Dame Margaret Rutherford was an English actor and star of stage, TV and film. Best known outside of her considerable comedy credits for playing Miss Marple in a number of Agatha Christie film adaptations, she starred alongside the likes of Norman Wisdom, Peter Sellers, Frankie Howerd and Leslie Phillips, and won both an Oscar and a Golden Globe.
Year | Production | Role |
---|---|---|
1959 | I'm All Right Jack | Aunt Dolly |
1958 | The Frankie Howerd Show | Self |
1957 | The Smallest Show On Earth | Mrs. Fazackalee |
1955 | An Alligator Named Daisy | Prudence Croquet |
1954 | The Runaway Bus | Miss Beeston |
1953 | Innocents In Paris | Gwladys Inglott |
1953 | Trouble In Store | Miss Bacon |
1952 | Miss Robin Hood | Miss Heather Honey |
1952 | Curtain Up | Catherine Beckwith |
1952 | The Importance Of Being Earnest | Miss Prism |
1950 | The Happiest Days Of Your Life | Muriel Whitchurch |
1949 | Passport To Pimlico | Professor Hatton-Jones |
1948 | Miranda | Nurse Cary |
1945 | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati |
1941 | Spring Meeting | Aunt Bijou |
Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Margaret Rutherford on IMDb
- Born
- Wednesday 11th May 1892
- Died
- Monday 22nd May 1972 (aged 80)
- Full name
- Margaret Taylor Rutherford
- Birth name
- Margaret Taylor Rutherford-Benn
- Title
- Dame Margaret Rutherford
Margaret Rutherford OBE - Nationality
- English
- Academy Awards (Oscars) 1964
- Best Supporting Actress (Winner)
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