User:Teblick/Margaret Barker (actress)

Margaret T. Barker (October 10, 1908 - April 3, 1992) was an American actress and director.

Early years
Born in Baltimore, Barker studied at Bryn Mawr College, where she acted in student plays.

Career
Barker's Broadway credits include The Age of Innocence (1928), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1931), The House of Connelly (1931), Night Over Taos (1932), Success Story (1932), Black Diamond (1933), Hilda Cassidy (1933), Men in White (1933), Gold Eagle Guy (1934), Till the Day I Die (1935), Weep for the Virgins (1935), Case of Clyde Griffiths (1936), The Wanhope Building (1947), The Leading Lady (1948), The Member of the Wedding (1950), The Autumn Garden (1951), See the Jaguar (1952), and The Ladies of the Corridor (1953).

In the 1930s, Barker was a member of the group that founded the Group Theatre in New York City, and later she was a member of the Circle Repertory Company there. For a decade, Barker acted in the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts.

On television, Barker acted in soap operas, including Another World, The Doctors, and Love of Life.

Death
On April 3, 1992, Barker died of lung cancer at New York Hospital in Manhattan at age 83.