Margaret Whitton
Known for Acting · 26 credits
- Born
- 1949-11-30
- Died
- 2016-12-04
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (7)
Movies (19)
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
as Molly
Major League
1989
as Rachel Phelps
Major League II
1994
as Rachel Phelps
Little Monsters
1989
as Holly Stevenson
The Secret of My Success
1987
as Vera Prescott
Ironweed
1987
as Katrina
Baby Boom
1987
as Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
The Man Without a Face
1993
as Catherine Palin
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
as First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
1992
as Melinda
Teenage Hitchhikers
1974
as Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
as Leslie Abramson
The Best of Times
1986
as Darla Robinson
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Michele Hogarth
Trial by Jury
1994
as Jane Lyle, Juror
The Summer My Father Grew Up
1991
as Naomi
Parades
1972
as Jane
Love Child
1982
as Jacki Steinberg
Cat & Mousse
1987
as Miriam
About Margaret Whitton
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… With 26 credits spanning from 1972 to 1994, Margaret Whitton has appeared in 19 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Margaret Whitton Movies
- Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) — as Molly
- Major League (1989) — as Rachel Phelps
- Major League II (1994) — as Rachel Phelps
- Little Monsters (1989) — as Holly Stevenson
- The Secret of My Success (1987) — as Vera Prescott
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