Margaret Rutherford
Acting • Born 1892-05-11 – Died 1972-05-22
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
49 credits
Chimes at Midnight
Movie • 1965
Mistress Quickly
Murder at the Gallop
Movie • 1963
Miss Jane Marple
Murder Ahoy
Movie • 1964
Miss Jane Marple
Murder Most Foul
Movie • 1964
Miss Jane Marple
Murder She Said
Movie • 1961
Miss Jane Marple
A Countess from Hong Kong
Movie • 1967
Miss Gaulswallow
Passport to Pimlico
Movie • 1949
Professor Hatton-Jones
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 1952
Miss Prism
The Alphabet Murders
Movie • 1965
Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)
I'm All Right Jack
Movie • 1959
Aunt Dolly
The Smallest Show on Earth
Movie • 1957
Mrs. Fazackalee
The V.I.P.s
Movie • 1963
The Duchess of Brighton
Trouble in Store
Movie • 1953
Miss Bacon
Just My Luck
Movie • 1957
Mrs. Dooley
Yellow Canary
Movie • 1943
Mrs. Towcester
The Mouse on the Moon
Movie • 1963
Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII
Blithe Spirit
Movie • 1945
Madame Arcati
The Magic Box
Movie • 1952
Lady Pond
The Runaway Bus
Movie • 1953
Miss Cynthia Beeston
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Movie • 1950
Muriel Whitchurch
On the Double
Movie • 1961
Lady Vivian
Miranda
Movie • 1948
Nurse Carey
Mad About Men
Movie • 1954
Nurse Carey
Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
English Without Tears
Movie • 1944
Lady Christabel Beauclerk
Innocents in Paris
Movie • 1953
Gwladys Inglott
Dusty Ermine
Movie • 1936
Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby
The Wacky World of Mother Goose
Movie • 1967
Mother Goose (voice)
Miss Robin Hood
Movie • 1952
Heather Honey
Quiet Wedding
Movie • 1941
Second Magistrate
An Alligator Named Daisy
Movie • 1955
Prudence Croquet
The Demi-Paradise
Movie • 1943
Rowena Ventnor
Castle in the Air
Movie • 1952
Miss Nicholson
Arabella
Movie • 1967
Princess Ilaria
Big Fella
Movie • 1938
Nanny (uncredited)
Curtain Up
Movie • 1952
Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire
Aunt Clara
Movie • 1954
Clara Hilton
Her Favourite Husband
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Dotherington
Spring Meeting
Movie • 1941
Aunt Bijou
Beauty and the Barge
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Baldwin
Meet Me at Dawn
Movie • 1947
Madame Vernorel
Talk of the Devil
Movie • 1936
The Stately Ghosts of England
Movie • 1965
Herself
Catch as Catch Can
Movie • 1937
'Crafty' Maggie Carberry
While the Sun Shines
Movie • 1947
Dr. Winifred Frye
To See Such Fun
Movie • 1977
The Virgin and the Gypsy
Movie • 1970
Grandma (scenes deleted)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Zero One
TV • 1962