- Was a committed teetotaller all her life and detested the taste of alcohol. She preferred to drink hot chocolate, buying 60 sachets at a time and calling it "my tipple".
- Became a recluse during the latter part of her life. She would only receive family and close friends such as Phyllis Calvert, who would take her on drives to the garden center.
- Suffered from vestibulitis, a viral ear infection for much of her later life.
- Husband Rupert Leon was insanely jealous of her fame and beauty - he disliked her wearing makeup, forbade her to smoke and tried to force her into retiring from the screen.
- Retired to a stylish house on a cul-de-sac in Kingston upon Thames, where she spent the rest of her life in a quiet, tree-lined street amongst her neighbors.
- Britain's #1 box-office star during the 1940s. She would hold signing sessions in cinemas for her fans across the nation.
- Her only vice was chain smoking.
- Lived for many years with actor John Stone, who appeared with her in the 1959 play "And Suddenly It's Spring" and the TV series Justice (1971).
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1981 Queen's New Year Honours List, which was her last public appearance. She lived in virtual seclusion until her death nine years later.
- 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 1965 she co-starred in the popular British television series The Flying Swan (1965) with her daughter Julia Lockwood.
- Would wear a balaclava as a disguise and make a quick exit at the stage door before anyone noticed her.
- Started performing in cabarets as Margie Day at age 10. She made her professional debut in 1928 as a fairy in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Holborn Empire.
- Was considered for the female lead in Casablanca (1942) but Gainsborough Productions wouldn't release her to Warner Bros.
- After their success with The Lady Vanishes (1938), she and Michael Redgrave were meant to make film versions of "Rob Roy" and "The Blue Lagoon" for Gainsborough Productions but both projects were canceled with the advent of World War II.
- Mother of actress Julia Lockwood. Named her after Gaio Giulio Cesare to commemorate her birth by Caesarian operation.
- Declined Michael Winner's invitation to attend his screening of The Wicked Lady (1983); Margaret had starred in the original film (The Wicked Lady (1945).
- She was awarded Top Actress Award in the Sun Awards in 1973.
- Spent the last thirty years of her life living in Upper park Road, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey in a house that backed onto Richmond Park. To commemorate her connection to the area a nearby newly built road was named Margaret Lockwood in her honor soon after she died.
- Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
- Used Margie Day briefly as her stage name at the very beginning of her stage career.
- Has four grandchildren, Timothy, Nicholas, Lucy and Catherine.
- Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where she was seen in a production and signed by a leading London agent.
- Sister of Lyn Lockwood.
- Attended London's Belvedere College and Sydenham High School.
- The Margaret Lockwood Society operates on Facebook.
- Mother-in-law of Ernest Clark.
- Appeared in a short 10 minute film, 'Spotlight on a Star' with Tommy Handley.
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