She preferred to drink hot chocolate, buying 60 sachets at a time and calling it "my tipple". Directed by Roy Ward Baker. Unknown: Nigel Ogden Unknown: Peter Bartle Produced By: Robin Richmond. Some of Lockwood's scenes had to be re-shot for American audiences not accustomed to seeing décolletages. Her subsequent long-running West End hits include an all-star production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband (1965–66, in which she played the villainous Mrs Cheveley), W. Somerset Maugham's Lady Frederick (1970), Relative Values (Noël Coward revival, 1973) and the thrillers Signpost to Murder (1962) and Double Edge (1975). [2] Lockwood attended Sydenham High School for girls, and a ladies' school in Kensington, London.[1]. This was the first of her "bad girl" roles that would effectively redefine her career in the 1940s. Instead she was a murderess in Bedelia (1946), which did not perform as well, although it was popular in Britain.[27]. She called it "my first really big picture... with a beautifully written script and a wonderful part for me. [34] then went off suspension when she made a comedy for Corfield and Huth, Look Before You Love (1948). The third actress daughter of the Raj – following Merle Oberon and Vivien Leigh – she was born on 15th September, 1916. Directed by Roy Ward Baker. Her body was cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium. Because of a disorder of the middle ear that caused her problems maintaining her balance, Lockwood spent her later years out of the public eye in the exclusive London suburb of Kingston upon Thames. In 1952, Lockwood signed a two picture a year contract with Herbert Wilcox at $112,000 a year, making her the best paid Actress in British films. Suffered from vestibulitis, a viral ear infection for much of her later life. In spite of this, she was warmly remembered by the public. On the house wall behind the group is a blue plaque to commemorate the British actress Margaret Lockwood, who was a long-term resident of the borough. Community. She was survived by her daughter, the actress Julia Lockwood (née Margaret Julia Leon, 1941–2019). She appeared in two comedies for Black: Dear Octopus (1943) with Michael Wilding from a play by Dodie Smith, which Lockwood felt was a backward step[25] and Give Us the Moon (1944), with Vic Oliver directed by Val Guest. "[48], Lockwood returned to the stage in Spider's Web (1954) by Agatha Christie, expressly written for her. Attended London's Belvedere College and Sydenham High School. Margaret Lockwood 34 Upper Park Road, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey. 70 / Good . A collection of Educational Images from the Historic England Archive You want to be free to go wherever you want, when you want. [33] She also appeared in an acclaimed TV production of Pygmalion (1948). 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