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Margaret Whitton

Margaret Whitton

Acting
Born: 1949-11-30
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.

Known For

22 Works
Miami Vice
7.5

Miami Vice

1984

tv

Tales from the Darkside
7.3

Tales from the Darkside

1984

tv

Spenser: For Hire
6.9

Spenser: For Hire

1985

tv

Nine 1/2 Weeks
6.1

Nine 1/2 Weeks

1986

movie

Major League
6.9

Major League

1989

movie

The Secret of My Success
6.5

The Secret of My Success

1987

movie

Baby Boom
6.4

Baby Boom

1987

movie

Major League II
5.7

Major League II

1994

movie

The Man Without a Face
6.5

The Man Without a Face

1993

movie

Little Monsters
5.8

Little Monsters

1989

movie

Ironweed
6.3

Ironweed

1987

movie

A Fine Romance
6.5

A Fine Romance

1989

tv