LEIGHTON, MARGARET


Meaning of LEIGHTON, MARGARET in English

born Feb. 26, 1922, Barnt Green, near Birmingham, Worcestershire, Eng.

died Jan. 13, 1976, Chichester, West Sussex

British actress.

A member of the Old Vic company, she made her London debut in 1944 and her Broadway debut in 1946. She was acclaimed for her wide range of roles in plays such as The Cocktail Party (1950) and The Applecart (1953). She received Tony Awards for her Broadway appearances in Separate Tables (1956) and The Night of the Iguana (1962). Her most notable film roles were in The Winslow Boy (1948), The Sound and the Fury (1959), and The Go-Between (1971).

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