7.5
7.5
Miss Robin Hood
1952
as Miss Honey
Margaret Rutherford
Acting
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English actress of stage, films and television. Rutherford came to national attention following the Second World War in the film adaptations of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. In 1948 she was awarded a Special Tony Award for Outstanding Foreign Company as a cast member of The Importance of Being Earnest, and she later won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for her role as the Duchess of Brighton in The V.I.P.s (1963). In the early 1960s she starred as Agatha Christie's character Miss Marple in a series of four George Pollock films. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961 and a Dame Commander (DBE) in 1967.
Filmography (45 movies)
7.3
7.3
Murder She Said
1961
as Miss Jane Marple
7.2
7.2
Chimes at Midnight
1965
as Mistress Quickly
7.2
7.2
Curtain Up
1952
as Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire
7.2
7.2
The Importance of Being Earnest
1952
as Miss Prism
7.0
7.0
Murder Ahoy
1964
as Miss Jane Marple
7.0
7.0
Murder at the Gallop
1963
as Miss Jane Marple
7.0
7.0
Murder Most Foul
1964
as Miss Jane Marple
7.0
7.0
Arabella
1967
as Princess Ilaria
7.0
7.0
Meet Me at Dawn
1947
as Madame Vernorel
7.0
7.0
Big Fella
1938
as Nanny (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
Blithe Spirit
1945
as Madame Arcati
6.9
6.9
Passport to Pimlico
1949
as Professor Hatton-Jones
6.9
6.9
On the Double
1961
as Lady Vivian
6.6
6.6
I'm All Right Jack
1959
as Aunt Dolly
6.5
6.5
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950
as Muriel Whitchurch
6.5
6.5
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957
as Mrs. Fazackalee
6.4
6.4
Beauty and the Barge
1937
as Mrs. Baldwin
6.4
6.4
Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
2012
as Self (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
The Demi-Paradise
1943
as Rowena Ventnor
6.2
6.2
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
as Prudence Croquet
6.2
6.2
Mad About Men
1954
as Nurse Carey
6.2
6.2
Castle in the Air
1952
as Miss Nicholson
6.1
6.1
Trouble in Store
1953
as Miss Bacon
6.1
6.1
Miranda
1948
as Nurse Carey
6.1
6.1
Dusty Ermine
1936
as Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby
6.0
6.0
The V.I.P.s
1963
as The Duchess of Brighton
6.0
6.0
The Mouse on the Moon
1963
as Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII
6.0
6.0
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967
as Miss Gaulswallow
6.0
6.0
The Runaway Bus
1953
as Miss Cynthia Beeston
6.0
6.0
Just My Luck
1957
as Mrs. Dooley
5.7
5.7
English Without Tears
1944
as Lady Christabel Beauclerk
5.6
5.6
Her Favourite Husband
1950
as Mrs. Dotherington
5.1
5.1
Yellow Canary
1943
as Mrs. Towcester
5.0
5.0
Quiet Wedding
1941
as Second Magistrate
4.8
4.8
Spring Meeting
1941
as Aunt Bijou
4.8
4.8
Innocents in Paris
1953
as Gwladys Inglott
4.5
4.5
Aunt Clara
1954
as Clara Hilton
2.3
2.3
The Wacky World of Mother Goose
1967
as Mother Goose (voice)
2.1
2.1
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
as Grandma (scenes deleted)
Talk of the Devil
1936
The Stately Ghosts of England
1965
as Herself
Catch as Catch Can
1937
as 'Crafty' Maggie Carberry
While the Sun Shines
1947
as Dr. Winifred Frye
To See Such Fun
1977
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