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Margaret Leighton

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Actress

The Resume

    (February 26, 1922-January 13, 1976)
    Born in Barnt Green, England, United Kingdom
    Appeared in the films 'The Winslow Boy' (1948), 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' (1948), 'Under Capricorn' (1949), 'The Elusive Pimpernel' (1950), 'Calling Bulldog Drummond' (1951), 'The Holly and the Ivy' (1952), 'The Sound and the Fury' (1959), 'The Best Man' (1964), 'The Loved One' (1965), '7 Women' (1966), 'The Madwoman of Chaillot' (1969), 'The Go-Between' (1970), 'Lady Caroline Lamb' (1972) and 'From Beyond the Grave' (1973)
    Appeared on Broadway in 'Henry IV' (1946), 'Separate Tables' (1956), 'Much Ado About Nothing' (1959), 'The Night of the Iguana' (1961), 'Tchin-Tchin' (1962) and 'The Little Foxes' (1967)

Why she might be annoying:

    Director Michael Powell wrote, 'She looked like a horse and had cross eyes, always a bad sign in a horse.'
    She was typecast as neurotic matrons.
    She was married three times and divorced twice.
    Due to their combined five failed marriages, she and final husband Michael Wilding had difficulty finding someone to perform the ceremony; Wilding ultimately had to bribe a judge with a hundred dollar bill.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a star of the Old Vic alongside Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson.
    She won two Tonys and an Emmy.
    She continued acting even after multiple sclerosis left her unable to walk.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 72 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying