Margaret Rutherford
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Zero One
1962
Film
A Countess from Hong Kong
Miss Gaulswallow
1967
Film
Murder She Said
Miss Jane Marple
1961
Film
Chimes at Midnight
Mistress Quickly
1965
Film
Murder at the Gallop
Miss Jane Marple
1963
Film
Murder Ahoy
Miss Jane Marple
1964
Film
Murder Most Foul
Miss Jane Marple
1964
Film
Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
1945
Film
The Alphabet Murders
Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)
1965
Film
I'm All Right Jack
Aunt Dolly
1959
Film
The V.I.P.s
The Duchess of Brighton
1963
Film
Arabella
Princess Ilaria
1967
Film
Passport to Pimlico
Professor Hatton-Jones
1949
Film
Big Fella
Nanny (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Mouse on the Moon
Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII
1963
Film
Innocents in Paris
Gwladys Inglott
1953
Film
The Importance of Being Earnest
Miss Prism
1952
Film
Curtain Up
Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire
1952
Film
Mad About Men
Nurse Carey
1954
Film
The Magic Box
Lady Pond
1952
Film
The Runaway Bus
Miss Cynthia Beeston
1953
Film
English Without Tears
Lady Christabel Beauclerk
1944
Film
Miss Robin Hood
Heather Honey
1952
Film
The Virgin and the Gypsy
Grandma (scenes deleted)
1970
Film
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Muriel Whitchurch
1950
Film
The Demi-Paradise
Rowena Ventnor
1943
Film
On the Double
Lady Vivian
1961
Film
An Alligator Named Daisy
Prudence Croquet
1955
Film
Aunt Clara
Clara Hilton
1954
Film
Meet Me at Dawn
Madame Vernorel
1947
Film
Beauty and the Barge
Mrs. Baldwin
1937
Film
Miranda
Nurse Carey
1948
Film
The Smallest Show on Earth
Mrs. Fazackalee
1957
Film
Quiet Wedding
Second Magistrate
1941
Film
Trouble in Store
Miss Bacon
1953
Film
Just My Luck
Mrs. Dooley
1957
Film
Yellow Canary
Mrs. Towcester
1943
Film
Dusty Ermine
Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby
1936
Film
Talk of the Devil
1936
Film
The Wacky World of Mother Goose
Mother Goose (voice)
1967
Film
While the Sun Shines
Dr. Winifred Frye
1947
Film
Her Favourite Husband
Mrs. Dotherington
1950
Film
Spring Meeting
Aunt Bijou
1941
Catch as Catch Can
'Crafty' Maggie Carberry
1937
Film
To See Such Fun
1977
Film
Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Castle in the Air
Miss Nicholson
1952
The Stately Ghosts of England
Herself
1965