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Acting

Margaret Leighton

Career: Active from 1948 to 1982, busiest in 1972 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 19
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: The Best Man
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Margaret Leighton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.2, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 4
Character-Driven 4
Character Study 4
Psychological Drama 3
Social Commentary 3
Melancholy 3
Class Conflict 2
Mystery and Intrigue 2
Slow-Burn Tension 2
Political Intrigue 2
Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

A Touch of Venus

TV show · as Rosemary

1980s

1 title

Journey Through the Black Sun

as Arra

1970s

14 titles · average score 62

Trial by Combat

65

as Ma Gore

Galileo

57

as Elderly Court Lady

Space: 1999

73

TV show · as Arra

Great Expectations

59

as Miss Havisham

From Beyond the Grave

64

as Madame Orloff

Bequest to the Nation

64

as Lady Frances Nelson

Frankenstein: The True Story

77

TV show · as Francoise DuVal

Zee and Co.

39

as Gladys

High Summer

as Lady Huntercombe

Lady Caroline Lamb

29

as Lady Melbourne

The Go-Between

86

as Mrs Maudsley

Hamlet

as Gertrude

1960s

17 titles · average score 61

An Ideal Husband

74

as Mrs Cheveley

The Vortex

as Florence Lancaster

All On Her Own

as Rosemary

7 Women

62

as Agatha Andrews

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Amy Hunter

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Helen Lancaster / Mrs. Cheveley

The Best Man

89

as Alice Russell

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Florence Lancaster

Burke's Law

68

TV show · as Connie Hanson

Waltz of the Toreadors

50

as Emily Fitzjohn

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Nell Snyder

Ben Casey

65

TV show

1950s

15 titles · average score 64

The Sound and the Fury

59

as Caddy Compson

The Passionate Stranger

58

as Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway

The Constant Husband

66

as Miss Chesterman

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Iris Teleton

The Teckman Mystery

62

as Helen Teckman

Carrington V.C.

59

as Valerie Carrington

Home at Seven

66

as Janet Preston

The Holly and the Ivy

69

as Margaret Gregory

Calling Bulldog Drummond

42

as Sergeant Helen Smith

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Gertrude

The Elusive Pimpernel

60

as Marguerite Blakeney

The Astonished Heart

54

as Leonora Vail

1940s

3 titles · average score 58

Under Capricorn

48

as Milly

The Winslow Boy

73

as Catherine Winslow

Bonnie Prince Charlie

53

as Flora MacDonald