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- In the early 1940s, Lockwood changed her on-screen image to play villainesses in both contemporary and period films, becoming the most successful actress in British films during that period. Her greatest success was in the title role in The Wicked Lady (1945), a film which was controversial in its day and brought her considerable publicity.
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Margaret Mary Day Lockwood, CBE (15 September 1916 – 15 July 1990), was an English actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included The Lady Vanishes (1938), Night Train to Munich (1940), The Man in Grey (1943), and The Wicked Lady (1945).
Margaret Lockwood (born Sept. 15, 1916, Karachi, India [now Pak.]—died July 15, 1990, London, Eng.) was a British actress noted for her versatility and craftsmanship, who became Britain’s most popular leading lady in the late 1940s.
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Actress: The Lady Vanishes. Karachi-born Margaret Lockwood, daughter of a British colonial railway clerk, was educated in London and studied to be an actress at the Italia Conti Drama School. Her first moment on stage came at the age of 12, when she played a fairy in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 1928.
- September 15, 1916
- July 15, 1990
Aug 23, 2016 · The immense popularity of women’s melodramas produced by Gainsborough Pictures made Lime Grove Studios (which became the company’s wartime berth after production at Islington Studios was suspended) stardom’s epicentre: it was the workplace of Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Jean Kent, Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Michael Rennie and ...
British stage and film actress. Born on September 15, 1916, in Karachi, India (now Pakistan); died in 1990; only daughter and one of two children of Henry Lockwood (a British civil servant) and Margaret Evelyn (Waugh) Lockwood; attended Sydenham Girls' High School; studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; married Rupert W. Leon (a ...
Location: London, UK. Cause of death: Cirrhosis of the liver. Best known for: British film starlet who found fame in the 1930s and 40s in films such as Lorna Doone (1934), Doctor Syn (1937), Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938), The Wicked Lady (1945) and Jassy (1947).
4 Videos. 89 Photos. Karachi-born Margaret Lockwood, daughter of a British colonial railway clerk, was educated in London and studied to be an actress at the Italia Conti Drama School. Her first moment on stage came at the age of 12, when she played a fairy in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 1928.
