Date of Birth : Sep 15th 1911
British actress, notable for her performance in the 1945 Gainsborough movie The Wicked Lady. Lockwood had entered films in 1934, and in 1935 she appeared in the film version of Lorna Doone. In 1940, she played the role of Jenny Sunley, the self-centred, frivolous wife of Michael Redgrave’s character in The Stars Look Down. Her most successful film of that decade was Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, in which she again starred with Redgrave. She also appeared in the Gate Theatre, Dublin.
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 in its day and brought her considerable publicity.
In 1946 Lockwood gained the Daily Mail First Prize for most popular British film actress. She continued to act until the late 1970s. One of her last major roles was in the television series Justice. She was created a CBE in 1980. Her acceptance of this award marked her last public appearance.
Margaret Lockwood had married Rupert Leon. She lived her final years in seclusion and died in Kingston upon Thames, UK, from cirrhosis of the liver, aged 73. She was cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium.
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