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Margaret Hamilton (actress)

Margaret Hamilton (1902–1985), American character actress from Cleveland, the Wicked Witch of the West and Miss Gulch in The Wizard of Oz (1939); 75-plus films, Maxwell House's Cora, died in Salisbury, Connecticut.

Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton (1922–1976), British stage and screen actress from Barnt Green, Worcestershire; two-time Tony winner (Separate Tables, The Night of the Iguana), Oscar-nominated for The Go-Between, Emmy winner for Hamlet.

Margaret Lockwood

Margaret Lockwood (1916–1990), Karachi-born British actress and RADA graduate, was Britain's biggest female film star of the 1940s, starring in Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes and the Gainsborough melodramas The Man in Grey and The Wicked Lady.

Margaret Nolan

Margaret Nolan (Vicky Kennedy), British actress and artist (1943–2020), gold-painted model in Goldfinger's title sequence and Dink in the film; also A Hard Day's Night and six Carry On films.

Margaret O'Brien

Margaret O'Brien (born Angela Maxine O'Brien, January 15, 1937) is an American actress, MGM's leading 1940s child star, Tootie in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), winner of the 1944 Academy Juvenile Award, later a stage and television performer with two 1960 Walk of Fame stars.

Margaret Pomeranz

Margaret Pomeranz (born 1944) is an Australian film critic who co-hosted SBS's The Movie Show and ABC's At the Movies with David Stratton for 28 years, and was arrested in 2003 over a screening of banned film Ken Park.

Margaret Qualley

Margaret Qualley (Sarah Margaret Qualley, born 1994, Kalispell, Montana), American actress and former ballet dancer; Emmy-nominated for Fosse/Verdon and Maid, Golden Globe-nominated for The Substance, daughter of Andie MacDowell.

Margaret Rutherford

Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford (1892-1972), English comic character actress; Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, MGM's Miss Marple from Murder She Said (1961), Oscar for The VIPs, DBE 1967, married to Stringer Davis.

Margaret Sullavan

Margaret Sullavan (Margaret Brooke Sullavan, 1911-1960) was an American stage and screen actress known for Three Comrades (1938, Oscar nomination), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), and The Voice of the Turtle; married to Henry Fonda, William Wyler, and Leland Hayward.

Margaret Whitton

Margaret Whitton (1949–2016), American actress, played Rachel Phelps in Major League and Major League II, starred in The Secret of My Success and Ironweed, then directed A Bird of the Air and ran Tashtego Films with husband Warren Spector.

Margarethe von Trotta

Margarethe von Trotta (born 1942, Berlin) is a German director, screenwriter, and actress of New German Cinema. Known for The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, Die bleierne Zeit (Golden Lion, Venice 1981), Rosa Luxemburg, and Hannah Arendt.

Margarita Levieva

Margarita Levieva, Russian-born American actress born 1980 in Leningrad, former rhythmic gymnast and Master of Sports. Known for The Invisible, Adventureland, The Deuce, In From the Cold, Litvinenko, and Daredevil: Born Again.

Marge Champion

Marge Champion (Marjorie Celeste Belcher, 1919-2020), American dancer, choreographer, and actress. Teenage live-action model for Disney's Snow White, Blue Fairy, and Hyacinth Hippo; half of the Marge and Gower Champion dance team; 1975 Emmy winner; Disney Legend 2007.

Margo Harshman

Margo Harshman (Margo Cathleen Harshman), American actress born 1986 in San Diego; Tawny Dean on Disney's Even Stevens, Alex Jensen on The Big Bang Theory, and recurring Delilah Fielding on NCIS from 2013 to 2025.

Margo Martindale

Margo Martindale (born 1951, Jacksonville, Texas) is an American character actress and three-time Emmy winner: 2011 Supporting Actress for Mags Bennett on Justified and 2015–2016 Guest Actress for Claudia on The Americans, also known for BoJack Horseman, Steel Magnolias, and Mrs. America.

Margo Stilley

Margo Stilley (born 1982) is an American actress and former model, known for her debut in 9 Songs (2004), the most sexually explicit mainstream British film, and for roles in The Trip, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, and The Royals.

Margot Bingham

Margot Bingham (born 1987, Pittsburgh) is an American actress and singer-songwriter, aka Margot B., known for Daughter Maitland on Boardwalk Empire, Stephanie on The Walking Dead, Nina Meyer on The Family, and roles in Barbershop: The Next Cut and Lawmen: Bass Reeves.

Margot Bryant

Margot Bryant, born Kathleen Mary Margaret Bryant, was an English stage, television, and film actress best known as the cat-loving Minnie Caldwell in Coronation Street from 1960 to 1976.

Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder (1948–2018), Canadian-American actress born in Yellowknife, played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in Superman (1978) and its sequels; also known for Sisters, Black Christmas, mental health advocacy, and activism.

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie (born 1990, Dalby, Queensland) is an Australian actress and producer, known for The Wolf of Wall Street, Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, Oscar-nominated I, Tonya and Bombshell, and Barbie (2023, $1.45 billion), and co-founder of LuckyChap Entertainment.

Mari Yamamoto

Mari Yamamoto (山本真理, born 1986, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress and journalist, known for Pachinko, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Kate, and Rental Family; distinct from the 1998-born actress 山本真莉.

María Adelaida Puerta

María Adelaida Puerta (María Adelaida Puerta Restrepo), Colombian actress born 1982 in Medellín; first actress to play Catalina in Sin tetas no hay paraíso (2006) and La Perrys in El Capo; India Catalina winner 2007 and 2010.

María Antonieta de las Nieves

María Antonieta de las Nieves, Mexican actress and voice actress famous as La Chilindrina in El Chavo del Ocho; won 2003 legal rights to the character, holds a 2021 Guinness record, retired from the role in 2025.

Maria Bakalova

Maria Bakalova (Bulgarian actress, born 1996, Burgas) broke out as Tutar in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, earning 2021 Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and SAG nominations; later starred in Bodies Bodies Bodies, The Apprentice, and produced Triumph.

Maria Bello

Maria Bello (Maria Elaina Bello), born 1967, is an American actress known for ER and films including The Cooler (2003) and A History of Violence (2005).

Maria Canals-Barrera

Maria Canals-Barrera (Maria Pilar Canals, born 1966, Miami) is a Cuban-American actress and voice actress known for Theresa Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place, Connie Torres in Camp Rock, Hawkgirl in Justice League, and Sunset Boulevardez in The Proud Family.

Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros, born 1965 in Lisbon, is a Portuguese actress and director known for Silvestre, Henry & June, Fabienne in Pulp Fiction, the 1994 Volpi Cup for Três Irmãos, and directing April Captains.

Maria Di Biase

Maria Di Biase, Italian comic actress, screenwriter, and director born 1974 in Montreal, half of the comedy duo Nuzzo e Di Biase with Corrado Nuzzo; Gialappa's Band and Zelig veteran, director of Vengo anch'io (2018), Radio 2 host, and star of the 2026 stage show Totalmente incompatibili.

Maria Dizzia

Maria Dizzia (born 1974, Belleville, New Jersey) is an American stage, film, and television actress, Tony-nominated for In the Next Room, known for Belleville and as Polly Harper on Orange Is the New Black; distinct from the Maria Callas biopic subject.

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Maria Doyle Kennedy (Maria Josephine Doyle, born 1964, Dublin) is an Irish actress and singer: Katherine of Aragon in The Tudors, Siobhan Sadler in Orphan Black, Birdy in Kin; IFTA, Gemini and Canadian Screen Award winner, and Mermaid Records founder.