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Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, DBE (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English actress of stage, film and television. She came to national attention following World War II in the film adaptations of Noël Coward 's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde 's The Importance of Being Earnest.
Jun 27, 2024 · Dame Margaret Rutherford (born May 11, 1892, London, Eng.—died May 22, 1972, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire) was an actress who was popular on the British stage and screen from the 1930s in roles as a lovable English eccentric.
Rutherford began her acting career first as a student at London's Old Vic, debuting on stage in 1925. In 1933, she first appeared in the West End at the not-so-tender age of 41. She had made her screen debut in 1936 portraying Miss Butterby in the Twickenham-Wardour production of Hideout in the Alps (1936).
Margaret Rutherford was an Oscar-winning British actress who mesmerized the audience with her memorable performances both on stage and screen. Read this biography to know her birthday, childhood, family life, achievements and other fun facts.
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In the early 1960s, She starred as Agatha Christie's character Miss Marple in a series of four George Pollock films. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961 and a Dame Commander (DBE) in 1967. Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, was an English actress of stage, film and television.
Rutherford began her acting career first as a student at London's Old Vic, debuting on stage in 1925. In 1933, she first appeared in the West End at the not-so-tender age of 41. She had made her screen debut in 1936 portraying Miss Butterby in the Twickenham-Wardour production of Hideout in the Alps (1936) .
Short biography. Margaret Rutherford. was the daughter of William Benn and Florence Rutherford († 1895). Her father was considered insane: he slew on March 4th, 1883 his own father the Reverend Julius Benn with a chamber pot. In 1904 he was sent to the Broadmoor Hospital for criminally insane and was not released until seven years later into ...
Jan 1, 2015 · 3 min read. Margaret Rutherford will always be known as the harmless battleaxe of black and white British cinema. Not only was she one of the great performers of her age, but also one of the most loved. Film buff James Oliver takes us on a journey through her career in pictures.
Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford DBE (May 11, 1892 – May 22, 1972) was an English character actress. She usually played eccentric characters in movies. Her first movie was in 1936. She became known for playing Madame Arcati in the 1945 movie Blithe Spirit.
Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford DBE (May 11, 1892 – May 22, 1972) was an English character actress. She usually played eccentric characters in movies. Her first movie was in 1936. She became known for playing Madame Arcati in the 1945 movie Blithe Spirit.
But back to Margaret herself – Rutherford made her first appearance in London’s West End theatres in 1933 but her talent was not recognised by the critics until her performance as Miss Prism in the play ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ (1939).
Margaret Rutherford was a much-loved English comic character actress, her quiddity summed up in The Demi-Paradise (d. Anthony Asquith, 1943) where Penelope Dudley Ward tries to explain her to Olivier's Russian visitor and ends up just laughing helplessly "Well, you've seen her for yourself!"
Biography. 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.
Feb 14, 2019 · Oscar Profile #431: Margaret Rutherford. Born May 11, 1892 in London, England, Margaret Rutherford was the only child of William Rutherford Benn, a journalist and poet and his wife, Florence. Her parents were married in 1882.
Rutherford was a bulky, eccentric comedic supporting player of British films and plays. Following a number of years spent as a speech and piano teacher, she trained at the Old Vic and debuted onstage in 1925, when she was in her 30s; it was 1933 before she appeared in London.
Jan 26, 2023 · Margaret Rutherford: an autobiography; by. Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972. Publication date. 1972. Topics. Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972, Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography. Publisher. London, W. H. Allen.
May 11, 1892 — May 22, 1972 • 80 y.o. (132) Actress. Facts. Rutherford's early life was overshadowed by tragedies involving both of her parents. Her father, journalist and poet William Rutherford Benn, married Florence Nicholson on 16 December 1882 in Wandsworth, South London.
Find bio, credits and filmography information for Margaret Rutherford on AllMovie - Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, was an English actress of stage, television and film. She first…
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.
Jan 1, 2010 · Margaret Rutherford was without a doubt one of Britain's best-loved comic actresses. But behind the kindly, serene front Rutherford presented to the world lay a life of trauma and repeated nervous breakdown - the legacy of the legacy of family tragedy that saw her father murder her grandfather during a bout of mental illness and her depressive ...
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Jun 30, 2024 · British author Andy Merriman has penned a fine biography of Rutherford. It’s titled “Margaret Rutherford: Dreadnought with Good Manners.” It’s a very detailed account of her life.
Murder She said is a 1961 comedy/murder mystery film directed by George Pollock, based on the 1957 novel 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie. The production stars Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, along with Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, James Robertson Justice, and Stringer Davis (Rutherford's husband).
