Margaret Colin

Actor

About

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born

May 26, 1958

Biography

Filmography

Equity (2016)

Are You Joking? (2015)

Stealing Chanel (2015)

Backwards (2012)

IMurders (2009)

The Missing Person (2009)

Family & Companions

Justin Deas

Husband

Actor. Born on March 30, 1948; married in 1987; appeared together on CBS daytime soap "As the World Turns"; has won six Daytime Emmy Awards; also appeared on "Ryan's Hope", "Santa Barbara" and "Guiding Light".

Biography

Margaret Colin, the daughter of a NYC policeman, came to the attention of TV audiences during the early 1980s with her portrayal of crusading cop Margot Montgomery Hughes on the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns" (1979-82). She also appeared as a tough NYPD detective who liked to gamble on the short-lived series "The Wright Verdicts" (CBS, 1995). Truth is, she doesn't even know how to drive a car and while starring in "Leg Work," a 1987 primetime CBS series, had to be towed in a Porsche. She was also on the side of the law as a dedicated assistant district attorney in the sitcom "Foley Square" (CBS, 1985-86). Based in New York, where her husband, Justin Deas, is an award-winning soap opera actor, Colin commuted to L.A. for the short-lived "Sibs" (ABC, 1991-92), in which she was the neurotic middle sister to Marsha Mason and Jamie Gertz, and a recurring role as a terminally ill doctor romanced by Dr. Aaron Shutt (Adam Arkin) on "Chicago Hope" (CBS, 1994). She has also appeared sporadically in TV-movies, including "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (CBS, 1987), "Warm Hearts, Cold Feet" (CBS, 1987) and "In the Shadow of Evil" (CBS, 1995).

While TV has captured most of this attractive brunette's time during her career, Colin has appeared on the New York stage and in supporting roles in such films as "Pretty in Pink" (1986), as Molly Ringwald's English teacher, "Like Father, Like Son" (1987), as the sensual wife of Dudley Moore's boss who makes a play for Moore, and "Three Men and a Baby" (also 1987). Colin was also featured in the sci-fi hit "Independence Day" (1996), as a presidential press secretary helping in the fight against an alien invasion. She next teamed with Harrison Ford as a married couple who unwittingly harbor an Irish terrorist (Brad Pitt) in Alan J. Pakula's "The Devil's Own" (1997). Taking a brief respite from films, Colin made her Broadway debut as former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the short-lived comedy "Jackie."