemaRetro. 30 March 2009, 7:00 AM, PDT)
Filmography
Actress:
- Trial by Combat (1976) .... Ma Gore
... aka A Choice of Arms
... aka Choice of Weapons
... aka Dirty Knight's Work (USA) - Journey Through the Black Sun (1976) (TV) .... Arra
- "Space: 1999" .... Arra (1 episode, 1975)
... aka Spazio: 1999 (Italy)
- Collision Course (1975) TV episode .... Arra - Galileo (1975) .... Elderly Court Lady
... aka Bertolt Brecht's Galileo (Australia: DVD box title)
... aka Galileo Galilei - Great Expectations (1974) (TV) .... Miss Havisham
- Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) (TV) .... Francoise DuVal
- Bequest to the Nation (1973) .... Lady Frances Nelson
... aka The Nelson Affair (USA) - "The Upper Crusts" .... Lady Seacroft (6 episodes, 1973)
- Putting on the Ritz (1973) TV episode .... Lady Seacroft
- A Tradition of Service (1973) TV episode .... Lady Seacroft
- Sitting Pretty (1973) TV episode .... Lady Seacroft
- One Door Opens (1973) TV episode .... Lady Seacroft
- By Endeavour Alone (1973) TV episode .... Lady Seacroft
(1 more) - From Beyond the Grave (1973) .... Madame Orloff (segment "Elemental, The")
... aka Creatures (USA: reissue title)
... aka Creatures from Beyond the Grave
... aka Tales from Beyond the Grave
... aka Tales from the Beyond
... aka The Undead - "Armchair Theatre" .... Lady Huntercombe (1 episode, 1972)
- Hot Summer: Do Not Sell (1972) TV episode .... Lady Huntercombe - Zee and Co. (1972) .... Gladys
... aka X, Y and Zee (USA) - Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) .... Lady Melbourne
... aka Peccato d'amore (Italy) - "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" .... Gertrude (1 episode, 1971)
... aka ITV Sunday Night Theatre (UK: new title)
- Hamlet (1971) TV episode .... Gertrude - The Go-Between (1970) .... Mrs. Maudsley
- "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Gertrude (1 episode, 1970)
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- Hamlet (1970) TV episode .... Gertrude - "The Name of the Game" .... Amelia Rayner (1 episode, 1970)
- The King of Denmark (1970) TV episode .... Amelia Rayner - "The Wednesday Play" .... Florence (1 episode, 1969)
- The Vortex (1969) TV episode .... Florence - The Vortex (1969) (TV) .... Florence Lancaster
- The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) .... Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
- "BBC Play of the Month" .... Helen Lancaster / ... (2 episodes, 1968-1969)
- An Ideal Husband (1969) TV episode .... Mrs. Cheveley
- Waters of the Moon (1968) TV episode .... Helen Lancaster - "Judd for the Defense" .... Mary Wright (1 episode, 1969)
- The Crystal Maze (1969) TV episode .... Mary Wright - "A Touch of Venus" (1968) TV series
- "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." .... Gita Volander (1 episode, 1966)
- The Lethal Eagle Affair (1966) TV episode .... Gita Volander - "The F.B.I." .... Amy Hunter (1 episode, 1966)
- The Chameleon (1966) TV episode .... Amy Hunter - 7 Women (1966) .... Agatha Andrews, Head of Mission
- The Loved One (1965) .... Mrs. Helen Kenton
- "Dr. Kildare" .... Chris Becker / ... (5 episodes, 1965)
- The Horizontal Hero (1965) TV episode .... Chris Becker
- Web of Hate (1965) TV episode .... Chris Becker
- A Life for a Life (1965) TV episode .... Chris Becker
- Behold the Great Man (1965) TV episode .... Chris Becker
- Lullaby for an Indian Summer (1965) TV episode .... Paula Winfield - "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... Nell Snyder (1 episode, 1965)
- Where the Woodbine Twineth (1965) TV episode .... Nell Snyder - "Burke's Law" .... Connie Hanson (1 episode, 1964)
... aka Amos Burke, Secret Agent (USA: new title)
- Who Killed Everybody? (1964) TV episode .... Connie Hanson - "Ben Casey" .... Leila Farr (1 episode, 1964)
- August Is the Month Before Christmas (1964) TV episode .... Leila Farr - The Best Man (1964) .... Alice Russell
... aka Gore Vidal's The Best Man (USA: complete title) - Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) .... Emily Fitzjohn
... aka The Amorous General - "ITV Play of the Week" .... Natalya Petrovna (2 episodes, 1955-1960)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- Gaslight (1960) TV episode
- A Month in the Country (1955) TV episode .... Natalya Petrovna - "The DuPont Show of the Month" .... Millie Crocker-Harris (1 episode, 1959)
- The Browning Version (1959) TV episode .... Millie Crocker-Harris - The Sound and the Fury (1959) .... Caddy Compson
- "Playhouse 90" .... Miss Kerrison (1 episode, 1959)
- The Second Man (1959) TV episode .... Miss Kerrison - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Iris Teleton (1 episode, 1958)
- Tea Time (1958) TV episode .... Iris Teleton - "Suspicion" .... Miss Perry (1 episode, 1957)
- The Sparkle of Diamonds (1957) TV episode .... Miss Perry - The Passionate Stranger (1957) .... Judith Wynter/Leonie Hathaway
... aka A Novel Affair (USA) - The Constant Husband (1955) .... Miss Chesterman
... aka Marriage a la Mode (USA) - Carrington V.C. (1955) .... Valerie Carrington
... aka Court Martial (USA) - "Lilli Palmer Theatre" .... Marion (wife) (1 episode)
... aka Theatre Royal (UK)
- The Triumphant (????) TV episode .... Marion (wife) - The Teckman Mystery (1954) .... Helen Teckman
- The Good Die Young (1954) .... Eve Ravenscourt
- "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" .... Rosalind (1 episode, 1953)
- As You Like It (1953) TV episode .... Rosalind - The Holly and the Ivy (1952) .... Margaret Gregory
- Home at Seven (1952) .... Janet Preston
... aka Murder on Monday (USA) - Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951) .... Sgt. Helen Smith
- The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) .... Marguerite Blakeney
... aka The Fighting Pimpernel (USA) - The Astonished Heart (1950) .... Leonora Vail
- Under Capricorn (1949) .... Milly
- Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) .... Flora MacDonald
- The Winslow Boy (1948) .... Catherine Winslow
- Laugh with Me (1938) (TV) .... Dorothy
Self:
- "Girl Talk" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode dated 5 January 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1963)
- Episode dated 15 February 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Herself - "Toast of the Town" .... Herself (1 episode, 1962)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #16.9 (1962) TV episode .... Herself
Additional Details
Other Works:
On 1st October, 1946, in London, played the part of Sheila Biling in 'An Inspector Calls'.
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