Maggie Moffat

Margaret Moffat born Margaret Liddell Linck (7 January 1873 – 19 February 1943) was a British actress and suffragette. She was amongst the first Scottish suffragettes to be arrested. She appeared in several films including a minor part in Alfred Hitchcock's film Saboteur.

Life Unlike many of her Scottish-born siblings, Moffatt was born in Spittal in northern England. She was the last but one of seven children born to Gottlob and Margaret Liddell (Dowie) Linck. Moffat had a talent for singing. After leaving school, she was a drapery salesperson before deciding to become an actress. Moffat was sent as a Scottish delegate to the "Women's Parliament". She was amongst over 50 who were arrested in February 1907 after the suffragettes demonstrated at the House of Commons. She and Annie Fraser were the first and second suffragettes to be arrested who were Scottish. Moffat and others were arrested and were given a fine. Moffat refused to pay and was sentenced to two weeks in Holloway Prison.

Her husband was subsequebtly interviewed in the family home (which was situated on Glasgow's University Avenue) by a reporter from the Daily Record. Mr Moffat expressed strong support for his wife, noting that she had gone to London at her own expense and that he would meet her on her release from prison and take her away on a trip.

Later that year, her husband Graham Moffat, who, like her, was also an active suffragette and actor, founded an organisation for men who supported women's suffrage Men's League for Women's Suffrage .

Moffat appeared in a number of films, including My Gal Sal and Ringside Maisie under the name "Margaret Moffat".

Moffatt and her husband emigrated to South Africa in 1933, but she continued to appear in US films including a minor part in Alfred Hitchcock's film Saboteur. She died in Cape Town in February 1943.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1926 Till the Bells Ring Jenny Struthers 1933 Just Smith 1935 Rolling Home Mrs. McGregor 1936 Keep Your Seats, Please Mrs. O'Flaherty Uncredited The End of the Road Maggie 1937 Farewell Again Mrs. Billings 1939 The Spy in Black Kate