Actor
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 Wi ...

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