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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

49

Gender

Female

Birthday

1892-05-11

Day of Death

1972-05-22 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Balham, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Маргарет Рутерфорд

Margaret Taylor Rutherford

Маргарет Тейлор Рутерфорд

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

Acting

Chimes at Midnight

1965

Chimes at Midnight

as

Mistress Quickly

Murder at the Gallop

1963

Murder at the Gallop

as

Miss Jane Marple

Murder Ahoy

1964

Murder Ahoy

as

Miss Jane Marple

Murder She Said

1961

Murder She Said

as

Miss Jane Marple

Murder Most Foul

1964

Murder Most Foul

as

Miss Jane Marple

A Countess from Hong Kong

1967

A Countess from Hong Kong

as

Miss Gaulswallow

Passport to Pimlico

1949

Passport to Pimlico

as

Professor Hatton-Jones

The Alphabet Murders

1965

The Alphabet Murders

as

Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)

I'm All Right Jack

1959

I'm All Right Jack

as

Aunt Dolly

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957

The Smallest Show on Earth

as

Mrs. Fazackalee

The V.I.P.s

1963

The V.I.P.s

as

The Duchess of Brighton

Just My Luck

1957

Just My Luck

as

Mrs. Dooley

Trouble in Store

1953

Trouble in Store

as

Miss Bacon

Yellow Canary

1943

Yellow Canary

as

Mrs. Towcester

The Mouse on the Moon

1963

The Mouse on the Moon

as

Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII

Blithe Spirit

1945

Blithe Spirit

as

Madame Arcati

The Magic Box

1952

The Magic Box

as

Lady Pond

The Runaway Bus

1953

The Runaway Bus

as

Miss Cynthia Beeston

The Happiest Days of Your Life

1950

The Happiest Days of Your Life

as

Muriel Whitchurch

On the Double

1961

On the Double

as

Lady Vivian

Miranda

1948

Miranda

as

Nurse Carey

Mad About Men

1954

Mad About Men

as

Nurse Carey

English Without Tears

1944

English Without Tears

as

Lady Christabel Beauclerk

Innocents in Paris

1953

Innocents in Paris

as

Gwladys Inglott

Dusty Ermine

1936

Dusty Ermine

as

Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby

The Wacky World of Mother Goose

1967

The Wacky World of Mother Goose

as

Mother Goose (voice)

Miss Robin Hood

1952

Miss Robin Hood

as

Miss Honey

Quiet Wedding

1941

Quiet Wedding

as

Second Magistrate

An Alligator Named Daisy

1955

An Alligator Named Daisy

as

Prudence Croquet

The Demi-Paradise

1943

The Demi-Paradise

as

Rowena Ventnor

Castle in the Air

1952

Castle in the Air

as

Miss Nicholson

Arabella

1967

Arabella

as

Princess Ilaria

Big Fella

1938

Big Fella

as

Nanny (uncredited)

Curtain Up

1952

Curtain Up

as

Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire

Aunt Clara

1954

Aunt Clara

as

Clara Hilton

Her Favourite Husband

1950

Her Favourite Husband

as

Mrs. Dotherington

Spring Meeting

1941

Spring Meeting

as

Aunt Bijou

Beauty and the Barge

1937

Beauty and the Barge

as

Mrs. Baldwin

Meet Me at Dawn

1947

Meet Me at Dawn

as

Madame Vernorel

Catch as Catch Can

1937

Catch as Catch Can

as

'Crafty' Maggie Carberry

While the Sun Shines

1947

While the Sun Shines

as

Dr. Winifred Frye

The Virgin and the Gypsy

1970

The Virgin and the Gypsy

as

Grandma (scenes deleted)

Production

Crew

Directing