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

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Molly

Major League

as Rachel Phelps

The Secret of My Success

as Vera Prescott

The Man Without a Face

as Catherine Palin

Miami Vice

as Cassie Bramlette

Baby Boom

as Executive In Conference Room (uncredited)

Major League II

as Rachel Phelps

Little Monsters

as Holly Stevenson

Ironweed

as Katrina

The Best of Times

as Darla Robinson