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name: "Margaret Whitton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/margaret-whitton"
fi1m_id: "margaret-whitton"
imdb_id: "nm0926592"
tmdb_id: 60700
wikidata_id: "Q975648"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 November 1949"
died: "4 December 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:04:34.996546+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Margaret Whitton

## Identity

Margaret Whitton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/margaret-whitton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** margaret-whitton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0926592
- **TMDB ID:** 60700
- **Wikidata ID:** Q975648
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Whitton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q975648, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60700

Actor. Born 30 November 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 4 December 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 November 1949, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 4 December 2016
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Whitton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q975648, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60700

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Secret of My Success*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md) (62)

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## Biography

Margaret Whitton was an American actress known for stage and screen work. Born Margaret Ann Whitton on 30 November 1949 at Fort Meade, Maryland, she began her career billed as Peggy Whitton, making her Off-Broadway debut in 1973. She made her Broadway debut in 1982 in Steaming and later appeared in And the Apple Doesn't Fall... (1995) and the musical Marlene (1999).

Whitton’s primary film work spanned 1986 to 1993. She played Vera Prescott in The Secret of My Success (1987), Rachel Phelps in Major League (1989) and its 1994 sequel, Molly in 9½ Weeks (1986), and Catherine Palin in The Man Without a Face (1993). She also appeared in The Best of Times (1986) and Ironweed (1987). After films, she returned to the stage and later directed, including the 2011 film A Bird of the Air. She died on 4 December 2016 in Palm Beach, Florida.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Fi1m 62, as Vera Prescott — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *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
- *Cutters* (1993), series, as Adrienne St. John
- *Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even* (1992), as Melinda
- *Good & Evil* (1991), series, as Genevieve
- *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
- *A Fine Romance* (1989), series, as Louisa Phillips
- *Ironweed* (1987), as Katrina
- *Baby Boom* (1987), as Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), as Vera Prescott — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Cat & Mousse* (1987), as Miriam
- *Nine 1/2 Weeks* (1986), as Molly
- *The Best of Times* (1986), as Darla Robinson
- *Spenser: For Hire* (1985), series, Actor
- *Hometown* (1985), series, Actor
- *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), series, as Mary Jones
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Cassie Bramlette — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *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

## Gallery

- ![Margaret Whitton](https://film.one/media/person/5550244/gallery-f6ecc15ed33c.jpg) Margaret Whitton — Image via TMDB
- ![Margaret Whitton](https://film.one/media/person/5550244/gallery-71141674b77b.jpg) Margaret Whitton — Image via TMDB
- ![Margaret Whitton](https://film.one/media/person/5550244/gallery-219365e7cdd7.jpg) Margaret Whitton — Image via TMDB

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