Born 1949 (age 67) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Appears in 28 titles

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.

Filmography

Nine 1/2 Weeks
6.1
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
as Molly
Major League
6.9
Major League
1989
as Rachel Phelps
The Secret of My Success
6.5
The Secret of My Success
1987
as Vera Prescott
The Man Without a Face
6.5
The Man Without a Face
1993
as Catherine Palin
Baby Boom
6.4
Baby Boom
1987
as Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)
Major League II
5.7
Major League II
1994
as Rachel Phelps
Little Monsters
5.8
Little Monsters
1989
as Holly Stevenson
Ironweed
6.3
Ironweed
1987
as Katrina
The Best of Times
5.7
The Best of Times
1986
as Darla Robinson
Trial by Jury
5.4
Trial by Jury
1994
as Jane Lyle, Juror
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
3.4
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
as First Lady Lousille Fogerty ("Success Wanters")
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Teenage Hitchhikers
5.6
Teenage Hitchhikers
1974
as Sola Alcoa (as Peggy Whitton)
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
6.3
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
as Leslie Abramson
Love Child
5.6
Love Child
1982
as Jacki Steinberg
Kojak: None So Blind
6.3
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Michele Hogarth
Parades
7.5
Parades
1972
as Jane
8.0
The Summer My Father Grew Up
1991
as Naomi
10.0
Cat & Mousse
1987
as Miriam