Margaret Whitton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 30, 1949
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- December 4, 2016
Biography
Margaret Whitton (November 30, 1949 – December 4, 2016) was an American actress. Her most known roles were that of baseball team owner Rachel Phelps in Major League (1989) and its sequel Major League II, and as Michael J. Fox's vibrant and underappreciated aunt-by-marriage in The Secret of My Success (1987). She also appeared in the films The Best of Times (1986) and The Man Without a Face (1993).
She first noticeably appeared on the stage in 1973, billed as Peggy Whitton. In the early 1980s, she began to be billed as Margaret Whitton and made her Broadway debut in 1982's Steaming. After her seven year experiment with film, she returned to the stage, appearing on Broadway in And the Apple Doesn't Fall... (1995) and in the original, award-winning musical Marlene (1999), starring Siân Phillips as Marlene Dietrich.
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Movies with Margaret Whitton
- Nine 1/2 Weeks 1986 · ★ 6.1
- Major League 1989 · ★ 6.9
- The Secret of My Success 1987 · ★ 6.5
- The Man Without a Face 1993 · ★ 6.6
- Baby Boom 1987 · ★ 6.4
- Major League II 1994 · ★ 5.7
- Little Monsters 1989 · ★ 5.8
- Ironweed 1987 · ★ 6.4
- The Best of Times 1986 · ★ 5.7
- Trial by Jury 1994 · ★ 5.4
- National Lampoon's Movie Madness 1982 · ★ 3.5
- Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even 1992 · ★ 6.1
- Teenage Hitchhikers 1974 · ★ 5.7
- Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills 1994 · ★ 6.5
- Love Child 1982 · ★ 5.6
- Kojak: None So Blind 1990 · ★ 6.3
- Parades 1972 · ★ 7.5
- The Summer My Father Grew Up 1991 · ★ 8.0
- Cat & Mousse 1987 · ★ 10.0
Movies directed by Margaret Whitton
- A Bird of the Air 2011 · ★ 6.6