Margaret Whitton
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Margaret Whitton was an American stage, film, and television actress, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Whitton did her primary film work between 1986 and 1993. Her most visible 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, sexy and underappreciated aunt-by-marriage in The Secret of My Success (1987). She also appeared in the Robin Williams-Kurt Russell
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.
Today she is the president of independent film producer Tashtego Films (www.tashtegofilms.com).
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Born
Nov 30, 1949
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
Dec 04, 2016
Known For
Acting
Movies
19 acting
2 crew
Popularity
0.3
Known For
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
as Molly
Little Monsters
1989
as Holly Stevenson
Ironweed
1987
as Katrina
The Man Without a Face
1993
as Catherine Palin
The Secret of My Success
1987
as Vera Prescott
Baby Boom
1987
as Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
Major League
1989
as Rachel Phelps
Major League II
1994
as Rachel Phelps
The Best of Times
1986
as Darla Robinson
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