Margot Leicester

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Margot Leicester

Acting 77 September 1, 1949

Lancashire, England, UK

Margot was born in September 1949. Growing up in Middleton in Lancashire she attended Bury Grammar school, whose theatre trips to Stratford on Avon, the Manchester Exchange and…

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1408

1408

6.7 2007 Movie
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Holby City

Holby City

5.8 1999 TV Show
Spooks

Spooks

7.7 2002 TV Show
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

7.2 1992 TV Show
Peak Practice

Peak Practice

6.5 1993 TV Show
New Tricks

New Tricks

7.3 2004 TV Show
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

7.2 2001 TV Show
Grace

Grace

6.8 2021 TV Show
Performance

Performance

6.3 1991 TV Show
The Take

The Take

7.5 2009 TV Show
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

7.3 1996 TV Show

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Margot was born in September 1949. Growing up in Middleton in Lancashire she attended Bury Grammar school, whose theatre trips to Stratford on Avon, the Manchester Exchange and Octagon Theatre, Bolton, led to her interest in acting. On leaving school she read English, aptly enough at the University of Leicester, and on graduation worked in repertory theatres around the country. In 1972, whilst appearing at the Dukes Theatre, Lancaster, she met the director David Thacker and they married two years later, eventually raising four children. They have subsequently worked together on numerous occasions - with Margot being nominated for an Olivier award in 1994 for their collaboration on the play 'Breaking Glass' at the National Theatre. In 2008 David became the artistic director at the Octagon, working with Margot on acclaimed productions of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', 'The Glass Menagerie' and 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'. Margot is also a director of the Haringey Shed Company, a London-based theatre group which encourages teenagers to take up acting.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Ann Droid

    TV show Phyllis

  2. 2023
    White Widow

    Movie American Tourist

  3. 2023
    Midnight Whispers

    Movie

  4. 2021
    Grace

    TV show Margot Balkwill

  5. 2020
    Albion

    Movie Cheryl

  6. 2017
    King Charles III

    Movie Camilla

  7. 2016
    Blue Borsalino

    Movie Jean Delaware

  8. 2013
    Full Time

    Movie Vinnie's Wife

  9. 2009
    Margot

    Movie Cathy

  10. 2009
    The Take

    TV show Lena

  11. 2007
    1408

    Movie Mrs. Innkeeper

  12. 2004
    New Tricks

    TV show Barbara Haynes

  13. 2002
    Spooks

    TV show Auntie May

  14. 2001
    Waking the Dead

    TV show Eileen Murdoch

  15. 1999
    Holby City

    TV show Charlotte Donaldson

  16. 1998
    Killer Net

    TV show Meryl Griffiths

More credits
  1. 1997
    Midsomer Murders

    TV show Kay Settingfield

  2. 1996
    Broken Glass

    Movie Sylvia Gellburg

  3. 1996
    King Girl

    Movie

  4. 1996
    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    TV show Annie Mosscrop

  5. 1995
    Ghosts

    TV show Mrs Pearson

  6. 1994
    Chandler & Co

    TV show The Real Mrs Savage

  7. 1993
    Peak Practice

    TV show Dr. Wellington

  8. 1992
    Heartbeat

    TV show Evelyn Page

  9. 1991
    Performance

    TV show Sylvia Gellburg

  10. 1989
    Shalom Salaam

    Movie Jackie's Mum

  11. 1987
    Pack of Lies

    Movie Thelma

  12. 1978
    From the Roots Came the Rapper

    Movie Marty

  13. 1976
    The XYY Man

    TV show Nancy Watkins

  14. 1975
    Waiting at the Field Gate

    Movie Lucy Rainmarsh