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{{Short description|British stage and film actress (1916–1990)}} |
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| name = Margaret Lockwood |
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| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] |
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| birth_name = Margaret Mary Day Lockwood |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|09|15|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[British India]] |
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| death_place = London, England |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|07|15|1916|09|15|df=y}} |
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| spouse = Rupert Leon (1937-1949; divorced); 1 child |
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| death_place = [[Kensington]], London, England |
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| children = [[Julia Lockwood]] |
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| nationality = British |
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| years_active = 1928–1980 |
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| spouse = {{marriage|Rupert Leon|1937|1950|end=div}} |
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| children = [[Julia Lockwood]] <br/> (born Margaret Julia Leon) |
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| years_active = 1928–1980 |
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'''Margaret Lockwood''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (15 September 1916<ref |
'''Margaret Mary Day Lockwood''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (15 September 1916 – 15 July 1990),<ref name="times-obit"/> was a British actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938), ''[[Night Train to Munich]]'' (1940), ''[[The Man in Grey]]'' (1943), and ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'' (1945). She was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best British Actress]] for the 1955 film ''[[Cast a Dark Shadow]]''. She also starred in the television series ''[[Justice (1971 TV series)|Justice]]'' (1971–74). |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Lockwood was born on 15 September 1916 in [[Karachi]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]] (today Pakistan), to Henry Francis Lockwood, an English administrator of a railway company, and his third wife, Scottish-born Margaret Eveline Waugh.<ref name="times-obit"/> She moved to England in 1920 with her mother, brother Lyn and half-brother Frank. Her half-sister Fay joined them the following year, but her father remained in Karachi, visiting them infrequently. She also had another half-brother, John, from her father's first marriage, brought up by his mother in Britain.<ref name="copac-ward"/> Lockwood attended [[Sydenham High School]] for girls and a ladies' school in Kensington, London.<ref name="times-obit"/> |
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http://copac.jisc.ac.uk/search?title=wealth%20and%20notability&rn=1</ref> Lockwood attended [[Sydenham High School]] for girls, and a ladies' school in [[Kensington]], London.<ref>Obituary from ''The Times'' [http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/wiki/The_Times_%2817/Jul/1990%29_-_Obituary:_Margaret_Lockwood Margaret Lockwood obituary]</ref> |
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She 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 |
She began studying for the stage at an early age at the [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]], and made her debut in 1928, at the age of 12, at the [[Weston's Music Hall|Holborn Empire]] where she played a fairy in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. In December of the following year, she appeared at the [[Scala Theatre]] in the [[pantomime]] ''The Babes in the Wood''.<ref name="times-obit"/> In 1932 she appeared at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] in ''[[Cavalcade (play)|Cavalcade]]''. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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In 1933, Lockwood enrolled at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in London, where she was seen by a talent scout and signed to a contract.<ref name="times-obit"/> In June 1934 she played Myrtle in ''House on Fire'' at the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]], and on 22 August 1934 appeared as Margaret Hamilton in [[Gertrude E. Jennings|Gertrude Jenning]]'s play ''Family Affairs'' when it premiered at the [[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]]; Helene Ferber in ''Repayment'' at the [[Arts Theatre]] in January 1936; Trixie Drew in Henry Bernard's play ''Miss Smith'' at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] in July 1936; and back at the Queen's in July 1937 as Ann Harlow in ''Ann's Lapse''. |
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===Films=== |
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Lockwood entered films in 1934, and in 1935 she appeared in the film version of ''[[Lorna Doone (1934 film)|Lorna Doone]]''. In 1938 she starred in her most successful film, [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'', in which she first appeared with [[Michael Redgrave]]. In 1940 she played the role of Jenny Sunley, the self-centred, frivolous wife of Redgrave's character in ''[[The Stars Look Down (film)|The Stars Look Down]]''. In the early 1940s Lockwood changed her on-screen image to play villainesses in both contemporary and period films, becoming the most successful actress in British films during that period. Her greatest success was in the title role in ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'' (1945), a film which was controversial at the time and brought her considerable publicity. In 1946 Lockwood gained the [[Daily Mail National Film Awards]] First Prize for most popular British film actress. |
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Lockwood entered films in 1934, and in 1935 she appeared in the film version of ''[[Lorna Doone (1934 film)|Lorna Doone]]''. For this, British Lion put her under contract for £500 a year for the first year, going up to £750 a year for the second year.<ref>Lockwood p 49</ref> |
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For British Lion she was in ''[[The Case of Gabriel Perry]]'' (1935), then was in ''[[Honours Easy]]'' (1935) with [[Greta Nissen]] and ''[[Man of the Moment (1935 film)|Man of the Moment]]'' (1935) with [[Douglas Fairbanks Jnr]]. These were standard [[ingénue]] roles. She was the female love interest in ''[[Midshipman Easy]]'' (1935), directed by [[Carol Reed]], who would become crucial to Lockwood's career. She had the lead in ''[[Someday (1935 film)|Someday]]'' (1935), a [[quota quickie]] directed by [[Michael Powell]] and in ''[[Jury's Evidence]]'' (1936), directed by [[Ralph Ince]]. |
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She made a return to the stage in a record-breaking national tour of [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[Private Lives]]'' in 1949, and also played Eliza Doolittle in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' at the [[Edinburgh Festival]] of 1951, and the title role in [[J. M. Barrie]]'s ''[[Peter Pan]]'' in 1949, 1950 and 1957 (the last with her daughter [[Julia Lockwood]] as Wendy). Her subsequent long-running West End hits include an all-star production of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'' (1965–66, in which she played the villainous Mrs Cheveley), [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s ''Lady Frederick'' (1970), ''[[Relative Values (play)|Relative Values]]'' (Noël Coward revival, 1973) and the thrillers ''[[Spider's Web (play)|Spider's Web]]'' (1955, written for her by [[Agatha Christie]]), ''Signpost to Murder'' (1962) and ''Double Edge'' (1975). |
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Lockwood had a small role in ''[[The Amateur Gentleman (1936 film)|The Amateur Gentleman]]'' (1936), another with Fairbanks. Her profile rose when she appeared opposite [[Maurice Chevalier]] in ''[[The Beloved Vagabond (1936 film)|The Beloved Vagabond]]'' (1936)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92488813 |title=TALKIE NEWS |newspaper=[[The Chronicle (Adelaide)|The Chronicle]] |volume=LXXX |issue=4,208 |location=Adelaide |date=8 July 1937 |access-date=7 May 2016 |page=51 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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In 1969 she starred as barrister Julia Stanford in the TV play ''Justice is a Woman''. This inspired the [[Yorkshire Television]] series ''[[Justice (1971 TV series)|Justice]]'', which ran for three seasons (39 episodes) from 1971 to 1974, and featured her real-life partner, [[John Stone (actor)|John Stone]], as fictional boyfriend Dr Ian Moody. Lockwood's role as the feisty Harriet Peterson won her Best Actress Awards from the ''[[TV Times]]'' (1971) and ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' (1973). In 1975 film director [[Bryan Forbes]] persuaded her out of an apparent retirement from feature films to play the role of the Stepmother in what would be her last feature film, ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]''. This film also included final feature film appearances by several great actors of a bygone era including [[Kenneth More]], [[Michael Hordern]] and [[Edith Evans]]. Her last professional appearance was as [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] in [[Royce Ryton]]'s stage play ''Motherdear'' (Ambassadors Theatre, 1980). |
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She followed it with ''[[Irish for Luck]]'' (1936) and ''[[The Street Singer (1937 film)|The Street Singer]]'' (1937). She had a small role in ''[[Who's Your Lady Friend?]]'' (1937), again for Carol Reed and was in ''[[Melody and Romance]]'' (1937). |
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Margaret Lockwood was appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the New Year Honours of 1981. |
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===Gaumont British=== |
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She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in December 1963 when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the BBC Television Centre. [[Roy Plomley]] interviewed her for ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' on 25th April 1951. |
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[[Gaumont British]] were making [[Doctor Syn (film)|a film version]] of the novel ''[[Doctor Syn]]'', starring [[George Arliss]] and [[Anna Lee]] with director [[Roy William Neill]] and producer [[Edward Black (producer)|Edward Black]]. Lee dropped out and was replaced by Lockwood. Lockwood so impressed the studio with her performance – particularly Black, who became a champion of hers – she signed a three-year contract with [[Gainsborough Pictures]] in June 1937.<ref>{{cite news|title=News of the Screen: ' Woman Chases Man' Opens Today at Music Hall 'George and Margaret' on Warner's Program News From Hollywood|newspaper=The New York Times |date= 10 June 1937|page= 27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A LADY WHO HAS LOOKS|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 June 1938|page=156}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222137569 |title=THE LIFE STORY OF MARGARET LOCKWOOD |newspaper=The Voice |volume=26 |issue=28 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=11 July 1953 |access-date=12 April 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> This was at £4,000 a year.<ref name="Lockwood p 54">Lockwood p 54</ref> According to writer Alan Wood, "Many people were astonished at the contract Ted Black gave her; but when they asked him about it, he said, "She has something with which every girl in the suburbs can identify herself". Black backed his judgment and built Margaret Lockwood into a star."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/mrrankstudyofjar0000alan/page/146/mode/1up?q=lockwood|first=Alan|last=Wood|page=147|year=1952|title=Mr Rank: A Study of J Arthur Rank and British Films}}</ref> |
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For Black and director [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]] she supported [[Will Fyffe]] in ''[[Owd Bob (1938 film)|Owd Bob]]'' (1938), with [[John Loder (actor)|John Loder]].<ref name="edward">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-film-moguls-ted-black/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=1 December 2024|access-date=1 December 2024|title=Forgotten British Film Moguls: Ted Black}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Margaret Lockwood married Rupert Leon in 1937; they divorced in 1949. She lived her final years in seclusion in [[Kingston upon Thames]] and died in the [[Cromwell Hospital]], Kensington, London<ref>[http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp Deaths England and Wales 1984-2006]</ref> from [[cirrhosis of the liver]], aged 73. She was cremated at [[Putney Vale Cemetery|Putney Vale Crematorium]]. |
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===British Stardom: ''Bank Holiday'' and ''The Lady Vanishes''=== |
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She was survived by her daughter, actress Julia Lockwood (née Margaret Julia Leon, born 1941). |
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[[File:The Lady Vanishes 2.jpg|thumb|[[Catherine Lacey]], Margaret Lockwood and [[Michael Redgrave]] in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938)]] |
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Lockwood then had her best chance to-date, being given the lead in ''[[Bank Holiday (film)|Bank Holiday]]'', directed by [[Carol Reed]] and produced by Black.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205549079 |title=Margaret Lockwood, English Star |newspaper=The Age |issue=25,771 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=20 November 1937 |access-date=7 May 2016 |page=6 ("THE AGE" LITERARY SUPPLEMENT) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> This movie was a hit and launched Lockwood as a star. She called it "my first really big picture... with a beautifully written script and a wonderful part for me."<ref name="Lockwood p 54"/> Gaumont increased her contract from three years to six.<ref name="Lockwood p 77">Lockwood p 77</ref> |
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Even more popular was her next movie, ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], produced by Black and co-starring [[Michael Redgrave]]. Lockwood called it "one of the films I have enjoyed most in all my career."<ref>Lockwood p 66</ref> Hitchcock was greatly impressed by Lockwood, telling the press: |
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==Select filmography== |
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<blockquote>She has an undoubted gift in expressing her beauty in terms of emotion, which is exceptionally well suited to the camera. Allied to this is the fact that she photographs more than normally easily, and has an extraordinary insight in getting the feel of her lines, to live within them, so to speak, as long as the duration of the picture lasts. It is not too much to expect that, in Margaret Lockwood, the British picture industry has a possibility of developing a star of hitherto un-anticipated possibilities.<ref name="hitch">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18908936 |title=Margaret Lockwood Can Keep A Secret |newspaper=The Queenslander |date=7 December 1938 |access-date=1 May 2016 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref></blockquote> |
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* 1934: ''[[Lorna Doone (1934 film)|Lorna Doone]]'', directed by [[Basil Dean]] |
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She followed this with ''[[A Girl Must Live]]'', a musical comedy about chorus girls for Black and Reed.<ref name="edward"/> It was one of a series of films made by Gaumont aimed at the US market.<ref>{{cite news|title=GAUMONT BRITISH PLANS 12 RELEASES: Program of Class A Feature Films for U. S. Market Is Outlined for 1937–38 SEVERAL STARS LISTED Jessie Matthews, Anna Neagle and Nova Pilbeam Included Other Picture Items News From Hollywood|newspaper=The New York Times|date=10 July 1937|page= 18}}</ref> |
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** ''[[The Case of Gabriel Perry]]'', d. by [[Albert de Courville]] |
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===American films=== |
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**''[[Man of the Moment (1935 film)|Man of the Moment]]'', d. by [[Monty Banks]] |
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Gaumont British had distribution agreements with [[20th Century Fox]] in the US and they expressed an interest in borrowing Lockwood for some films. She travelled to Los Angeles and was put to work supporting [[Shirley Temple]] in ''[[Susannah of the Mounties (film)|Susannah of the Mounties]]'' (1939). She was borrowed by Paramount for ''[[Rulers of the Sea]]'' (1939), with Will Fyffe and [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98007481 |title=MARGARET LOCKWOOD IN U.S.A.—ON LOAN |newspaper=Sunday Mail |issue=488 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=27 August 1939 |access-date=10 October 2017 |page=5 (Magazine Supplement to The Sunday Mail) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Paramount indicated a desire to use Lockwood in more films<ref>{{cite news|title=Drama: Barrymore to Enact Pellagra Conqueror Lockwood Contract Society Figure Signs Davis Vis-a-Vis Trio Brennan in 'Black Gold' Beverly Roberts Deal|last=Schallert|first= Edwin|newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date=12 June 1939|page= A14}}</ref> but she decided to go home.<ref>{{cite news|title=NEWS OF THE SCREEN: Wilfred Lawson to Take Place of Bob Burns in 'Alleghany Frontier'--Two New Openings Here Two More Political Films Of Local Origin |author=DOUGLAS W CHURCHILL |newspaper=The New York Times|date=21 June 1939|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40911657 |title=Margaret Lockwood Conquers Hollywood |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |issue=1877 |location=Brisbane |date=7 September 1939 |access-date=10 October 2017 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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**''[[Honours Easy]]'', d. by [[Herbert Brenon]] |
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**''[[Someday (1935 film)|Someday]]'', d. by [[Michael Powell]] |
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===Return to Britain=== |
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**''[[Midshipman Easy]]'', d. by [[Carol Reed]] |
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Lockwood returned to Britain in June 1939. She was meant to make film versions of ''[[Rob Roy (novel)|Rob Roy]]'' and ''[[The Blue Lagoon (novel)|The Blue Lagoon]]''<ref name=":1">{{cite news |date=8 February 1939 |title=News of the Screen |work=The New York Times |page=26}}</ref> but both projects were cancelled with the advent of war. Instead, she played the role of Jenny Sunley, the self-centred, frivolous wife of [[Michael Redgrave]]'s character in ''[[The Stars Look Down (film)|The Stars Look Down]]'' for [[Carol Reed]]. Lockwood later admitted "I was far from being reconciled to my role of the unpleasant girl and everyone treated me warily. But as the film progressed I found myself working with Carol Reed and Michael Redgrave again and gradually I was fascinated to see what I could put into the part."<ref name="Lockwood p 77"/> |
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* 1936 |
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**''Jury's Evidence'', d. by [[Ralph Ince]] |
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She did another with Reed, ''[[Night Train to Munich]]'' (1940), an attempt to repeat the success of ''The Lady Vanishes'' with the same screenwriters (Launder and Gilliat) and characters of [[Charters and Caldicott]].<ref name="edward"/> [[Rex Harrison]] was the male star. This movie started filming in November 1939.<ref>Lockwod p 79</ref> |
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**''[[The Amateur Gentleman (1936 film)|The Amateur Gentleman]]'', d. by [[Thornton Freeland]] |
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**''[[The Beloved Vagabond (1936 film)|The Beloved Vagabond]]'', d. by [[Curtis Bernhardt]] |
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She was meant to be reunited with Reed and Redgrave in ''[[The Girl in the News]]'' (1940) but Redgrave withdrew, and he was replaced by [[Barry K. Barnes]]: Black produced and Sidney Gilliat wrote the script. ''[[Quiet Wedding]]'' (1941) was a comedy directed by [[Anthony Asquith]]. She was meant to appear in ''Hatter's Castle'', but she withdrew because of pregnancy.<ref>Lockwood p 86</ref> Her return to acting was ''[[Alibi (1942 film)|Alibi]]'' (1942), a thriller which she called "anything but a success...a bad film."<ref>Lockwood p 96</ref> |
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**''[[Irish for Luck]]'', d. by [[Arthur B. Woods]] |
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* 1937 |
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In September 1943 ''Variety'' estimated her salary at being US$24,000 per picture ({{Inflation|US-GDP|24000|1943|r=-3|fmt=eq|cursign=$}}).<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety151-1943-09/page/n126/mode/1up/search/%22margaret+lockwood%22?q=%22margaret+lockwood%22|title=Donat's 100G Per Tops for British Pix|page=31|date=15 September 1943}}</ref> |
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**''[[The Street Singer (1937 film)|The Street Singer]]'', d. by Jean de Marguenat |
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**''[[Who's Your Lady Friend?]]'', d. by [[Carol Reed]] |
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==Career peak== |
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**''[[Melody and Romance]]'', d. by [[Maurice Elvey]] |
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===''The Man in Grey''=== |
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**''[[Doctor Syn (film)|Doctor Syn]]'', d. by [[Roy William Neill]] |
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Lockwood was well established as a middle-tier name. What made her a front rank star was ''[[The Man in Grey]]'' (1943), the first of what would be known as the [[Gainsborough melodramas]]. Lockwood wanted to play the part of Clarissa, but producer Edward Black cast her as the villainous Hesther.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zCm5aNkafSYC&dq=%22ted+black%22+producer&pg=PA155 ''America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies'' By John Howard Reid p 154]</ref> She was featured alongside [[Phyllis Calvert]], [[James Mason]] and [[Stewart Granger]] for director [[Leslie Arliss]]. The film was a massive hit, one of the biggest in 1943 Britain, and made all four lead actors into top stars – at the end of the year, exhibitors voted Lockwood the seventh most popular British star at the box office. |
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* 1938 |
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**''[[Owd Bob (1938 film)|Owd Bob]]'', d. by [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]] |
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She appeared in two comedies for Black: ''[[Dear Octopus (film)|Dear Octopus]]'' (1943) with [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]] from a play by [[Dodie Smith]], which Lockwood felt was a backward step<ref>Lockwood p 99-100</ref> and ''[[Give Us the Moon]]'' (1944), with [[Vic Oliver]] directed by [[Val Guest]]. Much more popular than either of these was another melodrama with Arliss and Granger, ''[[Love Story (1944 film)|Love Story]]'' (1944), where she played a terminally ill pianist. |
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**''[[Bank Holiday (film)|Bank Holiday]]'', d. by [[Carol Reed]] |
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**''[[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'', d. by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] |
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Lockwood was reunited with James Mason in ''[[A Place of One's Own]]'' (1945), playing a housekeeper possessed by the spirit of a dead girl, but the film was not a success. ''[[I'll Be Your Sweetheart]]'' (1945) was a musical with Guest and Vic Oliver. |
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* 1939 |
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**''[[Susannah of the Mounties (film)|Susannah of the Mounties]]'', d. by [[Walter Lang]] and [[William A. Seiter]] |
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===''The Wicked Lady''=== |
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** ''[[A Girl Must Live]]'', d. by [[Carol Reed]] |
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Lockwood had the biggest success of her career to-date with the title role in ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'' (1945) for director Arliss. The film was the most popular movie at the British box office in 1946.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49341927 |title=JAMES MASON TOP OF BRITISH BOX OFFICE. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=20 December 1946 |access-date=10 July 2012 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1946, Lockwood gained the [[Daily Mail National Film Awards|''Daily Mail'' National Film Awards]] First Prize for most popular British film actress. |
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** ''[[Rulers of the Sea]]'', d. by [[Frank Lloyd]] |
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**''[[The Stars Look Down (film)|The Stars Look Down]]'', d. by [[Carol Reed]] |
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She was offered the role of Bianca in ''The Magic Bow'' but disliked the part and turned it down. Instead she was a murderess in ''[[Bedelia (film)|Bedelia]]'' (1946), which did not perform as well, although it was popular in Britain.<ref>Lockwood p 135</ref> |
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* 1940 |
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**''[[Night Train to Munich]]'', d. by [[Carol Reed]] |
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===Contract with Rank=== |
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**''[[Girl in the News]]'', d. by [[Carol Reed]] |
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In July 1946, Lockwood signed a six-year contract with Rank to make two movies a year. The first of these was ''[[Hungry Hill (film)|Hungry Hill]]'' (1947), an expensive adaptation of the novel by [[Daphne du Maurier]] which was not the expected success at the box office. More popular was ''[[Jassy (film)|Jassy]]'' (1947), the seventh biggest hit at the British box office in 1947.<ref>{{cite news|title=JAMES MASON 1947 FILM FAVOURITE|newspaper=The Irish Times|location=Dublin, Ireland|date=2 January 1948|page=7}}</ref> It was the last of "official" Gainsborough melodramas – the studio had come under the control of [[J. Arthur Rank]] who disliked the genre. ''Filmink'' argued Lockwood's career never recovered from the death of Ted Black in 1948.<ref name="edward"/> |
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* 1941: ''[[Quiet Wedding]]'', d. by [[Anthony Asquith]] |
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* 1942: ''[[Alibi (1942 film)|Alibi]]'', d. by [[Brian Desmond Hurst]] |
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She was a warden in ''[[The White Unicorn]]'' (1947), a melodrama from the team of [[Harold Huth]] and [[John Corfield]]. Rank wanted to star her in a film about [[Mary Magdalene]] but Lockwood was unhappy with the script.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46945883 |title=Margaret Lockwood's fame brings problems |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=15 |issue=23 |date=15 November 1947 |access-date=28 September 2017 |page=32 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She refused to appear in ''Roses for Her Pillow'' (which became ''[[Once Upon a Dream (1949 film)|Once Upon a Dream]]'') and was put on suspension.<ref>{{cite news|title=MARGARET LOCKWOOD: Contract Suspended by Rank Organisation|work=The Manchester Guardian|location=Manchester (UK)|date=31 October 1947|page=5}}</ref> "I was sick of getting mediocre parts and poor scripts", she later wrote. "Since 1945 I had been sick of it... there had been little or no improvement to me in the films I was being offered."<ref>Lockwood p 134-135</ref> She later said "I was having fun being a rebel."<ref>Lockwood p 136</ref> |
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* 1943 |
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**''[[Dear Octopus (film)|Dear Octopus]]'', d. by [[Harold French]] |
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During her suspension she went on a publicity tour for Rank.<ref>Lockwood p 138-139</ref> She also appeared in an acclaimed TV production of ''[[Pygmalion (TV play)|Pygmalion]]'' (1948).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191310786 |title=FEMININE INTEREST |newspaper=Warwick Daily News |issue=9124 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=1 November 1948 |access-date=28 September 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> then went off suspension when she made ''[[Look Before You Love]]'' (1948), a comedy for Corfield and Huth. |
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**''[[The Man in Grey]]'', d. by [[Leslie Arliss]] |
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* 1944 |
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Lockwood had a change of pace with the comedy ''[[Cardboard Cavalier]]'' (1949), with Lockwood playing [[Nell Gwyn]]. The film was a critical and box-office disappointment. "I was terribly distressed when I read the press notices of the film", wrote Lockwood.<ref>Margaret Lockwood, "Was I Difficult?", ''Picturegoer'', 22 April 1950 p 15</ref> |
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**''[[Give Us the Moon]]'', d. by [[Val Guest]] |
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**''[[Love Story (1944 film)|Love Story]]'', d. by [[Leslie Arliss]] |
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That same year, Lockwood was announced to play [[Becky Sharp]] in a film adaptation of ''[[Vanity Fair (novel)|Vanity Fair]]'' but it was not made.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59497890 |title=OVERSEAS FILM GOSSIP |newspaper=Sunday Times|issue=2697 |location=Western Australia |date=6 November 1949 |access-date=28 September 2017 |page=16 (Sporting Section) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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* 1945 |
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** ''[[I'll Be Your Sweetheart]]'', d. by [[Val Guest]] |
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Lockwood was in the melodrama ''[[Madness of the Heart]]'' (1949), but the film was not a particular success. When a proposed film about Elisabeth of Austria was cancelled,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230241670 |title=Margaret Aylwards BRITISH FILMS |newspaper=The Sun |issue=2394 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 February 1949 |access-date=29 September 2017 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> she returned to the stage in a record-breaking national tour of [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[Private Lives]]'' (1949)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189472532 |title=British Stars Top the List |newspaper=The Age |issue=29,541 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=31 December 1949 |access-date=9 April 2016 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and then played the title role in productions of [[J. M. Barrie]]'s ''[[Peter Pan]]'' in 1949 and 1950. She also performed in a pantomime of ''Cinderella'' for the Royal Film performance with [[Jean Simmons]]; Lockwood called this "the jolliest show in which I have ever taken part."<ref>Lockwood p 152</ref> |
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**''[[A Place of One's Own]]'', d. by [[Bernard Knowles]] |
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**''[[The Wicked Lady]]'', d. by [[Leslie Arliss]] |
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She returned to film-making after an 18-month absence to star in ''[[Highly Dangerous]]'' (1950), a comic thriller in the vein of ''Lady Vanishes'', written expressly for her by [[Eric Ambler]] and directed by [[Roy Ward Baker]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59515959 |title=Maggie comes back in Highly Dangerous. |newspaper=The Sunday Times (Western Australia) |location=Perth |date=7 May 1950 |access-date=31 October 2015 |page=10 Supplement: Sunday Times MAGAZINE |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>"Ambler writes a thriller-comedy" ''Times Pictorial'' [Dublin, Ireland] 15 April 1950: 13.</ref> It was not popular. Rank was to put her in an adaptation of ''Ann Veronica'' by [[H. G. Wells]] but the film was postponed.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18211933 |title=Hollywood Invades The Festival (From London) |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=35,406 |date=14 June 1951 |access-date=28 September 2017 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She turned down the female lead in ''[[The Browning Version (1950 film)|The Browning Version]]'', and a proposed sequel to ''The Wicked Lady'', ''The Wicked Lady's Daughter'', was never made.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28669984 |title=Kids Like The Kissing |newspaper=The Sunday Herald |issue=64 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 April 1950 |access-date=26 October 2017 |page=5 (Features) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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* 1946: ''[[Bedelia (film)|Bedelia]]'', d. by [[Lance Comfort]] |
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* 1947 |
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Eventually her contract with Rank ended and she played Eliza Doolittle in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' at the [[Edinburgh Festival]] of 1951.<ref>{{cite news|title=First Play Is 'Pygmalion'; A Tribute to Louis Jouvet: Tie with the French The Director's Function Jouvet and Scenery|author=Harold Hobson|work=The Christian Science Monitor|location=Boston|date=25 August 1951|page=10}}</ref> |
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**''[[Jassy (film)|Jassy]]'', d. by [[Bernard Knowles]] |
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**''[[Hungry Hill (film)|Hungry Hill]]'', d. by [[Brian Desmond Hurst]] |
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===Herbert Wilcox=== |
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**''[[The White Unicorn]]'', d. by [[Bernard Knowles]] |
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In 1952, Lockwood signed a two picture a year contract with [[Herbert Wilcox]] at $112,000 a year, making her the best paid actress in British films.<ref>{{cite news|title=Margaret Lockwood Tops British Salaries|work=Los Angeles Times|date=8 May 1952|page=5}}</ref> Lockwood said Wilcox and his wife [[Anna Neagle]] promised from signing the contract "I was never allowed to forget that I was a really bright and dazzling star on their horizon. They were going to look after me as no one else had done before. They did. And I loved it."<ref>Lockwood p 160</ref> |
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* 1948 |
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**''Pygmalion'', TV movie |
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The association began well with ''[[Trent's Last Case (1952 film)|Trent's Last Case]]'' (1952) with Michael Wilding and [[Orson Welles]], which was popular. She appeared on TV in ''[[Ann Veronica (film)|Ann Veronica]]'' and another TV adaptation of the Shaw play ''[[Captain Brassbound's Conversion]]'' (1953).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57692555 |title=FILM PAGE |newspaper=The Mail (Adelaide) |volume=43 |issue=2,180 |location=Adelaide |date=20 March 1954 |access-date=29 September 2017 |page=4 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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** ''[[Look Before You Love]]'', d. by [[Harold Huth]] |
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* 1949 |
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Her next two films for Wilcox were commercial disappointments: ''[[Laughing Anne]]'' (1953) and ''[[Trouble in the Glen]]'' (1954). She made no more films with Wilcox who called her "a director's joy who can shade a performance or a character with computer accuracy", but he admitted their collaboration "did not come off."<ref>Herbert Wilcox, ''Twenty Five Thousand Sunsets'', p 168</ref> |
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** ''[[Cardboard Cavalier]]'', d. by [[Walter Forde]] |
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** ''[[Madness of the Heart]]'', d. by [[Charles Bennett (screenwriter)|Charles Bennett]] |
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Lockwood returned to the stage in ''[[Spider's Web (play)|Spider's Web]]'' (1954) by [[Agatha Christie]], expressly written for her.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122991610 |title=Agatha Christie To Have Three Plays In London |newspaper=The Farmer & Settler |volume=XLIX |issue=21 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1954 |access-date=28 September 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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* 1950: ''[[Highly Dangerous]]'', d. by [[Roy Ward Baker]] |
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* 1952: ''[[Trent's Last Case (1952 film)|Trent's Last Case]]'', d. by [[Herbert Wilcox]] |
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She then appeared in ''[[Cast a Dark Shadow]]'' (1955) with [[Dirk Bogarde]] for director [[Lewis Gilbert]]. Gilbert later said "It was reasonably successful, but, by then, Margaret had been in several really bad films and her name on a picture was rather counter-productive."<ref name="brian">Brian MacFarlane, ''An Autobiography of British Cinema'', Methuen 1997 p 221</ref> |
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* 1953: ''[[Laughing Anne]]'', d. by [[Herbert Wilcox]] |
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* 1954: ''[[Trouble in the Glen]]'', d. by [[Herbert Wilcox]] |
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==Later career== |
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* 1955: ''[[Cast a Dark Shadow]]'', d. by [[Lewis Gilbert]] |
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===Television=== |
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* 1957: ''The Royalty'' – TV series |
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As her popularity waned in the post war years, she returned to occasional performances on the West End stage and appeared on television; her television debut was in 1948 when she played [[Eliza Doolittle]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1973|title=Margaret Lockwood's television debut|journal=Radio Times 50th Anniversary Souvenir 1923-1973|publisher=BBC|pages=73}}</ref> |
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* 1965: ''The Flying Swan'' – TV series |
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* 1971-1974: ''Justice'' – TV series |
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She was in a BBC adaptation of Christie's ''[[Spider's Web (play)|Spider's Web]]'' (1955), [[Janet Green (screenwriter)|Janet Green]]'s ''Murder Mistaken'' (1956),{{efn| ''[[Murder Mistaken]]'' was originally a play by [[Janet Green (screenwriter)|Janet Green]] that was made into the 1955 film ''[[Cast a Dark Shadow]]'' in which Lockwood appeared}} [[Dodie Smith]]'s ''[[Call It a Day]]'' (1956) and [[Arnold Bennett]]'s ''The Great Adventure'' (1958). |
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* 1976: ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'', d. by [[Bryan Forbes]] |
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She had the lead in a TV series ''[[The Royalty (TV series)|The Royalty]]'' (1957–1958) and appeared regularly on TV anthology series. She played an aging West End star attempting a comeback in ''[[The Human Jungle (TV series)|The Human Jungle]]'' with [[Herbert Lom]] (1965). She starred in another series ''[[The Flying Swan]]'' (1965). |
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===Later career=== |
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Her subsequent long-running West End hits include an all-star production of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'' (1965–66, in which she played the villainous Mrs Cheveley), [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s ''Lady Frederick'' (1970), ''[[Relative Values (play)|Relative Values]]'' (Noël Coward revival, 1973) and the thrillers ''Signpost to Murder'' (1962) and ''Double Edge'' (1975). |
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In 1969 she starred as barrister Julia Stanford in the TV play ''Justice is a Woman''. This inspired the [[Yorkshire Television]] series ''[[Justice (1971 TV series)|Justice]]'', which ran for three seasons (39 episodes) from 1971 to 1974, and featured her real-life partner [[John Stone (actor)|John Stone]] as fictional boyfriend Dr Ian Moody. Lockwood's role as the feisty Harriet Peterson won her Best Actress Awards from the ''TV Times'' (1971) and ''The Sun'' (1973). In 1975, film director [[Bryan Forbes]] persuaded her out of an apparent retirement from feature films to play the role of the Stepmother in her last feature film ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]''. This film also included the final appearance of [[Edith Evans]] and one of the later appearances of [[Kenneth More]]. |
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Her last professional appearance was as [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] in [[Royce Ryton]]'s stage play ''Motherdear'' (Ambassadors Theatre, 1980). |
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Margaret Lockwood was appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Lockwood |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Lockwood |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=9 January 2019 }}</ref> in the [[1981 New Year Honours]]. |
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She was the subject on an episode of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in December 1963.<ref>{{cite web |title=This is Your Life – Margaret Lockwood (1963) |url=https://www.silversirens.co.uk/productions/this-is-your-life-1955-2003/this-is-your-life-margaret-lockwood-1963/ |website=silversirens.co.uk |publisher=Silver Sirens – The Golden Age of British Film and Theatre |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> She was a guest on the radio show ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' on 25 April 1951.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, Margaret Lockwood |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ycqy |website=BBC |access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> |
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==Personal life and death== |
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Lockwood married Rupert Leon whom she had met in her teens and secretly married in 1937 when she turned 21; they divorced in 1950.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Film Star's Husband who Went to Antrim and Became a War Hero |url=https://themitfordsociety.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/the-film-stars-husband-who-went-to-antrim-and-became-a-war-hero/ |website=themitfordsociety.wordpress.com |date=10 October 2017 |publisher=The Mitford Society reprint from the Antrim Guardian (Antrim, Northern Ireland) |access-date=25 April 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240425013127/https://themitfordsociety.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/the-film-stars-husband-who-went-to-antrim-and-became-a-war-hero/ |archive-date= 25 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Margaret Lockwood Divorced|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 November 1950|page=43}}</ref> She lived her final years in seclusion in [[Kingston upon Thames]], dying on 15 July 1990 at age 73 at the [[Cromwell Hospital]]<ref name="times-obit"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Lockwood, Margaret (1916 - 1990) |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/margaret-lockwood/#:~:text=Lockwood%20was%20appointed%20CBE%20in,Kensington%2C%20on%2015%20July%201990. |website=english-heritage.org.uk |publisher=[[English Heritage]] |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> from [[cirrhosis|cirrhosis of the liver]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Welsh |first1=Paul |title='Most of my films were rubbish but I had a great life' |url=https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/watfordnews/18156512.most-films-rubbish-great-life/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=[[Harrow Times]] |publisher=Newsquest Media Group Ltd |date=January 19, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200119225541/https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/watfordnews/18156512.most-films-rubbish-great-life/ |archive-date= 19 January 2020}}</ref> though she was not a drinker.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Life Story of Margaret Lockwood |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222137569 |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=Voice (Hobart, Tasmania) |agency=[[Trove]] ([[National Library of Australia]])|date=July 11, 1953}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Girls Take Note "I put down my decent skin to the fact that I never drink" |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-89813718/view?partId=nla.obj-89814498#page/n0/mode/1up |website=nla.gov.au / The Walthamstow Press, Ltd |publisher=Trove (National Library of Australia) |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Craig |title=Homesick actress Margaret Lockwood could have been a Hollywood icon |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/homesick-margaret-could-have-been-hollywood-icon/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=[[The Sunday Post]] |publisher=DC Thomson Co Ltd |date=September 17, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240425033409/https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/homesick-margaret-could-have-been-hollywood-icon/ |archive-date= 25 April 2024}}</ref> Her body was cremated at [[Putney Vale Cemetery|Putney Vale Crematorium]]. She was survived by her daughter, the actress [[Julia Lockwood]] (née Margaret Julia Leon, 1941–2019). |
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==Filmography== |
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| 1934 |
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| ''[[Lorna Doone (1934 film)|Lorna Doone]]'' |
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| Annie Ridd |
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| [[Basil Dean]] |
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| rowspan="5"|1935 |
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| ''[[The Case of Gabriel Perry]]'' |
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| Mildred Perry |
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| [[Albert de Courville]] |
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| ''[[Honours Easy]]'' |
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| Ann |
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| [[Herbert Brenon]] |
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| ''[[Man of the Moment (1935 film)|Man of the Moment]]'' |
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| Vera |
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| [[Monty Banks]] |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[Midshipman Easy]]'' |
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| Donna Agnes |
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| [[Carol Reed]] |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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| ''[[Someday (1935 film)|Someday]]'' |
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| Emily |
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| [[Michael Powell]] |
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| rowspan="4"|1936 |
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| ''[[Jury's Evidence]]'' |
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| Betty Stanton |
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| [[Ralph Ince]] |
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| ''[[The Amateur Gentleman (1936 film)|The Amateur Gentleman]]'' |
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| Georgina Huntstanton |
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| [[Thornton Freeland]] |
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| ''[[The Beloved Vagabond (1936 film)|The Beloved Vagabond]]'' |
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| Blanquette |
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| [[Curtis Bernhardt]] |
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|- |
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| ''[[Irish for Luck]]'' |
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| Ellen O'Hare |
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| [[Arthur B. Woods]] |
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| rowspan="4"|1937 |
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| ''[[The Street Singer (1937 film)|The Street Singer]]'' |
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| Jenny Green |
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| [[Jean de Marguenat]] |
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| ''[[Who's Your Lady Friend?]]'' |
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| Mimi |
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| Carol Reed |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[Doctor Syn (film)|Doctor Syn]]'' |
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| Imogene Clegg |
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| [[Roy William Neill]] |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[Melody and Romance]]'' |
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| Margaret Williams |
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| [[Maurice Elvey]] |
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| rowspan="3"|1938 |
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| ''[[Owd Bob (1938 film)|Owd Bob]]'' |
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| Jeannie McAdam |
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| [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]] |
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| ''To the Victor'' |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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| ''[[Bank Holiday (film)|Bank Holiday]]'' |
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| Catherine Lawrence |
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| Carol Reed |
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| ''Three on a Weekend'' |
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| ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' |
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| Iris Henderson |
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| [[Alfred Hitchcock]] |
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| rowspan="3"|1939 |
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| ''[[Susannah of the Mounties (film)|Susannah of the Mounties]]'' |
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| Vicky Standing |
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| [[Walter Lang]], [[William A. Seiter]] |
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|- |
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| ''[[A Girl Must Live]]'' |
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| Leslie James |
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| Carol Reed |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[Rulers of the Sea]]'' |
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| Mary Shaw |
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| [[Frank Lloyd]] |
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| rowspan="3"|1940 |
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| ''[[The Stars Look Down (film)|The Stars Look Down]]'' |
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| Jenny Sunley |
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| Carol Reed |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[The Girl in the News]]'' |
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| Anne Graham |
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| Carol Reed |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[Night Train to Munich]]'' |
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| Anna Bomasch |
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| Carol Reed |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| 1941 |
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| ''[[Quiet Wedding]]'' |
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| Janet Royd |
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| [[Anthony Asquith]] |
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| 1942 |
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| ''[[Alibi (1942 film)|Alibi]]'' |
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| Helene Ardouin |
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| [[Brian Desmond Hurst]] |
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| rowspan="2"|1943 |
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| ''[[The Man in Grey]]'' |
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| Hesther Shaw |
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| [[Leslie Arliss]] |
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|- |
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| ''[[Dear Octopus (film)|Dear Octopus]]'' |
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| Penny Randolph |
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| [[Harold French]] |
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| rowspan="2"|1944 |
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| ''[[Give Us the Moon]]'' |
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| Nina |
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| [[Val Guest]] |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[Love Story (1944 film)|Love Story]]'' |
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| Lissa Campbell |
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| Leslie Arliss |
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| ''A Lady Surrenders'' |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| rowspan="3"|1945 |
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| ''[[A Place of One's Own]]'' |
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| Annette |
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| [[Bernard Knowles]] |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[I'll Be Your Sweetheart]]'' |
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| Edie Story |
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| Val Guest |
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| |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'' |
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| Barbara Worth |
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| Leslie Arliss |
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| |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| 1946 |
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| ''[[Bedelia (film)|Bedelia]]'' |
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| Bedelia Carrington |
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| [[Lance Comfort]] |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| rowspan="3"|1947 |
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| ''[[Hungry Hill (film)|Hungry Hill]]'' |
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| Fanny Rosa |
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| [[Brian Desmond Hurst]] |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[Jassy (film)|Jassy]]'' |
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| Jassy Woodroofe |
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| Bernard Knowles |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[The White Unicorn]]'' |
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| Lucy |
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| Bernard Knowles |
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| ''Bad Sister'' |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| rowspan="2"|1948 |
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| ''[[Pygmalion (TV play)|Pygmalion]]'' |
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| Eliza Doolittle |
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| television film |
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|- |
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| ''[[Look Before You Love]]'' |
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| Ann Markham |
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| [[Harold Huth]] |
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| |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| rowspan="2"|1949 |
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| ''[[Cardboard Cavalier]]'' |
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| Nell Gwynne |
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| [[Walter Forde]] |
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| |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[Madness of the Heart]]'' |
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| Lydia Garth |
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| [[Charles Bennett (screenwriter)|Charles Bennett]] |
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| |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| 1950 |
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| ''[[Highly Dangerous]]'' |
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| Frances Gray |
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| [[Roy Ward Baker]] |
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| |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| 1952 |
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| ''[[Trent's Last Case (1952 film)|Trent's Last Case]]'' |
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| Margaret Manderson |
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| [[Herbert Wilcox]] |
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| |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| rowspan="2"|1953 |
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| ''[[Captain Brassbound's Conversion]]'' |
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| Lady Cicely Wayneflete |
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| Dennis Vance |
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| television film |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| ''[[Laughing Anne]]'' |
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| Laughing Anne |
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| Herbert Wilcox |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| 1954 |
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| ''[[Trouble in the Glen]]'' |
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| Marissa Mengues |
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| Herbert Wilcox |
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| <ref name="bfi-ml-film"/> |
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|- |
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| rowspan="2"|1955 |
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| ''Spider's Web'' |
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*adaptation of ''[[Rob Roy (novel)|Rob Roy]]'' (1939) with [[Will Fyffe]] and [[Michael Redgrave]]<ref name="hitch"/> |
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*adaptation of ''[[The Blue Lagoon (novel)|The Blue Lagoon]]'' (1939) with [[Richard Greene]]<ref name=":1" /> |
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*''The Reluctant Widow'' – announced 1946<ref>{{cite news|title=BUSY DAYS IN LONDON: Film Studios Move Into High Gear, With Full Schedule of Pictures Under Way Films Coming Up In Father's Footsteps Notes in Brief |author=C.A. LEJEUNE |work=The New York Times|date=25 August 1946|page=51}}</ref> |
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*''Mary Magdalene'' written by [[Clemence Dane]] – Lockwood said she was "really looking forward" to making the film in 1947.<ref>{{cite news|title=British Film Star Irked by Censors: 'Silly,' Says Margaret Lockwood in Trans-Atlantic Phone Chat|author=Schallert, Edwin|work=Los Angeles Times|date=9 March 1947|page=B1}}</ref> |
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*''Trial for Murder'' (1940s) – proposed Hollywood film from [[Mark Robson (film director)|Mark Robson]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Bennett Framing Offer to Margaret Lockwood; Cowboy Star Horseless|author=Scheuer, Philip K|work=Los Angeles Times|date=25 August 1948|page=A7}}</ref> |
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==Theatre credits== |
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*''Family Affairs'' by Gertrude Jennings (1934)<ref>{{cite news|title=LONDON THEATRES: "Family Affairs"|author=OUR LONDON DRAMATIC CRITIC|work=The Scotsman|location=Edinburgh, Scotland|date=23 August 1934|page=8}}</ref> |
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*''Spider's Web'' |
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*''Subway in the Sky'' (March 1957)<ref>[https://archive.org/details/variety206-1957-03/page/n123/mode/1up/search/%22margaret+lockwood%22?q=%22margaret+lockwood%22 Review of play] at ''Variety''</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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*1946 – [[Daily Mail National Film Awards]] Most Outstanding British actress during the war years |
* 1946 – [[Daily Mail National Film Awards]] Most Outstanding British actress during the war years |
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*1947 – [[Daily Mail National Film Awards]] Best Film Actress of the year |
* 1947 – [[Daily Mail National Film Awards]] Best Film Actress of the year |
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*1948 – [[Daily Mail National Film Awards]] Best Film Actress of the year in ''[[Jassy (film)|Jassy]]'' |
* 1948 – [[Daily Mail National Film Awards]] Best Film Actress of the year in ''[[Jassy (film)|Jassy]]'' |
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*1955 – [[BAFTA]] nomination for Best British Actress in ''[[Cast a Dark Shadow]]'' |
* 1955 – [[BAFTA]] nomination for Best British Actress in ''[[Cast a Dark Shadow]]'' |
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* 1961 – Daily Mirror Television Award.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Who's who in the theatre : a biographical record of the contemporary stage|year=1977|isbn=0273001639|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhointheatre00herb/page/865 865]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhointheatre00herb/page/865|last1=Herbert|first1=Ian|last2=Baxter|first2=Christine|last3=Finley|first3=Robert E.}}</ref> |
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* 1971 – ''TV Times'', Best Actress Award<ref name=":0" /> |
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* 1973 – ''The Sun'', Best Actress Award<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Box-office popularity== |
==Box-office popularity== |
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* 1943 – 7th most popular British star in Britain<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/motionpictureher154unse#page/n47/mode/2up/ ''Motion Picture Herald'', January 1, 1944]</ref> |
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*1945 – 3rd most popular British star in Britain ([[Phyllis Calvert]] was 5th)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26173215 |title=CROSBY and HOPE try their luck in Alaska. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=2 March 1946 |accessdate=25 April 2012 |page=3 Supplement: The Mercury Magazine |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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* 1944 – 6th most popular British star in Britain<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/motionpictureher158unse#page/n51/mode/2up ''Motion Picture Herald'', January 6, 1945]</ref> |
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*1946 – 10th most popular star in Australia,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55886548 |title=Australia's Favorite Stars And Movies of the Year. |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |location=Adelaide |date=4 January 1947 |accessdate=25 April 2012 |page=9 Supplement: Sunday Magazine |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 3rd most popular in Britain<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46266039 |title=FILM WORLD. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |location=Perth |date=28 February 1947 |accessdate=25 April 2012 |page=20 Edition: SECOND EDITION. |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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* 1945 – 3rd most popular British star in Britain<ref name="nla-crosby"/> |
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*1947 – 4th most popular star in Britain<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27893195 |title=Anna Neagle Most Popular Actress. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=3 January 1948 |accessdate=26 April 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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* 1946 – 10th most popular star in Australia,<ref name="nla-favorite"/> 3rd most popular star and 2nd most popular British star in Britain<ref name="nla-film-world-2"/><ref>[https://archive.org/stream/motionpictureher166unse#page/n57/mode/2up ''Motion Picture Herald'', January 4, 1947]</ref> |
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*1948 – 3rd most popular star in Britain,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18100225 |title=Bing Crosby Still Best Box-office Draw. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=31 December 1948 |accessdate=11 July 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> most popular female star in Canada<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26631567 |title=FILM NEWS. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=11 June 1949 |accessdate=4 March 2013 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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* 1947 – 4th most popular star and 3rd most popular British star in Britain<ref name="nla-anna"/><ref>[https://archive.org/stream/motionpictureher170unse#page/n21/mode/2up ''Motion Picture Herald'', January 3, 1948]</ref> |
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*1949 – 5th most popular British star in Britain<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42652078 |title=BOB HOPE BOX OFFICE FAVOURITE. |newspaper=[[The Cairns Post]] |location=Qld. |date=31 December 1949 |accessdate=25 April 2012 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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* 1948 – 3rd most popular star and 2nd most popular British star in Britain,<ref name="nla-bing"/> most popular female star in Canada<ref name="nla-film-news"/> |
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==References== |
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<ref name="bfi-ml-film">{{cite web|title=Margaret Lockwood: Film & TV credits |publisher=British Film Institute |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/446975/credits.html |access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> |
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<ref name="copac-ward">{{cite book|last=Ward |first=R. D. |title=Wealth and Notability: The Lockwood, Day and Metcalfe Families of Yorkshire and London |publisher=Robert Ward |location=London |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-29167-940-3}}</ref> |
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<ref name="nla-anna">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27893195 |title=Anna Neagle Most Popular Actress. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=3 January 1948 |access-date=26 April 2012 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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<ref name="nla-bing">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18100225 |title=Bing Crosby Still Best Box-office Draw. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=31 December 1948 |access-date=11 July 2012 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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<ref name="nla-bob-hope">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42652078 |title=Bob Hope Box Office Favourite |newspaper=The Cairns Post |location=Qld. |date=31 December 1949 |access-date=25 April 2012 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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<ref name="nla-crosby">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26173215 |title=Crosby and Hope Try their Luck in Alaska. |newspaper=The Mercury (Hobart) |location=Hobart, Tasmania |date=2 March 1946 |access-date=25 April 2012 |page=3 Supplement: The Mercury Magazine |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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<ref name="nla-favorite">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55886548 |title=Australia's Favorite Stars And Movies of the Year. |newspaper=The Mail (Adelaide) |location=Adelaide |date=4 January 1947 |access-date=25 April 2012 |page=9 Supplement: Sunday Magazine |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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<ref name="nla-film-news">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26631567 |title=Film News |newspaper=The Mercury (Hobart) |location=Hobart, Tasmania |date=11 June 1949 |access-date=4 March 2013 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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<ref name="nla-film-world-2">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46266039 |title=Film World |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=28 February 1947 |access-date=25 April 2012 |page=20|edition= Second|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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<ref name="times-obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Margaret Lockwood |newspaper=The Times |date=17 July 1990 |url=http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/The_Times_(17/Jul/1990)_-_Obituary:_Margaret_Lockwood |access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> |
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===Bibliography=== |
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* {{cite book|last=Lockwood |first=Margaret |title=Lucky Star |publisher=Odhams Press |location=London |year=1955 |asin=B000XP8DT2 }} |
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* Parker, John, ''Who's Who in the Theatre'', 10th revised edition, Pitmans, London, 1947, pp. 945–46 |
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516994/trivia/#:~:text=Was%20a%20committed%20teetotaller%20all,calling%20it%20%22my%20tipple%22. IMDb Margaret Lockwood Trivia] |
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*[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays?forename=Margaret&surname=LOCKWOOD&job=Actor&pid=16678&image_view=Yes&x=19&y=17 Stage performances in University of Bristol Theatre Archive] |
*[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays?forename=Margaret&surname=LOCKWOOD&job=Actor&pid=16678&image_view=Yes&x=19&y=17 Stage performances in University of Bristol Theatre Archive] |
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*[http://www.silversirens.co.uk/margaret-lockwood/photos.php?page=1 Photos of Margaret Lockwood at Silver Sirens] |
*[http://www.silversirens.co.uk/margaret-lockwood/photos.php?page=1 Photos of Margaret Lockwood at Silver Sirens] |
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*[https://www.facebook.com/margaretlockwoodsociety The Margaret Lockwood Society ] |
*[https://www.facebook.com/margaretlockwoodsociety The Margaret Lockwood Society ] |
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*[http://www.bigredbook.info/margaret_lockwood.html Margaret Lockwood's appearance on This Is Your Life] |
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Margaret Lockwood | |
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 Margaret Lockwood, 1945 | |
| Born | Margaret Mary Day Lockwood 15 September 1916 |
| Died | 15 July 1990 (aged 73) Kensington, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1928–1980 |
| Spouse |
Rupert Leon
(m. 1937; div. 1950) |
| Children | Julia Lockwood (born Margaret Julia Leon) |
Margaret Mary Day Lockwood, CBE (15 September 1916 – 15 July 1990),[1] was a British actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included The Lady Vanishes (1938), Night Train to Munich (1940), The Man in Grey (1943), and The Wicked Lady (1945). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress for the 1955 film Cast a Dark Shadow. She also starred in the television series Justice (1971–74).
Early life
[edit]Lockwood was born on 15 September 1916 in Karachi, British India (today Pakistan), to Henry Francis Lockwood, an English administrator of a railway company, and his third wife, Scottish-born Margaret Eveline Waugh.[1] She moved to England in 1920 with her mother, brother Lyn and half-brother Frank. Her half-sister Fay joined them the following year, but her father remained in Karachi, visiting them infrequently. She also had another half-brother, John, from her father's first marriage, brought up by his mother in Britain.[2] Lockwood attended Sydenham High School for girls and a ladies' school in Kensington, London.[1]
She began studying for the stage at an early age at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, 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. In December of the following year, she appeared at the Scala Theatre in the pantomime The Babes in the Wood.[1] In 1932 she appeared at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in Cavalcade.
Career
[edit]In 1933, Lockwood enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she was seen by a talent scout and signed to a contract.[1] In June 1934 she played Myrtle in House on Fire at the Queen's Theatre, and on 22 August 1934 appeared as Margaret Hamilton in Gertrude Jenning's play Family Affairs when it premiered at the Ambassadors Theatre; Helene Ferber in Repayment at the Arts Theatre in January 1936; Trixie Drew in Henry Bernard's play Miss Smith at the Duke of York's Theatre in July 1936; and back at the Queen's in July 1937 as Ann Harlow in Ann's Lapse.
Films
[edit]Lockwood entered films in 1934, and in 1935 she appeared in the film version of Lorna Doone. For this, British Lion put her under contract for £500 a year for the first year, going up to £750 a year for the second year.[3]
For British Lion she was in The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935), then was in Honours Easy (1935) with Greta Nissen and Man of the Moment (1935) with Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. These were standard ingénue roles. She was the female love interest in Midshipman Easy (1935), directed by Carol Reed, who would become crucial to Lockwood's career. She had the lead in Someday (1935), a quota quickie directed by Michael Powell and in Jury's Evidence (1936), directed by Ralph Ince.
Lockwood had a small role in The Amateur Gentleman (1936), another with Fairbanks. Her profile rose when she appeared opposite Maurice Chevalier in The Beloved Vagabond (1936)[4]
She followed it with Irish for Luck (1936) and The Street Singer (1937). She had a small role in Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937), again for Carol Reed and was in Melody and Romance (1937).
Gaumont British
[edit]Gaumont British were making a film version of the novel Doctor Syn, starring George Arliss and Anna Lee with director Roy William Neill and producer Edward Black. Lee dropped out and was replaced by Lockwood. Lockwood so impressed the studio with her performance – particularly Black, who became a champion of hers – she signed a three-year contract with Gainsborough Pictures in June 1937.[5][6][7] This was at £4,000 a year.[8] According to writer Alan Wood, "Many people were astonished at the contract Ted Black gave her; but when they asked him about it, he said, "She has something with which every girl in the suburbs can identify herself". Black backed his judgment and built Margaret Lockwood into a star."[9]
For Black and director Robert Stevenson she supported Will Fyffe in Owd Bob (1938), with John Loder.[10]
British Stardom: Bank Holiday and The Lady Vanishes
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Lockwood then had her best chance to-date, being given the lead in Bank Holiday, directed by Carol Reed and produced by Black.[11] This movie was a hit and launched Lockwood as a star. She called it "my first really big picture... with a beautifully written script and a wonderful part for me."[8] Gaumont increased her contract from three years to six.[12]
Even more popular was her next movie, The Lady Vanishes, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, produced by Black and co-starring Michael Redgrave. Lockwood called it "one of the films I have enjoyed most in all my career."[13] Hitchcock was greatly impressed by Lockwood, telling the press:
She has an undoubted gift in expressing her beauty in terms of emotion, which is exceptionally well suited to the camera. Allied to this is the fact that she photographs more than normally easily, and has an extraordinary insight in getting the feel of her lines, to live within them, so to speak, as long as the duration of the picture lasts. It is not too much to expect that, in Margaret Lockwood, the British picture industry has a possibility of developing a star of hitherto un-anticipated possibilities.[14]
She followed this with A Girl Must Live, a musical comedy about chorus girls for Black and Reed.[10] It was one of a series of films made by Gaumont aimed at the US market.[15]
American films
[edit]Gaumont British had distribution agreements with 20th Century Fox in the US and they expressed an interest in borrowing Lockwood for some films. She travelled to Los Angeles and was put to work supporting Shirley Temple in Susannah of the Mounties (1939). She was borrowed by Paramount for Rulers of the Sea (1939), with Will Fyffe and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.[16] Paramount indicated a desire to use Lockwood in more films[17] but she decided to go home.[18][19]
Return to Britain
[edit]Lockwood returned to Britain in June 1939. She was meant to make film versions of Rob Roy and The Blue Lagoon[20] but both projects were cancelled with the advent of war. Instead, she played the role of Jenny Sunley, the self-centred, frivolous wife of Michael Redgrave's character in The Stars Look Down for Carol Reed. Lockwood later admitted "I was far from being reconciled to my role of the unpleasant girl and everyone treated me warily. But as the film progressed I found myself working with Carol Reed and Michael Redgrave again and gradually I was fascinated to see what I could put into the part."[12]
She did another with Reed, Night Train to Munich (1940), an attempt to repeat the success of The Lady Vanishes with the same screenwriters (Launder and Gilliat) and characters of Charters and Caldicott.[10] Rex Harrison was the male star. This movie started filming in November 1939.[21]
She was meant to be reunited with Reed and Redgrave in The Girl in the News (1940) but Redgrave withdrew, and he was replaced by Barry K. Barnes: Black produced and Sidney Gilliat wrote the script. Quiet Wedding (1941) was a comedy directed by Anthony Asquith. She was meant to appear in Hatter's Castle, but she withdrew because of pregnancy.[22] Her return to acting was Alibi (1942), a thriller which she called "anything but a success...a bad film."[23]
In September 1943 Variety estimated her salary at being US$24,000 per picture (equivalent to $338,000 in 2023).[24]
Career peak
[edit]The Man in Grey
[edit]Lockwood was well established as a middle-tier name. What made her a front rank star was The Man in Grey (1943), the first of what would be known as the Gainsborough melodramas. Lockwood wanted to play the part of Clarissa, but producer Edward Black cast her as the villainous Hesther.[25] She was featured alongside Phyllis Calvert, James Mason and Stewart Granger for director Leslie Arliss. The film was a massive hit, one of the biggest in 1943 Britain, and made all four lead actors into top stars – at the end of the year, exhibitors voted Lockwood the seventh most popular British star at the box office.
She appeared in two comedies for Black: Dear Octopus (1943) with Michael Wilding from a play by Dodie Smith, which Lockwood felt was a backward step[26] and Give Us the Moon (1944), with Vic Oliver directed by Val Guest. Much more popular than either of these was another melodrama with Arliss and Granger, Love Story (1944), where she played a terminally ill pianist.
Lockwood was reunited with James Mason in A Place of One's Own (1945), playing a housekeeper possessed by the spirit of a dead girl, but the film was not a success. I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945) was a musical with Guest and Vic Oliver.
The Wicked Lady
[edit]Lockwood had the biggest success of her career to-date with the title role in The Wicked Lady (1945) for director Arliss. The film was the most popular movie at the British box office in 1946.[27] In 1946, Lockwood gained the Daily Mail National Film Awards First Prize for most popular British film actress.
She was offered the role of Bianca in The Magic Bow but disliked the part and turned it down. Instead she was a murderess in Bedelia (1946), which did not perform as well, although it was popular in Britain.[28]
Contract with Rank
[edit]In July 1946, Lockwood signed a six-year contract with Rank to make two movies a year. The first of these was Hungry Hill (1947), an expensive adaptation of the novel by Daphne du Maurier which was not the expected success at the box office. More popular was Jassy (1947), the seventh biggest hit at the British box office in 1947.[29] It was the last of "official" Gainsborough melodramas – the studio had come under the control of J. Arthur Rank who disliked the genre. Filmink argued Lockwood's career never recovered from the death of Ted Black in 1948.[10]
She was a warden in The White Unicorn (1947), a melodrama from the team of Harold Huth and John Corfield. Rank wanted to star her in a film about Mary Magdalene but Lockwood was unhappy with the script.[30] She refused to appear in Roses for Her Pillow (which became Once Upon a Dream) and was put on suspension.[31] "I was sick of getting mediocre parts and poor scripts", she later wrote. "Since 1945 I had been sick of it... there had been little or no improvement to me in the films I was being offered."[32] She later said "I was having fun being a rebel."[33]
During her suspension she went on a publicity tour for Rank.[34] She also appeared in an acclaimed TV production of Pygmalion (1948).[35] then went off suspension when she made Look Before You Love (1948), a comedy for Corfield and Huth.
Lockwood had a change of pace with the comedy Cardboard Cavalier (1949), with Lockwood playing Nell Gwyn. The film was a critical and box-office disappointment. "I was terribly distressed when I read the press notices of the film", wrote Lockwood.[36]
That same year, Lockwood was announced to play Becky Sharp in a film adaptation of Vanity Fair but it was not made.[37]
Lockwood was in the melodrama Madness of the Heart (1949), but the film was not a particular success. When a proposed film about Elisabeth of Austria was cancelled,[38] she returned to the stage in a record-breaking national tour of Noël Coward's Private Lives (1949)[39] and then played the title role in productions of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in 1949 and 1950. She also performed in a pantomime of Cinderella for the Royal Film performance with Jean Simmons; Lockwood called this "the jolliest show in which I have ever taken part."[40]
She returned to film-making after an 18-month absence to star in Highly Dangerous (1950), a comic thriller in the vein of Lady Vanishes, written expressly for her by Eric Ambler and directed by Roy Ward Baker.[41][42] It was not popular. Rank was to put her in an adaptation of Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells but the film was postponed.[43] She turned down the female lead in The Browning Version, and a proposed sequel to The Wicked Lady, The Wicked Lady's Daughter, was never made.[44]
Eventually her contract with Rank ended and she played Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion at the Edinburgh Festival of 1951.[45]
Herbert Wilcox
[edit]In 1952, Lockwood signed a two picture a year contract with Herbert Wilcox at $112,000 a year, making her the best paid actress in British films.[46] Lockwood said Wilcox and his wife Anna Neagle promised from signing the contract "I was never allowed to forget that I was a really bright and dazzling star on their horizon. They were going to look after me as no one else had done before. They did. And I loved it."[47]
The association began well with Trent's Last Case (1952) with Michael Wilding and Orson Welles, which was popular. She appeared on TV in Ann Veronica and another TV adaptation of the Shaw play Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1953).[48]
Her next two films for Wilcox were commercial disappointments: Laughing Anne (1953) and Trouble in the Glen (1954). She made no more films with Wilcox who called her "a director's joy who can shade a performance or a character with computer accuracy", but he admitted their collaboration "did not come off."[49]
Lockwood returned to the stage in Spider's Web (1954) by Agatha Christie, expressly written for her.[50]
She then appeared in Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) with Dirk Bogarde for director Lewis Gilbert. Gilbert later said "It was reasonably successful, but, by then, Margaret had been in several really bad films and her name on a picture was rather counter-productive."[51]
Later career
[edit]Television
[edit]As her popularity waned in the post war years, she returned to occasional performances on the West End stage and appeared on television; her television debut was in 1948 when she played Eliza Doolittle.[52]
She was in a BBC adaptation of Christie's Spider's Web (1955), Janet Green's Murder Mistaken (1956),[a] Dodie Smith's Call It a Day (1956) and Arnold Bennett's The Great Adventure (1958).
She had the lead in a TV series The Royalty (1957–1958) and appeared regularly on TV anthology series. She played an aging West End star attempting a comeback in The Human Jungle with Herbert Lom (1965). She starred in another series The Flying Swan (1965).
Later career
[edit]Her subsequent long-running West End hits include an all-star production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband (1965–66, in which she played the villainous Mrs Cheveley), W. Somerset Maugham's Lady Frederick (1970), Relative Values (Noël Coward revival, 1973) and the thrillers Signpost to Murder (1962) and Double Edge (1975).
In 1969 she starred as barrister Julia Stanford in the TV play Justice is a Woman. This inspired the Yorkshire Television series Justice, which ran for three seasons (39 episodes) from 1971 to 1974, and featured her real-life partner John Stone as fictional boyfriend Dr Ian Moody. Lockwood's role as the feisty Harriet Peterson won her Best Actress Awards from the TV Times (1971) and The Sun (1973). In 1975, film director Bryan Forbes persuaded her out of an apparent retirement from feature films to play the role of the Stepmother in her last feature film The Slipper and the Rose. This film also included the final appearance of Edith Evans and one of the later appearances of Kenneth More.
Her last professional appearance was as Queen Alexandra in Royce Ryton's stage play Motherdear (Ambassadors Theatre, 1980).
Margaret Lockwood was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)[53] in the 1981 New Year Honours.
She was the subject on an episode of This Is Your Life in December 1963.[54] She was a guest on the radio show Desert Island Discs on 25 April 1951.[55]
Personal life and death
[edit]Lockwood married Rupert Leon whom she had met in her teens and secretly married in 1937 when she turned 21; they divorced in 1950.[56][57] She lived her final years in seclusion in Kingston upon Thames, dying on 15 July 1990 at age 73 at the Cromwell Hospital[1][58] from cirrhosis of the liver,[59] though she was not a drinker.[60][61][62] Her body was cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium. She was survived by her daughter, the actress Julia Lockwood (née Margaret Julia Leon, 1941–2019).
Filmography
[edit]Unmade films
[edit]- adaptation of Rob Roy (1939) with Will Fyffe and Michael Redgrave[14]
- adaptation of The Blue Lagoon (1939) with Richard Greene[20]
- The Reluctant Widow – announced 1946[64]
- Mary Magdalene written by Clemence Dane – Lockwood said she was "really looking forward" to making the film in 1947.[65]
- Trial for Murder (1940s) – proposed Hollywood film from Mark Robson[66]
Theatre credits
[edit]Awards
[edit]- 1946 – Daily Mail National Film Awards Most Outstanding British actress during the war years
- 1947 – Daily Mail National Film Awards Best Film Actress of the year
- 1948 – Daily Mail National Film Awards Best Film Actress of the year in Jassy
- 1955 – BAFTA nomination for Best British Actress in Cast a Dark Shadow
- 1961 – Daily Mirror Television Award.[69]
- 1971 – TV Times, Best Actress Award[69]
- 1973 – The Sun, Best Actress Award[69]
Box-office popularity
[edit]Various polls of exhibitors consistently listed Lockwood among the most popular stars of her era:
- 1943 – 7th most popular British star in Britain[70]
- 1944 – 6th most popular British star in Britain[71]
- 1945 – 3rd most popular British star in Britain[72]
- 1946 – 10th most popular star in Australia,[73] 3rd most popular star and 2nd most popular British star in Britain[74][75]
- 1947 – 4th most popular star and 3rd most popular British star in Britain[76][77]
- 1948 – 3rd most popular star and 2nd most popular British star in Britain,[78] most popular female star in Canada[79]
- 1949 – 5th most popular British star in Britain[80]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Murder Mistaken was originally a play by Janet Green that was made into the 1955 film Cast a Dark Shadow in which Lockwood appeared
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Margaret Lockwood". The Times. 17 July 1990. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ Ward, R. D. (2014). Wealth and Notability: The Lockwood, Day and Metcalfe Families of Yorkshire and London. London: Robert Ward. ISBN 978-1-29167-940-3.
- ^ Lockwood p 49
- ^ "TALKIE NEWS". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXX, no. 4, 208. Adelaide. 8 July 1937. p. 51. Retrieved 7 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "News of the Screen: ' Woman Chases Man' Opens Today at Music Hall 'George and Margaret' on Warner's Program News From Hollywood". The New York Times. 10 June 1937. p. 27.
- ^ "A LADY WHO HAS LOOKS". The New York Times. 5 June 1938. p. 156.
- ^ "THE LIFE STORY OF MARGARET LOCKWOOD". The Voice. Vol. 26, no. 28. Tasmania, Australia. 11 July 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 12 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b Lockwood p 54
- ^ Wood, Alan (1952). Mr Rank: A Study of J Arthur Rank and British Films. p. 147.
- ^ a b c d Vagg, Stephen (1 December 2024). "Forgotten British Film Moguls: Ted Black". Filmink. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Margaret Lockwood, English Star". The Age. No. 25, 771. Victoria, Australia. 20 November 1937. p. 6 ("THE AGE" LITERARY SUPPLEMENT). Retrieved 7 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b Lockwood p 77
- ^ Lockwood p 66
- ^ a b "Margaret Lockwood Can Keep A Secret". The Queenslander. 7 December 1938. p. 14. Retrieved 1 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "GAUMONT BRITISH PLANS 12 RELEASES: Program of Class A Feature Films for U. S. Market Is Outlined for 1937–38 SEVERAL STARS LISTED Jessie Matthews, Anna Neagle and Nova Pilbeam Included Other Picture Items News From Hollywood". The New York Times. 10 July 1937. p. 18.
- ^ "MARGARET LOCKWOOD IN U.S.A.—ON LOAN". Sunday Mail. No. 488. Queensland, Australia. 27 August 1939. p. 5 (Magazine Supplement to The Sunday Mail). Retrieved 10 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (12 June 1939). "Drama: Barrymore to Enact Pellagra Conqueror Lockwood Contract Society Figure Signs Davis Vis-a-Vis Trio Brennan in 'Black Gold' Beverly Roberts Deal". Los Angeles Times. p. A14.
- ^ DOUGLAS W CHURCHILL (21 June 1939). "NEWS OF THE SCREEN: Wilfred Lawson to Take Place of Bob Burns in 'Alleghany Frontier'--Two New Openings Here Two More Political Films Of Local Origin". The New York Times. p. 31.
- ^ "Margaret Lockwood Conquers Hollywood". The Courier-Mail. No. 1877. Brisbane. 7 September 1939. p. 14. Retrieved 10 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "News of the Screen". The New York Times. 8 February 1939. p. 26.
- ^ Lockwod p 79
- ^ Lockwood p 86
- ^ Lockwood p 96
- ^ "Donat's 100G Per Tops for British Pix". Variety. 15 September 1943. p. 31.
- ^ America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies By John Howard Reid p 154
- ^ Lockwood p 99-100
- ^ "JAMES MASON TOP OF BRITISH BOX OFFICE". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 20 December 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 10 July 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Lockwood p 135
- ^ "JAMES MASON 1947 FILM FAVOURITE". The Irish Times. Dublin, Ireland. 2 January 1948. p. 7.
- ^ "Margaret Lockwood's fame brings problems". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 15, no. 23. 15 November 1947. p. 32. Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MARGARET LOCKWOOD: Contract Suspended by Rank Organisation". The Manchester Guardian. Manchester (UK). 31 October 1947. p. 5.
- ^ Lockwood p 134-135
- ^ Lockwood p 136
- ^ Lockwood p 138-139
- ^ "FEMININE INTEREST". Warwick Daily News. No. 9124. Queensland, Australia. 1 November 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Margaret Lockwood, "Was I Difficult?", Picturegoer, 22 April 1950 p 15
- ^ "OVERSEAS FILM GOSSIP". Sunday Times. No. 2697. Western Australia. 6 November 1949. p. 16 (Sporting Section). Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Margaret Aylwards BRITISH FILMS". The Sun. No. 2394. New South Wales, Australia. 27 February 1949. p. 35. Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "British Stars Top the List". The Age. No. 29, 541. Victoria, Australia. 31 December 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 9 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Lockwood p 152
- ^ "Maggie comes back in Highly Dangerous". The Sunday Times (Western Australia). Perth. 7 May 1950. p. 10 Supplement: Sunday Times MAGAZINE. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Ambler writes a thriller-comedy" Times Pictorial [Dublin, Ireland] 15 April 1950: 13.
- ^ "Hollywood Invades The Festival (From London)". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 35, 406. 14 June 1951. p. 12. Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Kids Like The Kissing". The Sunday Herald. No. 64. New South Wales, Australia. 16 April 1950. p. 5 (Features). Retrieved 26 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Harold Hobson (25 August 1951). "First Play Is 'Pygmalion'; A Tribute to Louis Jouvet: Tie with the French The Director's Function Jouvet and Scenery". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston. p. 10.
- ^ "Margaret Lockwood Tops British Salaries". Los Angeles Times. 8 May 1952. p. 5.
- ^ Lockwood p 160
- ^ "FILM PAGE". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 43, no. 2, 180. Adelaide. 20 March 1954. p. 4 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE). Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Herbert Wilcox, Twenty Five Thousand Sunsets, p 168
- ^ "Agatha Christie To Have Three Plays In London". The Farmer & Settler. Vol. XLIX, no. 21. New South Wales, Australia. 19 February 1954. p. 19. Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Brian MacFarlane, An Autobiography of British Cinema, Methuen 1997 p 221
- ^ "Margaret Lockwood's television debut". Radio Times 50th Anniversary Souvenir 1923-1973. BBC: 73. 1973.
- ^ "Margaret Lockwood". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "This is Your Life – Margaret Lockwood (1963)". silversirens.co.uk. Silver Sirens – The Golden Age of British Film and Theatre. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, Margaret Lockwood". BBC. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "The Film Star's Husband who Went to Antrim and Became a War Hero". themitfordsociety.wordpress.com. The Mitford Society reprint from the Antrim Guardian (Antrim, Northern Ireland). 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Margaret Lockwood Divorced". The New York Times. 7 November 1950. p. 43.
- ^ "Lockwood, Margaret (1916 - 1990)". english-heritage.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Welsh, Paul (19 January 2020). "'Most of my films were rubbish but I had a great life'". Harrow Times. Newsquest Media Group Ltd. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "The Life Story of Margaret Lockwood". Voice (Hobart, Tasmania). Trove (National Library of Australia). 11 July 1953. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Girls Take Note "I put down my decent skin to the fact that I never drink"". nla.gov.au / The Walthamstow Press, Ltd. Trove (National Library of Australia). Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Campbell, Craig (17 September 2016). "Homesick actress Margaret Lockwood could have been a Hollywood icon". The Sunday Post. DC Thomson Co Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au "Margaret Lockwood: Film & TV credits". British Film Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ C.A. LEJEUNE (25 August 1946). "BUSY DAYS IN LONDON: Film Studios Move Into High Gear, With Full Schedule of Pictures Under Way Films Coming Up In Father's Footsteps Notes in Brief". The New York Times. p. 51.
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (9 March 1947). "British Film Star Irked by Censors: 'Silly,' Says Margaret Lockwood in Trans-Atlantic Phone Chat". Los Angeles Times. p. B1.
- ^ Scheuer, Philip K (25 August 1948). "Bennett Framing Offer to Margaret Lockwood; Cowboy Star Horseless". Los Angeles Times. p. A7.
- ^ OUR LONDON DRAMATIC CRITIC (23 August 1934). "LONDON THEATRES: "Family Affairs"". The Scotsman. Edinburgh, Scotland. p. 8.
- ^ Review of play at Variety
- ^ a b c Herbert, Ian; Baxter, Christine; Finley, Robert E. (1977). Who's who in the theatre : a biographical record of the contemporary stage. pp. 865. ISBN 0273001639.
- ^ Motion Picture Herald, January 1, 1944
- ^ Motion Picture Herald, January 6, 1945
- ^ "Crosby and Hope Try their Luck in Alaska". The Mercury (Hobart). Hobart, Tasmania. 2 March 1946. p. 3 Supplement: The Mercury Magazine. Retrieved 25 April 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australia's Favorite Stars And Movies of the Year". The Mail (Adelaide). Adelaide. 4 January 1947. p. 9 Supplement: Sunday Magazine. Retrieved 25 April 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Film World". The West Australian (Second ed.). Perth. 28 February 1947. p. 20. Retrieved 25 April 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Motion Picture Herald, January 4, 1947
- ^ "Anna Neagle Most Popular Actress". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 January 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Motion Picture Herald, January 3, 1948
- ^ "Bing Crosby Still Best Box-office Draw". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 December 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Film News". The Mercury (Hobart). Hobart, Tasmania. 11 June 1949. p. 14. Retrieved 4 March 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Bob Hope Box Office Favourite". The Cairns Post. Qld. 31 December 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
Bibliography
[edit]- Lockwood, Margaret (1955). Lucky Star. London: Odhams Press. ASIN B000XP8DT2.
- Parker, John (1947). Who's Who in the Theatre (Tenth ed.). London: Pitmans. pp. 945–946.
External links
[edit]
- Margaret Lockwood at IMDb
- IMDb Margaret Lockwood Trivia
- Margaret Lockwood at the BFI's Screenonline
- Stage performances in University of Bristol Theatre Archive
- Photographs of Margaret Lockwood
- Margaret Lockwood in Cornish Rhapsody which comes from the British War Time Film "Love Story" and starred Margaret as a lady concert pianist. The music was written by Hubert Bath. The pianist is Harriet Cohen on YouTube.
- Photos of Margaret Lockwood at Silver Sirens
- The Margaret Lockwood Society
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