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Dame Margaret Rutherford
Birth name	Margaret Rutherford
Born	May 11, 1892(1892-05-11) Balham, London, England
Died	May 22, 1972 (aged 80) aged 80 Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, England
Spouse(s)	Stringer Davis (1945-1972)
Awards Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 1963 The V.I.P.s Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1964 The V.I.P.s

Dame Margaret Rutherford DBE (11 May 1892–22 May 1972) was an English Academy Award-winning 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. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... , Balham is a neighbourhood in South London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Chalfonts are a group of three villages in south east Buckinghamshire, England. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Stringer Davis (born June 4, 1896 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, died August 29, 1973 in Chalfont St. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The V.I.P.s is a 1963 film written by Terence Rattigan and directed by Anthony Asquith. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year. ... The V.I.P.s is a 1963 film written by Terence Rattigan and directed by Anthony Asquith. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Noël Peirce Coward (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was an Academy Award winning English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ... Blithe Spirit (1941) is a comic play written by Noel Coward. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde, a comedy of manners on the seriousness of society in either three or four acts (depending on edition) inspired by W. S. Gilberts Engaged. ...

Biography

Born in the South London suburb of Balham she was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. William Rutherford Benn. Her father suffered from mental illness for many years. He was also known as William Rutherford. On 4 March 1883 he murdered his own father, the Reverend Julius Benn, by battering him to death. In 1904 he was re-admitted to Broadmoor (see[1]), presumably for the remainder of his life. , Balham is a neighbourhood in South London. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Broadmoor may refer to several different places: Broadmoor Hospital, a British secure hospital for the criminally insane Broadmoor Hotel, a five-star resort located in Colorado Springs, Colorado Broadmoor, California This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

She made her stage debut in 1925 at the Old Vic. However, her appearance was such that romantic heroines were almost out of the question, and she soon established her name in comedy, appearing in many of the most successful British films of the mid-20th century. In most of these films, she had originally played the role on stage. She married the actor Stringer Davis in 1945. They were married by proxy because Stringer was away in the army. They often appeared together in films. The exterior of the Old Vic from the corner of Baylis Road and Waterloo Road. ... Stringer Davis (born June 4, 1896 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, died August 29, 1973 in Chalfont St. ...

In the 1950s, Rutherford and Stringer adopted the writer Gordon Langley Hall, then in his 20s. Hall later had gender reassignment surgery and became Dawn Langley Simmons, under which name she wrote a biography of Rutherford in 1983.

In 1961, she first played the film role with which she was most often associated in later life, that of Miss Marple in a series of films loosely-based on the novels of Agatha Christie. Margaret's portrayal of Miss Maple was so well received by audiences around the world. That to this day, many feel that she is the ONLY Miss Marple. She took great umbrage when she learned that Christie herself had expressed concerns about Rutherford's ample figure , as Miss Marple was usually described as a trim, tallish spinster Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christies crime novels. ... Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), mainly known as Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. ... Old maid redirects here. ...

Rutherford won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and Golden Globe for The V.I.P.s (1963), as the absent-minded Duchess of Brighton, opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, but she did not appear in person at the telecast to receive the award. Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of film or theatre professionals in recognition of the work of supporting and character actors. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The V.I.P.s is a 1963 film written by Terence Rattigan and directed by Anthony Asquith. ... For other persons named Elizabeth Taylor, see Elizabeth Taylor (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Richard Burton, see Richard Burton (disambiguation). ...

She was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961, and raised to Dame Commander (DBE) in 1967. Rutherford was a cousin of the radical left-wing Labour politician Tony Benn. She suffered from Alzheimer's disease at the end of her life. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... Anthony Tony Neil Wedgwood Benn (born 3 April 1925), formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British socialist politician. ...

She is buried along with her husband, Stringer Davis, in the graveyard of St. James Church, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England. , Gerrards Cross is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ...

Selected filmography

• Blithe Spirit (1945) (in which she played Madame Arcati)
• Passport to Pimlico (1949)
• The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) (in which she played Miss Prism)
• Aunt Clara (1954)
• I'm All Right Jack (1959)
• Murder, She Said (1961)
• Murder at the Gallop (1963)
• The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
• The V.I.P.s (1963) (Best Supporting Actress Oscar)
• Murder Most Foul (1964)
• Murder Ahoy! (1964)
• Chimes at Midnight (1965)
• The Alphabet Murders (1965)

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Awards

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Biography

• Margaret Rutherford. A Blithe Spirit by Dawn Langley Simmons. London, 1983.

External links

• Margaret Rutherford at the Internet Movie Database