Margaret Whitton
Actor
- Born
- November 30, 1949 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- December 4, 2016 (age 67)
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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Known for
Nine 1/2 Weeks
February 9, 1986
Major League
February 16, 1989
The Secret of My Success
April 10, 1987
The Man Without a Face
August 25, 1993
Baby Boom
October 7, 1987
Major League II
March 30, 1994
Little Monsters
August 25, 1989
Ironweed
December 18, 1987
The Best of Times
January 31, 1986
Trial by Jury
September 9, 1994
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
April 23, 1982
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
May 8, 1992
Acting19
- 1994Trial by Jury as Jane Lyle, Juror
- 1994Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills as Leslie Abramson
- 1994Major League II as Rachel Phelps
- 1993The Man Without a Face as Catherine Palin
- 1992Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even as Melinda
- 1991The Summer My Father Grew Up as Naomi
- 1990Kojak: None So Blind as Michele Hogarth
- 1989Little Monsters as Holly Stevenson
- 1989Major League as Rachel Phelps
- 1987Ironweed