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Her film appearances included Anthony Asquith's The Winslow Boy (her first credited film role), Alfred Hitchcock's Under Capricorn, Powell and Pressburger's The Elusive Pimpernel, George More O'Ferrall's The Holly and the Ivy, Martin Ritt's The Sound and the Fury, John Guillermin's Waltz of the Toreadors, Franklin J. Schaffner's The Best Man ...
Her unique brand of sophisticated eccentricity went on to captivate both Broadway and London audiences with her many theatre offerings, particularly her portrayals of Celia Coplestone in The Cocktail Party (1950) and Orinthia in a revival of The Apple Cart (1953).
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1962 The 16th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) Self - Winner. 1960 Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1959 (TV Special documentary short) Self - Accepted Best Film Actress for Laurence Harvey.
Margaret Leighton was an English actress of stage and screen noted for her versatility in classic and contemporary roles. Leighton made her stage debut as Dorothy in Laugh With Me (1938) at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and then studied at Sir Barry Jackson’s theatre school in Birmingham.
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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.
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