Margaret Whitton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 30, 1949
- Died
- December 4, 2016
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
Casting By 2012
Co-Executive Producer
A Bird of the Air 2011
Director
Trial by Jury 1994
as Jane Lyle, Juror
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills 1994
as Leslie Abramson
Major League II 1994
as Rachel Phelps
The Man Without a Face 1993
as Catherine Palin
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even 1992
as Melinda
The Summer My Father Grew Up 1991
as Naomi
Kojak: None So Blind 1990
as Michele Hogarth
Little Monsters 1989
as Holly Stevenson
Major League 1989
as Rachel Phelps
Ironweed 1987
as Katrina
Baby Boom 1987
as Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
The Secret of My Success 1987
as Vera Prescott
- Cat & Mousse
Cat & Mousse 1987
as Miriam
Nine 1/2 Weeks 1986
as Molly
The Best of Times 1986
as Darla Robinson
Love Child 1982
as Jacki Steinberg
National Lampoon's Movie Madness 1982
as First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")
Teenage Hitchhikers 1974
as Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)
Parades 1972
as Jane
Credits from TMDB.