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