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Margaret Rutherford was born in 1892 in Balham, the only child of William Rutherford Benn and his second wife Florence, née Nicholson. Her father's brother Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet was a British politician, and her first cousin once removed is British politician Tony Benn. As an infant, Margaret Rutherford and her parents moved to India.
Margaret was the only child of William Rutherford Benn and his wife, the former Florence Nicholson. Wikipedia tells us that Rutherford’s father suffered from mental illness and had a nervous breakdown on his honeymoon, afterward being confined to an asylum. He was eventually released on holiday and on 4 March 1883 he murdered his father ...
Years active. 1938–1973. Spouse. Margaret Rutherford. . . ( m. 1945; died 1972) . James Buckley Stringer Davis, generally known as Stringer Davis (4 June 1899 – 29 August 1973), was an English character actor on the stage and in films, and a British army officer who served in both world wars. He was married to actress Margaret Rutherford.
Sep 5, 2018 · Margaret Rutherford is a rather gung-ho Miss Marple and Robert Morley plays the silly, snobby Hector Enderby. As it was made for US audiences, they introduced Stringer Davis (Rutherford's real-life husband) as a mild love interest. It doesn't detract from the story. It's great fun, the lighting is excellent, and the story is a good one. Worth ...
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Margaret Rutherford is a formidable and fearless presence as she tries to solve these four cases, and though not the model Marple, she really does make the role her own. The first film, Murder, She Said , is the only one based on a Miss Marple novel ( The 4:50 from Paddington ).
Oct 4, 2019 · Murder, Margaret and Me is the story of an unlikely friendship between famed actress Margaret Rutherford and world-renowned Queen of Crime Agatha Christie. In the early sixties, these two national ...
Oct 28, 2015 · The movies which easily fit within these presumed restrictions, under the guise of relaxed escapism, are the four Agatha Christie mysteries British/M-G-M made in the mid-’60s, starring the elderly, rotund Margaret Rutherford, then in her early seventies.
