she was nominated for an Emmy in 1966 for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for four episodes of Dr. Kildare. Her final TV performance was in the first season of Space: 1999 where she played Queen Arra in the episode "Collision Course." For her film role as Mrs Maudsley in The Go-Between (1971), Leighton won the British BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the role. She received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Actress for her role as Valerie Carrington in Carrington V.C. (1954). Personal life Leighton was married three times, to publisher Max Reinhardt from 1947 to 1955, to actor Laurence Harvey from 1957 to 1961, and to actor Michael Wilding from 1964 until her death. She had no children by any of the marriages. She was appointed a CBE in 1974. Leighton died of multiple sclerosis in 1976, aged 53, in Chichester, Sussex. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links 1922 births 1976 deaths Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award winners Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Deaths from multiple sclerosis Neurological disease deaths in England Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses Actresses from Worcestershire People from Bromsgrove District English Shakespearean actresses Tony Award winners 20th-century English actresses British expatriate actresses in the United States