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

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

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2012Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford — Self (archive footage)
• 1965The Stately Ghosts of England — Herself
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self