Margaret Halstan (25 December 1879[1] – 8 January 1967[2]) was a British stage, radio, television and film actress.

In theatre and film roles she often played upper-class ladies of the gentry, with a career spanning over six decades.

[3] She was born Clara Maud Hertz in Greater London in 1879, of apparently Jewish descent[3] and later used the stage name Margaret Halstan.

[1] She performed in a show titled Beethoven's Romance at the Royalty Theatre on 1 December 1894.

[6] Halstan made her first professional stage appearance at the Haymarket Theatre on 30 October 1895, as a walk-on in Trilby.