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