Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton (1922 - 1976) 
== Television Deaths ==
*ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Hamlet (1970) [Gertrude]: Presumably poisoned when she drinks from a poisoned chalice that Richard Johnson had intended for Richard Chamberlain. (I haven’t seen this myself, but we all know the play.)
*Great Expectations (1974;TV movie) [Miss Havisham]: Accidentally sets herself on fire when sitting in her wedding dress and she knocks over a candelabra onto the dress. Michael York is too late to save her, her injuries are too severe. (Thanks to Brian)
== Notable Connections ==
*Ex-Mrs. Laurence Harvey 
*Mrs. Michael Wilding
Category:British actors and actresses
Category:Not Listed on Original Cinemorgue
Category:1922 Births
Category:1976 Deaths
Category:Actresses
Category:Divorced actors and actresses
Category:Death scenes by poison
Category:Multiple sclerosis victims
Category:Death scenes by burning
Category:Death scenes by accident
Category:Stage Actors
Category:Died during production
Category:Best Supporting Actress Nominees