Margaret Rutherford

Personal Info

Birthday

May 11, 1892

Day of Death

1972-05-22

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Balham, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Маргарет Рутерфорд

Margaret Taylor Rutherford

Маргарет Тейлор Рутерфорд

Margaret Rutherford

Biography

Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford DBE (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English character actress, who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. She is best-known for her 1960s performances as Miss Marple in several films based loosely on Agatha Christie's novels. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Rutherford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Smallest Show on Earth

Miranda

Murder Ahoy

I'm All Right Jack

Murder at the Gallop

The Importance of Being Earnest

Chimes at Midnight

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Filmography

2012
Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
as Self (archive footage)
1970
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Grandma (scenes deleted)
1967
The Wacky World of Mother Goose
as Mother Goose (voice)
Arabella
as Princess Ilaria
A Countess from Hong Kong
as Miss Gaulswallow
1965
The Alphabet Murders
as Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)
Chimes at Midnight
as Mistress Quickly
The Stately Ghosts of England
as Herself
1964
Murder Ahoy
as Miss Jane Marple
Murder Most Foul
as Miss Jane Marple
1963
The V.I.P.s
as The Duchess of Brighton
Murder at the Gallop
as Miss Jane Marple
The Mouse on the Moon
as Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII
1961
Murder She Said
as Miss Jane Marple
On the Double
as Lady Vivian
1959
I'm All Right Jack
as Aunt Dolly
1957
Just My Luck
as Mrs. Dooley
The Smallest Show on Earth
as Mrs. Fazackalee
1955
An Alligator Named Daisy
as Prudence Croquet
1954
Aunt Clara
as Clara Hilton
Mad About Men
as Nurse Carey
1953
Trouble in Store
as Miss Bacon
The Runaway Bus
as Miss Cynthia Beeston
Innocents in Paris
as Gwladys Inglott
1952
Miss Robin Hood
as Miss Honey
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Miss Prism
Castle in the Air
as Miss Nicholson
Curtain Up
as Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire
The Magic Box
as Lady Pond
1950
Her Favourite Husband
as Mrs. Dotherington
The Happiest Days of Your Life
as Muriel Whitchurch
1949
Passport to Pimlico
as Professor Hatton-Jones
1948
Miranda
as Nurse Carey
1947
Meet Me at Dawn
as Madame Vernorel
While the Sun Shines
as Dr. Winifred Frye
1945
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
1944
English Without Tears
as Lady Christabel Beauclerk
1943
Yellow Canary
as Mrs. Towcester
The Demi-Paradise
as Rowena Ventnor
1941
Quiet Wedding
as Second Magistrate
Spring Meeting
as Aunt Bijou
1938
Big Fella
as Nanny (uncredited)
1937
Catch as Catch Can
as 'Crafty' Maggie Carberry
Beauty and the Barge
as Mrs. Baldwin
1936
Dusty Ermine
as Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby