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.
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Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a...
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Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't...
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Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegra...
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Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at...
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Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence...
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American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel Mac...
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Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the ca...
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Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby...
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Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal tri...
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During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been p...
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A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she ...
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The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims...
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Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a reb...
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A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York....
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) | Miss Gaulswallow | 5 | |
| 2 | The Alphabet Murders (1965) | Miss Jane Marple (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 3 | Chimes at Midnight (1965) | Mistress Quickly | 5 | |
| 4 | Murder Ahoy (1964) | Miss Jane Marple | 7 | |
| 5 | Murder Most Foul (1964) | Miss Jane Marple | 7 | |
| 6 | The Mouse on the Moon (1963) | Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII | - | - |
| 7 | Murder at the Gallop (1963) | Miss Jane Marple | 7.5 | |
| 8 | The V.I.P.s (1963) | The Duchess of Brighton | 7 | |
| 9 | Murder She Said (1961) | Miss Jane Marple | 6.3 | |
| 10 | On the Double (1961) | Lady Vivian | 8 | |
| 11 | I'm All Right Jack (1959) | Aunt Dolly | 5 | |
| 12 | The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) | Mrs. Fazackalee | - | - |
| 13 | Trouble in Store (1953) | Miss Bacon | 8 | |
| 14 | The Runaway Bus (1953) | Miss Cynthia Beeston | 6 | |
| 15 | The Magic Box (1952) | Lady Pond | - | - |
| 16 | The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) | Miss Prism | 6 | |
| 17 | The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) | Muriel Whitchurch | 5 | |
| 18 | Miranda (1948) | Nurse Carey | 7 | |
| 19 | Blithe Spirit (1945) | Madame Arcati | 4.7 | |
| 20 | The Demi-Paradise (1943) | Rowena Ventnor | - | - |
| 21 | Quiet Wedding (1941) | Second Magistrate | 5 |

