Margaret Leighton: movies and TV shows
Margaret Leighton has 54 credits in the archive: 36 films and 18 TV series, from 1948 to 1982. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 1982 · busiest year: 1965 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Journey Through the Black Sun | Arra | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Ma Gore | Film | 7.8 | 54 |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Arra | TV | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1975 | Galileo | Elderly Court Lady | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1974 | Frankenstein: The True Story | Francoise DuVal | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1974 | Great Expectations | Miss Havisham | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1974 | From Beyond the Grave | Madame Orloff | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True Story | Francoise DuVal | TV | 8.5 | 51 |
| 1973 | The Upper Crusts | Lady Phyllida Seacroft | TV | — | 51 |
| 1973 | Bequest to the Nation | Lady Frances Nelson | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1972 | Lady Caroline Lamb | Lady Melbourne | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1972 | Zee and Co. | Gladys | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1972 | High Summer | Lady Huntercombe | Film | — | 50 |
| 1971 | The Go-Between | Mrs Maudsley | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1970 | Hamlet | Gertrude | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Gertrude | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | The Woman | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Constance, the Madwoman of Passy | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1969 | An Ideal Husband | Mrs Cheveley | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1969 | The Vortex | Florence Lancaster | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1968 | All On Her Own | Rosemary | Film | — | 46 |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | TV | 7.7 | 45 | |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Gita Volander | TV | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Helen Lancaster | TV | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Mrs. Cheveley | TV | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Amy Hunter | TV | 5.6 | 43 |
| 1965 | 7 Women | Agatha Andrews | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1965 | The Loved One | Mrs. Helen Kenton | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Florence Lancaster | TV | 5.2 | 42 |
| 1964 | The Best Man | Alice Russell | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Connie Hanson | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Nell Snyder | TV | 7.8 | 40 |
| 1962 | Waltz of the Toreadors | Emily Fitzjohn | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 39 | |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury | Caddy Compson | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1957 | The Passionate Stranger | Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway | Film | 5.5 | 35 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Lady Huntercombe | TV | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Iris Teleton | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1955 | The Constant Husband | Miss Chesterman | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1955 | ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall | Gwendolen Fairfax | Film | — | 33 |
| 1954 | The Good Die Young | Eve Ravenscourt | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1954 | Carrington V.C. | Valerie Carrington | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1954 | Tonight in Britain | Self | Film | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1954 | The Teckman Mystery | Helen Teckman | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1952 | Home at Seven | Janet Preston | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1952 | The Holly and the Ivy | Margaret Gregory | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Gertrude | TV | 8.8 | 29 |
| 1951 | Calling Bulldog Drummond | Sergeant Helen Smith | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1950 | The Elusive Pimpernel | Marguerite Blakeney | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1950 | The Astonished Heart | Leonora Vail | Film | 4.8 | 28 |
| 1949 | Under Capricorn | Milly | Film | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1948 | The Winslow Boy | Catherine Winslow | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1948 | Bonnie Prince Charlie | Flora MacDonald | Film | 5.5 | 26 |
| A Touch of Venus | Rosemary | TV | 7.0 | — |