Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

11/05/1892

Day of Death

22/05/1972
(80) years old

Place of Birth

Balham, London, England, UK

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 performance... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2012

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of M...

as Self (archive footage)

1970

The Virgin and the Gypsy

as Grandma (scenes deleted)

1967

The Wacky World of Mother Goose

as Mother Goose (voice)

1967

Arabella

as Princess Ilaria

1967

A Countess from Hong Kong

as Miss Gaulswallow

1965

The Alphabet Murders

as Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)

1965

Chimes at Midnight

as Mistress Quickly

1964

Murder Ahoy

as Miss Jane Marple

1964

Murder Most Foul

as Miss Jane Marple

1963

The V.I.P.s

as The Duchess of Brighton

1963

Murder at the Gallop

as Miss Jane Marple

1963

The Mouse on the Moon

as Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII

1961

Murder She Said

as Miss Jane Marple

1961

On the Double

as Lady Vivian

1959

I'm All Right Jack

as Aunt Dolly

1957

Just My Luck

as Mrs. Dooley

1957

The Smallest Show on Earth

as Mrs. Fazackalee

1955

An Alligator Named Daisy

as Prudence Croquet

1954

Aunt Clara

as Clara Hilton

1954

Mad About Men

as Nurse Carey

1953

Trouble in Store

as Miss Bacon

1953

The Runaway Bus

as Miss Cynthia Beeston

1953

Innocents in Paris

as Gwladys Inglott

1952

Miss Robin Hood

as Miss Honey

1952

Castle in the Air

as Miss Nicholson

1952

Curtain Up

as Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire

1952

The Magic Box

as Lady Pond

1950

Her Favourite Husband

as Mrs. Dotherington

1950

The Happiest Days of Your Life

as Muriel Whitchurch

1949

Passport to Pimlico

as Professor Hatton-Jones

1948

Miranda

as Nurse Carey

1947

Meet Me at Dawn

as Madame Vernorel

1947

While the Sun Shines

as Dr. Winifred Frye

1945

Blithe Spirit

as Madame Arcati

1944

English Without Tears

as Lady Christabel Beauclerk

1943

Yellow Canary

as Mrs. Towcester

1943

The Demi-Paradise

as Rowena Ventnor

1941

Quiet Wedding

as Second Magistrate

1941

Spring Meeting

as Aunt Bijou

1938

Big Fella

as Nanny (uncredited)

1937

Catch as Catch Can

as 'Crafty' Maggie Carberry

1937

Beauty and the Barge

as Mrs. Baldwin

1936

Dusty Ermine

as Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby