[24] She was featured alongside Phyllis Calvert, James Mason and Stewart Granger for director Leslie Arliss. Transportation. 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. The first of these, The Man in Grey (1943), co-starring James Mason, was torrid escapist melodrama with Lockwood portraying a treacherous, opportunistic vixen, all the while exuding more sexual allure than was common for films of this period. 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[25] and Give Us the Moon (1944), with Vic Oliver directed by Val Guest. Breckland IP26 4 Map. She also had another half-brother, John, from her father's first marriage, brought up by his mother in Britain. The third actress daughter of the Raj – following Merle Oberon and Vivien Leigh – she was born on 15th September, 1916. A Londoner – by way of the south coast – with a love of old films, who was seemingly born a couple of generations too late. Map of London London Kingston upon Thames Grove Margaret Lockwood Close KT1 3BF. Due to the success of the film, Margaret spent some time in Hollywood but was given poor material and soon returned home. 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. Is this the right neighbourhood for You? Various polls of exhibitors consistently listed Lockwood among the most popular stars of her era: For other people named Margaret Lockwood, see, Margaret Lockwood in Cornish Rhapsody which comes from the British War Time Film "Love Story" and starred Margaret as a lady concert pianist. You want to be free to go wherever you want, when you want. Edit Person Summary Years of Residence: 1960 - 1990 Source: … In 1938 she starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classic “The Lady Vanishes” and was soon on her way to Hollywood. Much more popular than either of these was another melodrama with Arliss and Granger, Love Story (1944), where she played a terminally ill pianist. |  It was one of a series of films made by Gaumont aimed at the US market. Britain's #1 box-office star during the 1940s. Following allegations of hacking, Baile "[50], 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[51]. Her last professional appearance was as Queen Alexandra in Royce Ryton's stage play Motherdear (Ambassadors Theatre, 1980). Retired to a stylish house on a cul-de-sac in Kingston upon Thames, where she spent the rest of her life in … [53] She lived her final years in seclusion in Kingston upon Thames, dying at the Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, London, from cirrhosis of the liver, aged 73. She lived in virtual seclusion until her death nine years later. "[14], Gaumont British had distribution agreements with 20th Century Fox in the US and they expressed an interest in borrowing Lockwood for some films. 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. 4: Attended … The Margaret Lockwood Society operates on Facebook. , a melodrama from the team of Harold Huth and John Corfield notices the! Play Becky Sharpe in a version of Lorna Doone ” “ Lorna Doone estimated her salary being. Your Sweetheart ( 1945 ) which catapulted her to the highest echelons of stardom four grandchildren,,. 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