Margaret Colin – Bio, Age, Height, Husband, Children, Family, Other Facts

In 1979, Margaret Colin began her career playing on the set of the American mystery soap opera The Edge of Night. Her role as Paige Madison, a series heiress heralded the start of better opportunities that culminated in a collection of over sixty movies and TV series over time.

Amid her many projects, playing the roles of Margo Hughes and Eleanor Waldorf-Rose in the series As the World Turns and Gossip Girl respectively brought her career to fame. Starting from the beginning, let’s see how Margaret Colin found herself in the limelight and thus maintained herself.

Margaret Colin – Age and Details

On May 26, 1958, the American actress was born inBrooklyn, New York City. Of Irish ancestry and raised by a New York police officer (father), Margaret grew up a Roman Catholic. She has only one known brother, John Colin. The first school she attended was Baldwin Senior High School, where she graduated in 1976 and went on to Hofstra University.

She finished college before her first screen appearance in The Edge of Night, followed by As the World Turns. She played Margo Montgomery there from July 1980 to October 1983.

She also has a pretty impressive collection of primetime TV shows in her name, some of which include Foley Square, Job Of The Leg, and Chicago Hope. Margaret was seen on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2003. On the episode titled ‘Tortured’, she appeared as a mother, arrested for abetting a murder.

Another big role came in 2007 when she was cast as the recurring role of Blair Waldorf’s mother – Eleanor Waldorf (formerly played by Florencia Lozano) in Gossip Girl. She remained on the teen TV show until 2012. Some of her recent TV roles can be seen in Veep and Shade of Blue

In addition to her television collection, Margaret Colin has also made numerous appearances in films. Notable films she has seen include the 1986 film Something Wild, Three Men and a Baby – released in 1987, The Butcher’s Wife (1991), Independence Day (1996), Unfaithful ( 2002), as well as the 2004 First Girl

She’s also been on Broadway and used her performance of the 2003 English play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg to make a statement about the state-enforced smoking ban by smoking up a storm on stage. She dedicated her performance in the second half of the show to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but quit afterward.

Family – husband, children

Already 60 years old, Margaret Colin has twoadult sons with her actor husband Justin Deas. He was her love interest in As the World Turns and that’s how their love took shape in the real world. After the show, the couple kept their flame alive and soon became husband and wife in January 1988.

Their first son Sam was born in 1990 while the second joined the family in 1993 and was named Joseph. There is also a daughter-in-law from her husband’s first marriage. Apparently Margaret has her hands full as a mother, but her husband has always been by her side.

Height and Other Facts About Margaret Colin

1. Although her birth was in Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Colin spent her childhood in Baldwin, New York, Long Island.

2. One of her notable recent projects involves the 2018 Broadway revival Carousel where she plays Mrs. Mullin.

3. She supports the pro-life movement and as one of the activists, she has already rendered her services as Honorary Co-Chair of Feminists for Life – an organization that frowns on abortion. Margaret was also a board member of the group, Feminists for Nonviolent Choices. Notably, this group has no affiliation with Feminists for Life.

4. In the late 1990s, Margaret, her husband and children moved to Upper Montclair, New Jersey, and are believed to currently reside there.

5. Having been involved in a lot of blockbuster movies and series in addition to other projects she has embarked on so far in her career, we expect a good sum on Margaret’s behalf and she has not disappointed so far. His latest estimated net worth is $10 million.

6. She’s one of Hollywood’s leading ladies, six feet off the ground. His height in feet and inches is just over 5 feet 9 inches.