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Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford

Birthday: 1892-05-11 | Place of Birth: Balham, London, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1967
A Countess from Hong Kong

as    Miss Gaulswallow

1965
Murder Most Foul

as    Miss Jane Marple

1964
Murder Ahoy

as    Miss Jane Marple

1963
The Mouse on the Moon

as    Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII

1963
The V.I.P.s

as    The Duchess of Brighton

1962
Murder She Said

as    Miss Jane Marple

1961
On the Double

as    Lady Vivian

1960
I'm All Right Jack

as    Aunt Dolly

1957
The Smallest Show on Earth

as    Mrs. Fazackalee

1954
The Runaway Bus

as    Miss Cynthia Beeston

1954
Mad About Men

as    Nurse Carey

1953
Trouble in Store

as    Miss Bacon

1952
Castle in the Air

as    Miss Nicholson

1952
The Importance of Being Earnest

as    Miss Prism

1950
Her Favourite Husband

as    Mrs. Dotherington

1949
Miranda

as    Nurse Carey

1949
Passport to Pimlico

as    Professor Hatton-Jones

1945
Blithe Spirit

as    Madame Arcati

1944
Yellow Canary

as    Mrs. Towcester

1943
The Demi-Paradise

as    Rowena Ventnor

1936
Dusty Ermine

as    Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby