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

Mistress Quickly

Campanadas a medianoche

Miss Jane Marple

Murder at the Gallop

Miss Jane Marple

Murder Ahoy

Miss Jane Marple

Murder Most Foul

Miss Jane Marple

Murder She Said

Miss Gaulswallow

A Countess from Hong Kong

Professor Hatton-Jones

Passport to Pimlico

Miss Prism

The Importance of Being Earnest

Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)

The Alphabet Murders

Aunt Dolly

I'm All Right Jack

Mrs. Fazackalee

The Smallest Show on Earth

The Duchess of Brighton

The V.I.P.s

Miss Bacon

Trouble in Store

Mrs. Dooley

Just My Luck

Mrs. Towcester

Yellow Canary

Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII

The Mouse on the Moon

Madame Arcati

Blithe Spirit

Lady Pond

The Magic Box

Miss Cynthia Beeston

The Runaway Bus

Muriel Whitchurch

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Lady Vivian

On the Double

Nurse Carey

Miranda

Nurse Carey

Mad About Men

Self (archive footage)

Die wahre Miss Marple - Der kuriose Fall Margaret Rutherford

Lady Christabel Beauclerk

English Without Tears

Gwladys Inglott

Innocents in Paris

Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby

Dusty Ermine

Mother Goose (voice)

The Wacky World of Mother Goose

Miss Honey

Miss Robin Hood

Second Magistrate

Quiet Wedding

Prudence Croquet

An Alligator Named Daisy

Rowena Ventnor

The Demi-Paradise

Miss Nicholson

Castle in the Air

Princess Ilaria

Arabella

Nanny (uncredited)

Big Fella

Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire

Curtain Up

Clara Hilton

Aunt Clara

Mrs. Dotherington

Quel bandito sono io

Aunt Bijou

Spring Meeting

Mrs. Baldwin

Beauty and the Barge

Madame Vernorel

Meet Me at Dawn

Talk of the Devil

Herself

The Stately Ghosts of England

'Crafty' Maggie Carberry

Catch as Catch Can

Dr. Winifred Frye

While the Sun Shines

To See Such Fun

Grandma (scenes deleted)

The Virgin and the Gypsy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

47

Gender

Female

Birthday

1892-05-11

Place of Birth

Balham, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Маргарет Рутерфорд