
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

A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
as Miss Gaulswallow

Murder Most Foul (1964)
as Miss Jane Marple

Chimes at Midnight (1965)
as Mistress Quickly

Murder She Said (1961)
as Miss Jane Marple

Murder at the Gallop (1963)
as Miss Jane Marple

Blithe Spirit (1945)
as Madame Arcati

The V.I.P.s (1963)
as The Duchess of Brighton

Arabella (1967)
as Princess Ilaria

Murder Ahoy (1964)
as Miss Jane Marple

Curtain Up (1952)
as Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire

The Alphabet Murders (1965)
as Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
as Miss Prism

The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
as Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII

I'm All Right Jack (1959)
as Aunt Dolly

Passport to Pimlico (1949)
as Professor Hatton-Jones

The Magic Box (1952)
as Lady Pond

Big Fella (1938)
as Nanny (uncredited)

On the Double (1961)
as Lady Vivian

An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
as Prudence Croquet

Mad About Men (1954)
as Nurse Carey

Aunt Clara (1954)
as Clara Hilton

The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
as Muriel Whitchurch

Meet Me at Dawn (1947)
as Madame Vernorel

Just My Luck (1957)
as Mrs. Dooley

English Without Tears (1944)
as Lady Christabel Beauclerk

Miranda (1948)
as Nurse Carey

Miss Robin Hood (1952)
as Heather Honey

The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
as Mrs. Fazackalee

Beauty and the Barge (1937)
as Mrs. Baldwin

The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970)
as Grandma (scenes deleted)

The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967)
as Mother Goose (voice)

Innocents in Paris (1953)
as Gwladys Inglott

The Demi-Paradise (1943)
as Rowena Ventnor

Her Favourite Husband (1950)
as Mrs. Dotherington

Talk of the Devil (1936)
Actor

Dusty Ermine (1936)
as Evelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby

Yellow Canary (1943)
as Mrs. Towcester

Quiet Wedding (1941)
as Second Magistrate

Trouble in Store (1953)
as Miss Bacon

The Runaway Bus (1953)
as Miss Cynthia Beeston

Spring Meeting (1941)
as Aunt Bijou

Castle in the Air (1952)
as Miss Nicholson
Catch as Catch Can (1937)
as 'Crafty' Maggie Carberry

While the Sun Shines (1947)
as Dr. Winifred Frye

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford (2012)
as Self (archive footage)

To See Such Fun (1977)
Actor
The Stately Ghosts of England (1965)
as Herself





