Margaret Whitton

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Margaret Whitton

Acting November 30, 1949

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…

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Nine 1/2 Weeks

Nine 1/2 Weeks

6.1 1986 Movie
Miami Vice

Miami Vice

7.4 1984 TV Show
Major League

Major League

6.9 1989 Movie
The Secret of My Success

The Secret of My Success

6.5 1987 Movie
The Man Without a Face

The Man Without a Face

6.6 1993 Movie
Baby Boom

Baby Boom

6.4 1987 Movie
Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

7.2 1984 TV Show
Major League II

Major League II

5.7 1994 Movie
Little Monsters

Little Monsters

5.8 1989 Movie
Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire

6.9 1985 TV Show
Ironweed

Ironweed

6.3 1987 Movie
The Best of Times

The Best of Times

5.7 1986 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2012
    Casting By

    Movie Co-Executive Producer

  2. 2011
    A Bird of the Air

    Movie Director

  3. 1994
    Trial by Jury

    Movie Jane Lyle, Juror

  4. 1994
    Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

    Movie Leslie Abramson

  5. 1994
    Major League II

    Movie Rachel Phelps

  6. 1993
    The Man Without a Face

    Movie Catherine Palin

  7. 1993
    Cutters

    TV show Adrienne St. John

  8. 1992
    Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even

    Movie Melinda

  9. 1991
    Good & Evil

    TV show Genevieve

  10. 1991
    The Summer My Father Grew Up

    Movie Naomi

  11. 1990
    Kojak: None So Blind

    Movie Michele Hogarth

  12. 1989
    Little Monsters

    Movie Holly Stevenson

  13. 1989
    Major League

    Movie Rachel Phelps

  14. 1989
    A Fine Romance

    TV show Louisa Phillips

  15. 1987
    Ironweed

    Movie Katrina

  16. 1987
    Baby Boom

    Movie Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)

More credits
  1. 1987
    The Secret of My Success

    Movie Vera Prescott

  2. 1987
    Cat & Mousse

    Movie Miriam

  3. 1986
    Nine 1/2 Weeks

    Movie Molly

  4. 1986
    The Best of Times

    Movie Darla Robinson

  5. 1985
    Spenser: For Hire

    TV show

  6. 1985
    Hometown

    TV show

  7. 1984
    Tales from the Darkside

    TV show Mary Jones

  8. 1984
    Miami Vice

    TV show Cassie Bramlette

  9. 1982
    Love Child

    Movie Jacki Steinberg

  10. 1982
    National Lampoon's Movie Madness

    Movie First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")

  11. 1974
    Teenage Hitchhikers

    Movie Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)

  12. 1972
    Parades

    Movie Jane