Birthday:
May 11, 1892
Place of Birth: Balham, London, England, UK
Place of Birth: Balham, London, England, UK
Margaret Rutherford
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Chimes at Midnight | Mistress Quickly | 1965 |
| Murder She Said | Miss Jane Marple | 1961 |
| Murder at the Gallop | Miss Jane Marple | 1963 |
| Murder Most Foul | Miss Jane Marple | 1964 |
| Murder Ahoy | Miss Jane Marple | 1964 |
| A Countess from Hong Kong | Miss Gaulswallow | 1967 |
| Passport to Pimlico | Professor Hatton-Jones | 1949 |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Miss Prism | 1952 |
| The Alphabet Murders | Miss Jane Marple (uncredited) | 1965 |
| I'm All Right Jack | Aunt Dolly | 1959 |
| The Smallest Show on Earth | Mrs. Fazackalee | 1957 |
| The V.I.P.s | The Duchess of Brighton | 1963 |
| Just My Luck | Mrs. Dooley | 1957 |
| Trouble in Store | Miss Bacon | 1953 |
| Yellow Canary | Mrs. Towcester | 1943 |
| The Mouse on the Moon | Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII | 1963 |
| Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati | 1945 |
| The Magic Box | Lady Pond | 1952 |
| The Runaway Bus | Miss Cynthia Beeston | 1953 |
| The Happiest Days of Your Life | Muriel Whitchurch | 1950 |
| On the Double | Lady Vivian | 1961 |
| Miranda | Nurse Carey | 1948 |
| Folle des hommes | Nurse Carey | 1954 |
| Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford | Self (archive footage) | 2012 |
| English Without Tears | Lady Christabel Beauclerk | 1944 |
| Innocents in Paris | Gwladys Inglott | 1953 |
| Dusty Ermine | Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby | 1936 |
| The Wacky World of Mother Goose | Mother Goose (voice) | 1967 |
| Miss Robin Hood | Miss Honey | 1952 |
| Quiet Wedding | Second Magistrate | 1941 |
| An Alligator Named Daisy | Prudence Croquet | 1955 |
| The Demi-Paradise | Rowena Ventnor | 1943 |
| Castle in the Air | Miss Nicholson | 1952 |
| Arabella | Princess Ilaria | 1967 |
| Big Fella | Nanny (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Curtain Up | Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire | 1952 |
| Aunt Clara | Clara Hilton | 1954 |
| Her Favourite Husband | Mrs. Dotherington | 1950 |
| Spring Meeting | Aunt Bijou | 1941 |
| Beauty and the Barge | Mrs. Baldwin | 1937 |
| Meet Me at Dawn | Madame Vernorel | 1947 |
| Talk of the Devil | 1936 | |
| The Stately Ghosts of England | Herself | 1965 |
| Catch as Catch Can | 'Crafty' Maggie Carberry | 1937 |
| While the Sun Shines | Dr. Winifred Frye | 1947 |
| To See Such Fun | 1977 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962 |
| Zero One | 1962 |
