Margaret Whitton

Acting

Margaret Whitton

Born
Died
(aged 67)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
28 titles

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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Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 26

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

Crew credits 2

YearTitleJob
2012 Casting By Film Co-Executive Producer
2011 A Bird of the Air Film Director
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