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Margaret Whitton

Margaret Whitton

Actor · Born 1949-11-30 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Whitton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) — Molly
  2. Major League (1989) — Rachel Phelps
  3. The Secret of My Success (1987) — Vera Prescott
  4. The Man Without a Face (1993) — Catherine Palin
  5. Miami Vice (1984) — Cassie Bramlette
  6. Baby Boom (1987) — Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
  7. Major League II (1994) — Rachel Phelps
  8. Little Monsters (1989) — Holly Stevenson
  9. Ironweed (1987) — Katrina
  10. The Best of Times (1986) — Darla Robinson
  11. Tales from the Darkside (1984) — Mary Jones
  12. Trial by Jury (1994) — Jane Lyle, Juror
  13. National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982) — First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")
  14. Spenser: For Hire (1985)
  15. Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992) — Melinda
  16. Teenage Hitchhikers (1974) — Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)
  17. Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994) — Leslie Abramson
  18. Love Child (1982) — Jacki Steinberg
  19. Kojak: None So Blind (1990) — Michele Hogarth
  20. Good & Evil (1991) — Genevieve
  21. Parades (1972) — Jane
  22. Hometown (1985)
  23. A Fine Romance (1989) — Louisa Phillips
  24. The Summer My Father Grew Up (1991) — Naomi
  25. Cat & Mousse (1987) — Miriam
  26. Cutters (1993) — Adrienne St. John

Directed

  1. A Bird of the Air (2011) — Director