Margaret Leighton

MARGARET LEIGHTON CBE d1976.  English Academy Award nominated actress known for her exquisite sense of grandeur and refinement. She began her career on stage in 1938 and went on to twice win the Tony Ward for Best Actress in a play for the original Broadway productions of Separate Tables (1956-57) and The Night of The Iguana (1961-62). Her film appearances included ; Under Capricorn (1949) / Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951) / Carrington VC (1955) and The Best Man (1964). She won an Emmy Award in 1971 for a television version of Hamlet. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the BAFTA for the 1971 film "The Go-Between". Married three times she died of MS in Sussex aged just 53 on 13th January 1976.