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