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Margaret Whitton
Margaret Whitton

Margaret Whitton

ActingBorn November 30, 1949Died December 4, 2016 (age 67)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography

1994
Trial by Jury

as Jane Lyle, Juror

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Major League II

as Rachel Phelps

Movie
1993
The Man Without a Face

as Catherine Palin

Movie
1993
Cutters

as Adrienne St. John

TV
1991
Good & Evil

as Genevieve

TV
1990
Kojak: None So Blind

as Michele Hogarth

Movie
1989
Little Monsters

as Holly Stevenson

Movie
1989
Major League

as Rachel Phelps

Movie
1989
A Fine Romance

as Louisa Phillips

TV
1987
Ironweed

as Katrina

Movie
1987
Baby Boom

as Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)

Movie
1987
The Secret of My Success

as Vera Prescott

Movie
1987
Cat & Mousse

as Miriam

Movie
1986Movie
1986
The Best of Times

as Darla Robinson

Movie
1985TV
1984TV
1984
Miami Vice

as Cassie Bramlette

TV
1982
Love Child

as Jacki Steinberg

Movie
1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness

as First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")

Movie
1974
Teenage Hitchhikers

as Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)

Movie
1972
Parades

as Jane

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 30, 1949
Day of DeathDecember 4, 2016
Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity0.6