Johnston, Margaret (1917–2002)

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Johnston, Margaret (1917–2002)

Australian stage and screen actress. Born Aug 10, 1917, in Coolangatta, NSW, Australia; died June 29, 2002, in England; m. Al Parker (director, died 1974).

Made stage debut in Sydney (1936); made London debut in Saloon Bar (1939), followed by To Fit the Crime, Murder without Crime, The Shouting Dies, The Time of Your Life, Elizabeth Barrett in The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Always Afternoon, Alma Winemiller in Summer and Smoke, The Ring of Truth and Masterpiece, among others; films include The Prime Minister, The Rake's Progress, A Man about the House, Portrait of Clare, The Magic Box, Knave of Hearts, Touch and Go, Life at the Top and Sebastian.

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