Margaret Leighton
| Margaret Leighton | |
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Leighton in 1959.
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| Born |
26 February 1922 Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, UK |
| Died | 13 January 1976 (aged 53) Chichester, Sussex, England, UK |
| Cause of death | Multiple sclerosis |
| Years active | 1938-1976 |
| Spouse(s) |
Max Reinhardt (m. 1947–55) Laurence Harvey (m. 1957; div. 1961) Michael Wilding (m. 1964; her death 1976) |
Margaret Leighton, CBE (26 February 1922 – 13 January 1976) was an English actress. She was known for her exquisite sense of grandeur and refinement. She began her career on stage in 1938, and went on to twice win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play; for the original Broadway productions of Separate Tables (1956-57) and The Night of the Iguana (1961-62).
Leighton's film appearances included Under Capricorn (1949), Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951), Carrington V.C. (1955) and The Best Man (1964). She won an Emmy Award in 1971 for a television version of Hamlet. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1971 film The Go-Between.
Born in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, Leighton made her stage debut as Dorothy in Laugh With Me (1938), which was also performed that year for BBC Television. She became a star of the Old Vic. Her Broadway debut was as the Queen in Henry IV (1946) starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson during a visit to America of the Old Vic company, which performed a total of five plays from its repertoire before returning to London.
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