
Acting
Margaret Whitton
Birth Date
November 30, 1949
Death Date
December 4, 2016
(passed away at 67)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Biography
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.
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Miami Vice
Cassie Bramlette
1984 • 1 episode

Tales from the Darkside
Mary Jones
1984 • 1 episode

Spenser: For Hire
1985 • 1 episode

Nine 1/2 Weeks
Molly
1986

Major League
Rachel Phelps
1989

The Secret of My Success
Vera Prescott
1987

Major League II
Rachel Phelps
1994

Baby Boom
Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
1987

A Fine Romance
Louisa Phillips
1989 • 13 episodes

Good & Evil
Genevieve
1991 • 11 episodes

Little Monsters
Holly Stevenson
1989

Ironweed
Katrina
1987

The Man Without a Face
Catherine Palin
1993

The Best of Times
Darla Robinson
1986

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

Trial by Jury
Jane Lyle, Juror
1994

The Summer My Father Grew Up
Naomi
1991

National Lampoon's Movie Madness
First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")
1982

Teenage Hitchhikers
Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)
1974
Hometown
1985 • 9 episodes