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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Rutherford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Balham, London, England, UK, 1892-05-11

Died: 1972-05-22

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1936	Dusty Ermine	Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby	61
2	1936	Talk of the Devil		0
3	1937	Beauty and the Barge	Mrs. Baldwin	64
4	1937	Catch as Catch Can	'Crafty' Maggie Carberry	0
5	1938	Big Fella	Nanny (uncredited)	70
6	1941	Spring Meeting	Aunt Bijou	48
7	1941	Quiet Wedding	Second Magistrate	50
8	1943	The Demi-Paradise	Rowena Ventnor	63
9	1943	Yellow Canary	Mrs. Towcester	51
10	1944	English Without Tears	Lady Christabel Beauclerk	57
11	1945	Blithe Spirit	Madame Arcati	70
12	1947	While the Sun Shines	Dr. Winifred Frye	0
13	1947	Meet Me at Dawn	Madame Vernorel	70
14	1948	Miranda	Nurse Carey	62
15	1949	Passport to Pimlico	Professor Hatton-Jones	69
16	1950	The Happiest Days of Your Life	Muriel Whitchurch	65
17	1950	Her Favourite Husband	Mrs. Dotherington	55
18	1952	The Magic Box	Lady Pond	63
19	1952	Curtain Up	Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire	72
20	1952	Castle in the Air	Miss Nicholson	62
21	1952	The Importance of Being Earnest	Miss Prism	72
22	1952	Miss Robin Hood	Miss Honey	75
23	1953	Innocents in Paris	Gwladys Inglott	51
24	1953	The Runaway Bus	Miss Cynthia Beeston	60
25	1953	Trouble in Store	Miss Bacon	61
26	1954	Mad About Men	Nurse Carey	61
27	1954	Aunt Clara	Clara Hilton	52
28	1955	An Alligator Named Daisy	Prudence Croquet	62
29	1957	The Smallest Show on Earth	Mrs. Fazackalee	66
30	1957	Just My Luck	Mrs. Dooley	60
31	1959	I'm All Right Jack	Aunt Dolly	67
32	1961	On the Double	Lady Vivian	69
33	1961	Murder She Said	Miss Jane Marple	73
34	1963	The Mouse on the Moon	Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII	59
35	1963	Murder at the Gallop	Miss Jane Marple	70
36	1963	The V.I.P.s	The Duchess of Brighton	61
37	1964	Murder Most Foul	Miss Jane Marple	70
38	1964	Murder Ahoy	Miss Jane Marple	70
39	1965	The Stately Ghosts of England	Herself	0
40	1965	Chimes at Midnight	Mistress Quickly	72
41	1965	The Alphabet Murders	Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)	57
42	1967	A Countess from Hong Kong	Miss Gaulswallow	60
43	1967	Arabella	Princess Ilaria	80
44	1967	The Wacky World of Mother Goose	Mother Goose (voice)	30
45	1970	The Virgin and the Gypsy	Grandma (scenes deleted)	22
46	1977	To See Such Fun		0
47	2012	Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford	Self (archive footage)	64

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
2	1962	Zero One		60