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Margaret Whitton
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BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Margaret Whitton

Actor · Director · Producer· 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.

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18 credits across 3 departments.

YearTitleRoleType
2012Casting ByCo-Executive ProducerFilm
2011A Bird of the AirDirectorFilm
1994Trial by JuryJane Lyle, JurorFilm
1994Major League IIRachel PhelpsFilm
1993The Man Without a FaceCatherine PalinFilm
1992Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get EvenMelindaFilm
1991The Summer My Father Grew UpNaomiFilm
1991Good & EvilGenevieveTV
1989Little MonstersHolly StevensonFilm
1989Major LeagueRachel PhelpsFilm
1989A Fine RomanceLouisa PhillipsTV
1987IronweedKatrinaFilm
1987The Secret of My SuccessVera PrescottFilm
1986The Best of TimesDarla RobinsonFilm
1986Nine 1/2 WeeksMollyFilm
1982National Lampoon's Movie MadnessFirst Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")Film
1982Love ChildJacki SteinbergFilm
1974Teenage HitchhikersSola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)Film

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