Margaret Rutherford
Born: 1892-05-11 in Balham, London, England, UK
Died: 1972-05-22
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2012
- Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford as Self (archive footage)
1977
1970
- The Virgin and the Gypsy as Grandma (scenes deleted)
1967
- Arabella as Princess Ilaria
- A Countess from Hong Kong as Miss Gaulswallow
- The Wacky World of Mother Goose as Mother Goose (voice)
1965
- Chimes at Midnight as Mistress Quickly
- The Alphabet Murders as Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)
- The Stately Ghosts of England as Herself
1964
- Murder Ahoy as Miss Jane Marple
- Murder Most Foul as Miss Jane Marple
1963
- Murder at the Gallop as Miss Jane Marple
- The Mouse on the Moon as Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII
- The V.I.P.s as The Duchess of Brighton
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Zero One
1961
- On the Double as Lady Vivian
- Murder She Said as Miss Jane Marple
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
- Innocents in Paris as Gwladys Inglott
- Trouble in Store as Miss Bacon
- The Runaway Bus as Miss Cynthia Beeston
1952
- The Magic Box as Lady Pond
- Curtain Up as Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Miss Prism
- Castle in the Air as Miss Nicholson
- Miss Robin Hood as Heather Honey
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
- While the Sun Shines as Dr. Winifred Frye
- Meet Me at Dawn as Madame Vernorel
1945
- Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati
1944
- English Without Tears as Lady Christabel Beauclerk
1943
- The Demi-Paradise as Rowena Ventnor
- Yellow Canary as Mrs. Towcester
1941
- Quiet Wedding as Second Magistrate
- Spring Meeting as Aunt Bijou
1938
- Big Fella as Nanny (uncredited)
1937
- Beauty and the Barge as Mrs. Baldwin
- Catch as Catch Can as 'Crafty' Maggie Carberry
1936
- Talk of the Devil
- Dusty Ermine as Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby