Biographies: Margaret Leighton - Actor

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A British actress born in England, on February 26, 1922. She began her classic theater career at the age of 16, joining the Old Vic Theatrical Company under the supervision of two stars Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson. She was nominated for an Academy Award in 1972, won a Prime-Hour Emmy in 1971, won a BAFTA Award in 1972 and a KCFCC Award in 1971. She got married three times and had no children. Among her most important works: The Go-Between (1971), The Loved One (1965), Court Martial (1954) and Dr. Kildare (1965). In 1971, she contracted multiple sclerosis, but she did not allow the disease to disrupt her career, and she continued her work resisting the disease. In 1975 she was no longer able to walk, but she continued to work, and next she died of complications from the disease. She died on January 13,1976.

• 20 October 2021
• farah ashraf