Margaret Rutherford

May 11, 1892 - May 22, 1972 (80 years old) in 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.

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Known For

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Spring Meeting

Aunt Bijou

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The Importance of Being Earnest

Miss Prism

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Miranda

Nurse Carey

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Passport to Pimlico

Professor Hatton-Jones

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English Without Tears

Lady Christabel Beauclerk

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An Alligator Named Daisy

Prudence Croquet

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On the Double

Lady Vivian

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The Happiest Days of Your Life

Muriel Whitchurch

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Blithe Spirit

Madame Arcati

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While the Sun Shines

Dr. Winifred Frye

Credits

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford 2012

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.4
To See Such Fun 1977

★ NR
The Virgin and the Gypsy 1970

Grandma (scenes deleted)

★ 2.2
The Wacky World of Mother Goose 1967

Mother Goose (voice)

★ 2.3
Arabella 1967

Princess Ilaria

★ 7
A Countess from Hong Kong 1967

Miss Gaulswallow

★ 6
The Alphabet Murders 1965

Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Chimes at Midnight 1965

Mistress Quickly

★ 7.2
The Stately Ghosts of England 1965

Herself

★ NR
Murder Ahoy 1964

Miss Jane Marple

★ 7
Murder Most Foul 1964

Miss Jane Marple

★ 7
The V.I.P.s 1963

The Duchess of Brighton

★ 6.1
Murder at the Gallop 1963

Miss Jane Marple

★ 7
The Mouse on the Moon 1963

Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII

★ 5.9
Zero One 1962

★ 6
Murder She Said 1961

Miss Jane Marple

★ 7.3
On the Double 1961

Lady Vivian

★ 6.9
I'm All Right Jack 1959

Aunt Dolly

★ 6.7
Just My Luck 1957

Mrs. Dooley

★ 6
The Smallest Show on Earth 1957

Mrs. Fazackalee

★ 6.6
An Alligator Named Daisy 1955

Prudence Croquet

★ 6.2
Aunt Clara 1954

Clara Hilton

★ 5.2
Mad About Men 1954

Nurse Carey

★ 6.2
Trouble in Store 1953

Miss Bacon

★ 6.1
Innocents in Paris 1953

Gwladys Inglott

★ 5.1
The Runaway Bus 1953

Miss Cynthia Beeston

★ 6
Miss Robin Hood 1952

Miss Honey

★ 7.5
The Importance of Being Earnest 1952

Miss Prism

★ 7.2
Castle in the Air 1952

Miss Nicholson

★ 6.2
Curtain Up 1952

Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire

★ 7.2
The Magic Box 1952

Lady Pond

★ 6.3
Her Favourite Husband 1950

Mrs. Dotherington

★ 5.6
The Happiest Days of Your Life 1950

Muriel Whitchurch

★ 6.5
Passport to Pimlico 1949

Professor Hatton-Jones

★ 6.9
Miranda 1948

Nurse Carey

★ 6.2
Meet Me at Dawn 1947

Madame Vernorel

★ 7
While the Sun Shines 1947

Dr. Winifred Frye

★ NR
Blithe Spirit 1945

Madame Arcati

★ 7
English Without Tears 1944

Lady Christabel Beauclerk

★ 5.7
Yellow Canary 1943

Mrs. Towcester

★ 5.1
The Demi-Paradise 1943

Rowena Ventnor

★ 6.3
Quiet Wedding 1941

Second Magistrate

★ 5
Spring Meeting 1941

Aunt Bijou

★ 4.8
Big Fella 1938

Nanny (uncredited)

★ 7
Catch as Catch Can 1937

'Crafty' Maggie Carberry

★ NR
Beauty and the Barge 1937

Mrs. Baldwin

★ 6.4
Talk of the Devil 1936

★ NR
Dusty Ermine 1936

Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby

★ 6.1

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