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Dame Margaret Mary Lockwood (September 15, 1916 in
film|1916 - July 15, 1990 in film|1990) was a
United Kingdom|British actor|actress. 

Born in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan),
Lockwood's family returned to the United Kingdom
while she was a child.  She made her stage debut
at the age of 12, and trained at the Royal Academy
of Dramatic Art in London, where she was seen by a
talent scout and signed to a contract.  In 1935
she appeared in the film version of Lorna Doone.  
Her most successful film of the 1930s was Alfred
Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.   

In the early 1940s she changed her on-screen image
to play villainesses in both contemporary and
period films, becoming the most successful actress
in British films during that period.  Her greatest
success was in the title role in The Wicked Lady
(1945), a film which was controversial in its day
and brought Lockwood considerable publicity. 

She continued to act until the late 1970s, and was
created Dame of  the British Empire in 1980.  Her
acceptance of this award marked her last public
appearance. She lived her final years in seclusion
and died in Kensington, London from
cirrhosis|cirrhosis of the liver.

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Dame Margaret Mary Lockwood (September 15, 1916 in
film|1916 - July 15, 1990 in film|1990) was a
United Kingdom|British actor|actress. 

Born in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan),
Lockwood's family returned to the United Kingdom
while she was a child.  She made her stage debut
at the age of 12, and trained at the Royal Academy
of Dramatic Art in London, where she was seen by a
talent scout and signed to a contract.  In 1935
she appeared in the film version of Lorna Doone.  
Her most successful film of the 1930s was Alfred
Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.   

In the early 1940s she changed her on-screen image
to play villainesses in both contemporary and
period films, becoming the most successful actress
in British films during that period.  Her greatest
success was in the title role in The Wicked Lady
(1945), a film which was controversial in its day
and brought Lockwood considerable publicity. 

She continued to act until the late 1970s, and was
created Dame of  the British Empire in 1980.  Her
acceptance of this award marked her last public
appearance. She lived her final years in seclusion
and died in Kensington, London from
cirrhosis|cirrhosis of the liver.