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Margaret Rutherford is a Actor British born on 11 may 1892 at London (United-kingdom)

Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford
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Birth name Margaret Taylor Rutherford
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 may 1892 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 22 may 1972 (at 80 years) at Chalfont St Peter (United-kingdom)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

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 Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. In 1963 she won the best supporting actress Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role as The Duchess of Brighton in The VIPs. Rutherford was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961 and a Dame Commander (DBE) in 1967.

Biography

In 1945, Rutherford, 53, married character actor Stringer Davis, 46, after a courtship that lasted for 15 years. Davis' mother reportedly considered Rutherford an unsuitable match for her son and nuptials were postponed until Mrs Davis' demise. Subsequently, the couple appeared in many productions together. Davis adored Rutherford, with one friend noting: "For him she was not only a great talent but, above all, a beauty." The ex-serviceman and actor rarely left his wife's side, serving Rutherford as private secretary, gofer and general dogsbody. More importantly, he nursed and comforted her through periodic debilitating depressions. These illnesses, sometimes involving stays in mental hospitals and electric shock treatment, were kept hidden from the press during Rutherford's life. The Marple films capture something of the couple's public personae as projected in the media at the time: their cozy domesticity, erratic housekeeping and almost childlike innocence and affection.

In the 1950s, Rutherford and Davis unofficially adopted the writer Gordon Langley Hall, then in his twenties. Hall later had gender reassignment surgery and became Dawn Langley Simmons, under which name she wrote a biography of Rutherford in 1983. Famously, in the film 'Withnail & I' Paul McGann's character was filmed reading about Hall's story in a tabloid newspaper during the breakfast cafe scene near the beginning of the film.

Best films

Blithe Spirit (1945)
(Actress)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Margaret Rutherford (46 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
1967The Wacky World of Mother GooseActressMother Goose (voice)
1967ArabellaActressPrincess Ilaria
1967A Countess from Hong KongActressMiss Gaulswallow
1967ArabellaActressPrincess Ilaria
1965Chimes at MidnightActressMistress Quickly
1965The Alphabet MurdersActressMiss Jane Marple (uncredited)
1964Murder Most FoulActressMiss Jane Marple
1964Murder AhoyActressMiss Jane Marple
1963The V.I.P.sActressThe Duchess of Brighton
1963Murder at the GallopActressMiss Jane Marple
1963The Mouse on the MoonActressGrand Duchess Gloriana XIII
1961Murder She SaidActressMiss Jane Marple
1961On the DoubleActressLady Vivian
1961On the DoubleActressLady Vivian
1959I'm All Right JackActressAunt Dolly
1957Just My LuckActressMrs. Dooley
1957The Smallest Show on EarthActressMrs. Fazackalee
1955An Alligator Named DaisyActressPrudence Croquet
1954Aunt ClaraActressClara Hilton
1954Mad About MenActressNurse Carey
1953Trouble in StoreActressMiss Bacon
1953The Runaway BusActressMiss Cynthia Beeston
1953Innocents in ParisActressGwladys Inglott
1952The Importance of Being EarnestActressMiss Prism
1952The Magic BoxActressLady Pond
1952Castle in the AirActressMiss Nicholson
1952Miss Robin HoodActressMiss Honey
1952Curtain UpActressCatherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire
1950The Happiest Days of Your LifeActressMuriel Whitchurch
1950Her Favourite HusbandActressMrs. Dotherington
1949Passport to PimlicoActressProfessor Hatton-Jones
1948MirandaActressNurse Carey
1947While the Sun ShinesActressDr. Winifred Frye
1947Meet Me at DawnActressMadame Vernorel
1945Blithe SpiritActressMadame Arcati
1944English Without TearsActressLady Christabel Beauclerk
1943The Demi-ParadiseActressRowena Ventnor
1943Yellow CanaryActressMrs. Towcester
1941Quiet WeddingActressSecond Magistrate
1941Spring MeetingActressAunt Bijou
1941Quiet WeddingActressSecond Magistrate
1938Big FellaActressNanny (uncredited)
1937Beauty and the BargeActressMrs. Baldwin
1937Catch as Catch CanActress'Crafty' Maggie Carberry
1936Talk of the DevilActressHousekeeper
1936Dusty ErmineActressEvelyn Summers aka Miss Butterby