Margaret Rutherford
Birthday: 1892-05-11
Place of Birth: Balham, London, England, UK
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. 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.
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Chimes at Midnight
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a reb...
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Murder She Said
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence...
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Murder at the Gallop
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby...
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Murder Most Foul
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she ...
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Murder Ahoy
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been p...
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A Countess from Hong Kong
A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York....
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Passport to Pimlico
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and d...
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is f...
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The Alphabet Murders
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims...
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I'm All Right Jack
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at...
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The Smallest Show on Earth
Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegra...
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The V.I.P.s
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal tri...
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Just My Luck
Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dre...
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Trouble in Store
Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't...
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Yellow Canary
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent....
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The Mouse on the Moon
Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the ca...
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Blithe Spirit
A harmless séance at a novelist's home summons the ghost of his glamorous first wife....
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The Magic Box
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a...
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The Runaway Bus
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a ...
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The Happiest Days of Your Life
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to b...
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On the Double
American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel Mac...
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Miranda
A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London....
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Mad About Men
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well u...
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Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
The true life story of Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972) is in fact much more eccentric than the most ...
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English Without Tears
While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial ri...
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Innocents in Paris
Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend....
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Dusty Ermine
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an ...
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The Wacky World of Mother Goose
In this animated children's film, Mother Goose and her fairytale friends must stop a group of sneaky...
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Miss Robin Hood
In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls finds hi...
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Quiet Wedding
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day....
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An Alligator Named Daisy
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger...
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The Demi-Paradise
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the ...
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Castle in the Air
The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He d...
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Arabella
A young woman uses her womanly wiles to seduce older men in order to aid her debt-ridden grandmother...
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Big Fella
Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missi...
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Curtain Up
In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the fol...
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Aunt Clara
A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyh...
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Her Favourite Husband
While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exa...
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Spring Meeting
Tiny Fox-Collier and her son, Tony, are broke. A cheery and handsome young man about town, Tony know...
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Beauty and the Barge
A young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him she decides to flee the...
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Meet Me at Dawn
A young man makes his living in Paris in 1900 by fighting duels on behalf of other parties. He is hi...
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Talk of the Devil
A ruthless businessman tries to steal his brother's successful shipping company. He hires a gifted m...
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The Stately Ghosts of England
A documentary-style TV programme made by NBC in which Margaret Rutherford and her husband Stringer D...
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Catch as Catch Can
Undercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on trans...
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While the Sun Shines
Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to ma...
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The Virgin and the Gypsy
Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1...
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