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