Margaret Whitton

Biography

Margaret Whitton (November 30, 1949 – December 4, 2016) was an American actress. Her most known roles were that of baseball team owner Rachel Phelps in Major League (1989) and its sequel Major League II, and as Michael J. Fox's vibrant and underappreciated aunt-by-marriage in The Secret of My Success (1987). She also appeared in the films The Best of Times (1986) and The Man Without a Face (1993). She first noticeably appeared on the stage in 1973, billed as Peggy Whitton. In the early 1980s, she began to be billed as Margaret Whitton and made her Broadway debut in 1982's Steaming. After her seven year experiment with film, she returned to the stage, appearing on Broadway in And the Apple Doesn't Fall... (1995) and in the original, award-winning musical Marlene (1999), starring Siân Phillips as Marlene Dietrich. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Whitton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Miami Vice

Tales from the Darkside

Spenser: For Hire

Nine 1/2 Weeks

Major League

Baby Boom

The Secret of My Success

Good & Evil

All Movies (19)

• Trial by Jury1994 · as Jane Lyle, Juror
• Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills1994 · as Leslie Abramson
• Major League II1994 · as Rachel Phelps
• The Man Without a Face1993 · as Catherine Palin
• Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even1992 · as Melinda
• The Summer My Father Grew Up1991 · as Naomi
• Kojak: None So Blind1990 · as Michele Hogarth
• Little Monsters1989 · as Holly Stevenson
• Major League1989 · as Rachel Phelps
• Ironweed1987 · as Katrina
• Baby Boom1987 · as Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
• The Secret of My Success1987 · as Vera Prescott
• Cat & Mousse1987 · as Miriam
• Nine 1/2 Weeks1986 · as Molly
• The Best of Times1986 · as Darla Robinson
• Love Child1982 · as Jacki Steinberg
• National Lampoon's Movie Madness1982 · as First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")
• Teenage Hitchhikers1974 · as Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)
• Parades1972 · as Jane

All TV Shows (7)

• Cutters1993 · as Adrienne St. John
• Good & Evil1991 · as Genevieve
• A Fine Romance1989 · as Louisa Phillips
• Spenser: For Hire1985
• Hometown1985
• Tales from the Darkside1984 · as Mary Jones
• Miami Vice1984 · as Cassie Bramlette