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Portrait of Margaret Whitton

Acting

Margaret Whitton

Career

Active from 1974 to 2011, with a break from 1995 to 2010, busiest in 1987 and 1989 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Major League
Major League
GoodWatch score73/100

Characters

1

The characters Margaret Whitton played, best-known titles first.

Margaret Whitton as Louisa Phillips

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Margaret Whitton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Violence
    3.2, average 4.1
  • Warfare
    0.3, average 1.2
  • Scare
    1.9, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

28
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 62
Casting By
Casting By (2012)
GoodWatch score 77

Co-Executive Producer

A Bird of the Air
A Bird of the Air (2011)
GoodWatch score 47

Director

1990s

9 titles · average score 52
Trial by Jury
Trial by Jury (1994)
GoodWatch score 29

as Jane Lyle, Juror

Major League II
Major League II (1994)
GoodWatch score 29

as Rachel Phelps

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994)
GoodWatch score 64

as Leslie Abramson

The Man Without a Face
The Man Without a Face (1993)
GoodWatch score 66

as Catherine Palin

Cutters
Cutters (1993)

TV show · as Adrienne St. John

Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992)
GoodWatch score 62

as Melinda

Good & Evil
Good & Evil (1991)

TV show · as Genevieve

The Summer My Father Grew Up
The Summer My Father Grew Up (1991)

as Naomi

Kojak: None So Blind
Kojak: None So Blind (1990)
GoodWatch score 66

as Michele Hogarth

1980s

15 titles · average score 56
Major League
Major League (1989)
GoodWatch score 73

as Rachel Phelps

A Fine Romance
A Fine Romance (1989)

TV show · as Louisa Phillips

Little Monsters
Little Monsters (1989)
GoodWatch score 52

as Holly Stevenson

The Secret of My Success
The Secret of My Success (1987)
GoodWatch score 52

as Vera Prescott

Ironweed
Ironweed (1987)
GoodWatch score 58

as Katrina

Nine 1/2 Weeks
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
GoodWatch score 55

as Molly

The Best of Times
The Best of Times (1986)
GoodWatch score 48

as Darla Robinson

Hometown
Hometown (1985)

TV show

Spenser: For Hire
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Cassie Bramlette

Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Mary Jones

Love Child
Love Child (1982)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jacki Steinberg

1970s

2 titles · average score 55
Teenage Hitchhikers
Teenage Hitchhikers (1974)
GoodWatch score 55

as Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)

Parades
Parades (1972)

as Jane