Margaret Rutherford

★ Acting #18,027

1892 - 1972 (age 80) • Acting

Born: 5/11/1892 in Balham, London, England, UK

Died: 5/22/1972 (age 80)

Known for: Acting

Margaret Rutherford

★ Acting #18,027

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.

Known For

Chimes at Midnight

72%

Mistress Quickly

1965

Murder She Said

73%

Miss Jane Marple

1961

Murder at the Gallop

71%

Miss Jane Marple

1963

Murder Most Foul

71%

Miss Jane Marple

1964

Blithe Spirit

70%

Madame Arcati

1945

Murder Ahoy

71%

Miss Jane Marple

1964

The Importance of Being Earnest

72%

Miss Prism

1952

Passport to Pimlico

69%

Professor Hatton-Jones

1949

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford

64%

Self (archive footage)

2012

To See Such Fun

100%

1977

The Virgin and the Gypsy

31%

Grandma (scenes deleted)

1970

The Wacky World of Mother Goose

43%

Mother Goose (voice)

1967

Arabella

75%

Princess Ilaria

1967

A Countess from Hong Kong

60%

Miss Gaulswallow

1967

The Alphabet Murders

58%

Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)

1965

Chimes at Midnight

72%

Mistress Quickly

1965

The Stately Ghosts of England

70%

Herself

1965

Murder Ahoy

71%

Miss Jane Marple

1964

Murder Most Foul

71%

Miss Jane Marple

1964

The V.I.P.s

61%

The Duchess of Brighton

1963

Murder at the Gallop

71%

Miss Jane Marple

1963

The Mouse on the Moon

63%

Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII

1963

Zero One

60%

Unknown

1962

The Merv Griffin Show

68%

Self

1962

Murder She Said

73%

Miss Jane Marple

1961

On the Double

70%

Lady Vivian

1961

I'm All Right Jack

66%

Aunt Dolly

1959

Just My Luck

61%

Mrs. Dooley

1957

The Smallest Show on Earth

67%

Mrs. Fazackalee

1957

An Alligator Named Daisy

64%

Prudence Croquet

1955

Aunt Clara

50%

Clara Hilton

1954

Mad About Men

65%

Nurse Carey

1954

Trouble in Store

61%

Miss Bacon

1953

Innocents in Paris

52%

Gwladys Inglott

1953

The Runaway Bus

62%

Miss Cynthia Beeston

1953

Miss Robin Hood

81%

Heather Honey

1952