leighton

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A male given name transferred from the surname
A habitational surname
Margaret Leighton
born Feb. 26, 1922, Barnt Green, near Birmingham, Worcestershire, Eng. died Jan. 13, 1976, Chichester, West Sussex British actress. A member of the Old Vic company, she made her London debut in 1944 and her Broadway debut in 1946. She was acclaimed for her wide range of roles in plays such as The Cocktail Party (1950) and The Applecart (1953). She received Tony Awards for her Broadway appearances in Separate Tables (1956) and The Night of the Iguana (1962). Her most notable film roles were in The Winslow Boy (1948), The Sound and the Fury (1959), and The Go-Between (1971)
leighton

    Расстановка переносов

    Leigh·ton

    Турецкое произношение

    leytın

    Произношение

    /ˈlātən/ /ˈleɪtən/

    Этимология

    () Various place names in England, Old English leac (“leek”) + tun (“settlement”), also in the sense of a herb garden. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988.
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