Margaret Lockwood was a fine British character actress mainly known for her roles in the 1930's and 1940's. She was both elegant and sultry and the most famous British actress in the 1930's and 1940's. In 1937 her contract with Gainsborough Pictures made her the highest British paid actor of the period. She had a reputation for being intelligent and hard working as well as being very photogenic. Her first films were generally Quota Quickies, before staring in major films. Alfred Hitchcock said of her, She uses her beauty to express emotion. She was both beautiful but also accessible and relatable to to the largely female cinema audiences of the 1930's and 1940's.
