Margaret Welsh
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Filmography
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A Killer Among Friends
(1992)Academy Award-winner Patty Duke searches for her daughter's killer in this shocking true story, co-starring Tiffani-Amber Thiessen and Loretta Swit. A popular 17-year-old girl, Jenny Monroe (Thiessen) is found beaten, tortured and drowned in a creek. Her best friend, Ellen Holloway (Margaret Welsh), swears to find the killer, providing moral support to Jenny's mother, Jean (Duke). Moving into the Monroe family home, Ellen becomes like a daughter, helping Jean search for a killer who continues to hide in plain sight. Originally airing on CBS-TV on December 8, 1992, A Killer Among Friends was based on the 1985 murder of Missy Avila, whose killers were eventually convicted of second-degree murder. Sentenced to 15 years-to-life, one was released after serving 21 years, while the other remains in state prison.

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
(1990)Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward) find their traditional roles challenged by a changing world. As free-thinking friends introduce new ideas into their household, Mrs. Bridge begins to question the life she has led.

Smooth Talk
(1985)Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling summertime awakening in Joyce Chopra’s Sundance-winning narrative debut—a haunting vision of innocence lost based on a celebrated short story by Joyce Carol Oates and starring Laura Dern (in her breakout performance) and Treat Williams.

The New Kids
(1985)A brother and sister are the new kids in school, and prime targets of Dutra (James Spader) and his band of bullies. Tension mounts as the bullies' harassment reaches unbelievable heights of menace inthis thriller by Director Sean Cunningham. Stars George C. Scott as Sgt. Kilvinski and Stacy Keach as Roy Fehler.