Margaret Lockwood

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.

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

Occupation

television actor / film actor / actor / stage actor

High school

Sydenham High School

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A6%E3%83%83%E3%83%89

Tags

• Sindh
• television actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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