Margaret Rutherford

1892-1972

Biography: life and films

Margaret Rutherford was an English actress. She was born in Balham, London, England on 11th May 1892 and died in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England on 22nd May 1972, aged 80.

Her best films as an actor include David Lean's comedy Blithe Spirit (1945), Henry Cass's Castle in the Air (1952), George Pollock's Murder She Said (1961), Murder at the Gallop (1963) and Orson Welles's Campanadas a medianoche (1965).

Margaret Rutherford appeared in 46 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Anthony Asquith (5 films), George Pollock (4), John Paddy Carstairs (3), Mario Soldati (2) and Jules Bass (2).

Her most frequent genres include: comedy (29 films), comedy-drama (7), drama (6), comedy-romance (6), War (3), Fantasy (3), romance (2), Thriller (2) and Animation (2).

Our average rating for Margaret Rutherford over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Dusty Ermine (1936) [a]

Talk of the Devil (1936) [a]

Troubled Waters (1936) [a]

Beauty and the Barge (1937) [a]

Big Fella (1937) [a]

Catch As Catch Can (1937) [a]

Missing, Believed Married (1937) [a]

Quiet Wedding (1941) [a]

Spring Meeting (1941) [a]

The Demi-Paradise (1943) [a]

Yellow Canary (1943) [a]

English Without Tears (1944) [a]

Blithe Spirit (1945) [a]

Meet Me at Dawn (1947) [a]

While the Sun Shines (1947) [a]

Miranda (1948) [a]

Passport to Pimlico (1949) [a]

Her Favourite Husband (1950) [a]

The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) [a]

Castle in the Air (1952) [a]

Curtain Up (1952) [a]

Miss Robin Hood (1952) [a]

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) [a]

Innocents in Paris (1953) [a]

Trouble in Store (1953) [a]

Aunt Clara (1954) [a]

Mad About Men (1954) [a]

The Runaway Bus (1954) [a]

An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) [a]

Just My Luck (1957) [a]

The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) [a]

I'm All Right Jack (1959) [a]

Murder She Said (1961) [a]

On the Double (1961) [a]

Murder at the Gallop (1963) [a]

The Mouse on the Moon (1963) [a]

The V.I.P.s (1963) [a]

Murder Ahoy (1964) [a]

Murder Most Foul (1964) [a]

Campanadas a medianoche (1965) [a]

The Alphabet Murders (1965) [a]

Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (1965) [a]

A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) [a]

Arabella (1967) [a]

The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967) [a]

Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967) [a]



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