Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 11/30/1949
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 12/4/2016 (aged 67)
- Gender
- Female
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.
12 titles

Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
Molly

Major League
1989
Rachel Phelps

The Secret of My Success
1987
Vera Prescott

The Man Without a Face
1993
Catherine Palin

Miami Vice
1984TV
Cassie Bramlette

Baby Boom
1987
Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)

Major League II
1994
Rachel Phelps

Little Monsters
1989
Holly Stevenson

Ironweed
1987
Katrina

The Best of Times
1986
Darla Robinson

Tales from the Darkside
1984TV
Mary Jones

Trial by Jury
1994
Jane Lyle, Juror





