Margaret Whitton

Margaret Whitton

Born: November 30, 1950
Died: December 4, 2016
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Margaret Whitton (November 30, 1950 - December 4, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actress, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Whitton did her primary film work between 1986 and 1993. Her most visible 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, sexy and underappreciated aunt-by-marriage in The Secret of My Success (1987). She also appeared in the Robin Williams-Kurt Russell vehicle The Best of Times (1986) and in Mel Gibson's 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.

Today she is the president of independent film producer Tashtego Films (www.tashtegofilms.com).

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

Movies for Margaret Whitton...

Trial by Jury
Title: Trial by Jury
Character: Jane Lyle, Juror
Released: September 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
bee
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Title: Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Character: Leslie Abramson
Released: May 22, 1994
Type: Movie
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
bee
Major League II
Title: Major League II
Character: Rachel Phelps
Released: March 30, 1994
Type: Movie
After losing in the ALCS the year before, the Cleveland Indians are determined to make it into the World Series this time! However, they first have to contend with Rachel Phelps again when she buys back the team.
bee
The Man Without a Face
Title: The Man Without a Face
Character: Catherine Palin
Released: August 25, 1993
Type: Movie
Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.
bee
Title: Cutters
Character: Adrienne St. John
Released: June 11, 1993
Type: TV
Cutters is an American sitcom that aired from June 11 until July 9, 1993.
bee
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Title: Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Character: Melinda
Released: May 8, 1992
Type: Movie
A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
bee
Title: Good & Evil
Released: September 25, 1991
Type: TV
Good & Evil is a situation comedy which was broadcast in the United States by ABC from September 25, 1991 until October 30, 1991. The series was created by Susan Harris, and produced by Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions in association with Touchstone Television.
bee
The Summer My Father Grew Up
Title: The Summer My Father Grew Up
Character: Naomi
Released: March 3, 1991
Type: Movie
A divorced and remarried doctor tries to reconnect with his eleven-year-old son whom he has always neglected.
bee
Kojak: None So Blind
Title: Kojak: None So Blind
Character: Michele Hogarth
Released: April 7, 1990
Type: Movie
After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York Police Inspector Theo Kojak must both protect her from an unscrupulous Dutch hitman, and bring Mob kingpin Tony Salducci to justice.
bee
Little Monsters
Title: Little Monsters
Character: Holly Stevenson
Released: August 25, 1989
Type: Movie
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.
bee
Major League
Title: Major League
Character: Rachel Phelps
Released: February 16, 1989
Type: Movie
When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. Rachel is sure her dream will come true, but she underestimates their will to succeed.
bee
Title: A Fine Romance
Character: Louisa Phillips
Released: January 18, 1989
Type: TV
A Fine Romance is an American comedy-drama series that aired from January 18, 1989 to March 2, 1989. The series was filmed on location at various places in Europe.
bee
Ironweed
Title: Ironweed
Character: Katrina
Released: December 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.
bee
Baby Boom
Title: Baby Boom
Character: Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
Released: October 7, 1987
Type: Movie
J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker who, along with J.C., agreed children aren't part of the plan. J.C.'s life takes an unexpected turn when a distant relative dies and the will appoints her the caretaker of their baby girl, Elizabeth. The baby's sudden arrival causes Steven to leave, breaking off their relationship. Juggling power lunches and powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But she won't stay down for long. She'll prove to the world that a woman can have it all and on her own terms too!
bee
The Secret of My Success
Title: The Secret of My Success
Character: Vera Prescott
Released: April 10, 1987
Type: Movie
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.
bee
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Title: Nine 1/2 Weeks
Character: Molly
Released: February 9, 1986
Type: Movie
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.
bee
The Best of Times
Title: The Best of Times
Character: Darla Robinson
Released: January 31, 1986
Type: Movie
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
bee
Title: Spenser: For Hire
Released: September 20, 1985
Type: TV
Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.
bee
Title: Hometown
Released: August 22, 1985
Type: TV
Hometown is an American dramedy series than ran on CBS from August 22 to October 15, 1985. The series was a direct adaptation of the smash hit 1983 movie The Big Chill, and centered around the same premise as the film: a group of friends all in their 30s, who had reunited after traveling separate paths following their college days in the 1960s. Upon their reunion, they found that they were even more so an integral part of each other's lives in the 1980s. Julie and Dinah Kirgo served as executive producers, with Barnet Kellman directing most of the episodes. Hometown was produced by Kingette Productions in association with Paramount Television.
bee
Title: Tales from the Darkside
Character: Mary Jones
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
bee
Title: Miami Vice
Character: Cassie Bramlette
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
bee
Love Child
Title: Love Child
Character: Jacki Steinberg
Released: October 15, 1982
Type: Movie
It's an extraordinarily touching true-story about Terry Jean Moore, the determined, independent and young woman who is imprisoned for 7 years on account of a "five dollar" robbery. In the prison she will be pregnant by a jailer and she has to fight for bear and keep her child.
bee
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Title: National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Character: First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")
Released: April 23, 1982
Type: Movie
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.
bee
Teenage Hitchhikers
Title: Teenage Hitchhikers
Character: Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)
Released: August 30, 1974
Type: Movie
Three girls go on the road and run into trouble with the people who give them rides.
bee
Parades
Title: Parades
Character: Jane
Released: July 23, 1972
Type: Movie
An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison...