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She left the screen in favor of the stage in 1955, then made a long overdue return to films in The Slipper and the Rose (1976). Books on Lockwood's career include her own autobiography Lucky Star (1955) and Hilton Tims' Once a Wicked Lady (1989). Margaret Lockwood was the mother of British film actress Julia Lockwood.
Various actors and actresses line up together. L-R (women): Glynis Johns, Margaret Lockwood, Bebe Daniels, Googie Withers, Margaret Leighton, and Valerie Hobson. R-L (men): Richard Todd, Michael. England. 1950. British actress Margaret Lockwood is pictured wearing a new gown for the Royal Command Performance.
Of the four lead actors in the first "official" Gainsborough melodrama, The Man in Grey (1943, d. Leslie Arliss), Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990) was the only one who was already a star, having previously played the female lead in the internationally successful The Lady Vanishes (1938, d. Alfred Hitchcock) for the same studio.
Margaret Lockwood, CBE, was an English actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included ‘The Lady Vani...
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The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. After visiting the fictional country of Bandrika, English tourist Iris Henderson is returning home to get married, but an avalanche blocks the railway line.
Feb 20, 2019 · Born 1916 in Karachi, British India, English actress Margaret Lockwood began studying for the stage at an early age at the Italia Conti, and made her debut in 1928, at the age of 12, at the Holborn Empire where she played a fairy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
