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My Take
What strikes me about Margaret Lockwood is how she owned the 1940s without ever softening her edges. Most stars of that era leaned on charm, but she made her name playing schemers and outright villains, like the title role in The Wicked Lady, and audiences adored her for it. I also can't ignore that she's woven into Hitchcock history through The Lady Vanishes, one of his sharpest early thrillers. A BAFTA nomination and a CBE tell me the establishment respected her too. Born in Karachi, raised in Britain, she feels like a genuine bridge between empire-era glamour and modern screen acting.
Overview
Margaret Mary Day Lockwood (15 September 1916 – 15 July 1990) was a British actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included The Lady Vanishes (1938), Night Train to Munich (1940), The Man in Grey (1943), and The Wicked Lady (1945). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress for the 1955 film Cast a Dark Shadow.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Margaret Lockwood
- Name (Japanese)
- マーガレット・ロックウッド
- Reading
- まーがれっと・ろっくうっど
- Born
- September 15, 1916 – July 15, 1990
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Sydenham High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from Pakistan →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.