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Personal life. Wilding was married four times: to Kay Young (married August 1937, separated December 1945, divorced December 1951); Elizabeth Taylor (married February 1952, separated July 1956, divorced January 1957); Susan Nell (married February 1958, divorced July 1962); and Margaret Leighton (married from July 1964 until her death in January 1976).
Leighton was married three times, to publisher Max Reinhardt from 1947 to 1955, to actor Laurence Harvey from 1957 to 1961, and to actor Michael Wilding from 1964 until her death. She had no children by any of the marriages. She was appointed a CBE in 1974. Leighton died of multiple sclerosis in 1976, aged 53, in Chichester, Sussex.
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Around this time, Leighton's marriage to Harvey ended, and in 1964 she wed actor Michael Wilding. Margaret Leighton continued to work steadily in England and America throughout the mid-1970s, even after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1970. In 1972, she performed as Elena in Reunion in Vienna to rave reviews.
Margaret Leighton. Actress: The Go-Between. Tall, reedy, thin-browed, light-haired British award-winning theatre actress Margaret Leighton was born in Worchestershire, England, on February 26, 1922, the daughter of a businessman. Expressing an early desire to act, she quit school at age 15 and auditioned and joined Sir Barry Jackson's Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Becoming one of his star ...
- February 26, 1922
- January 13, 1976
The Times (16/Nov/1979) - Obituary: Michael Wilding. (c) The Times (16/Nov/1979) keywords: Alfred Hitchcock, Anna Neagle, Derby Day, Margaret Leighton, Michael Wilding, Noel Coward, Stage Fright (1950), Under Capricorn (1949) Mr Michael Wilding. Mr Michael Wilding, one of the most popular film stars of the late 1940s, died in hospital on July 9 ...
Michael Wilding. Actor: The Law and the Lady. Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England on July 23, 1912, Wilding became a commercial artist after leaving school. He gained employment in the art department of a film studio in London in 1933, and he was soon approached by producers to become a movie star-in-training due to his dashing good looks. After debuting at age 21 in Bitter Sweet (1933 ...
Jan 13, 2019 · Margaret was born in 1922 and died of Multiple Sclerosis in 1976. She was married to publisher, Max Reinhardt (1947–55); actor, Laurence Harvey (1957–61); and actor, Michael Wilding (1964–76) Parents: Augustus George LEIGHTON and Doris Isabel EVANS Sources . Birth England and Wales Birth Registration Index.
