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