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Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, DBE (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English actress of stage, film and television. She came to national attention following World War II in the film adaptations of Noël Coward 's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde 's The Importance of Being Earnest.
Margaret Rutherford. Actress: The V.I.P.s. Rare is the reference to Margaret Rutherford that doesn't characterize her as either jut-chinned, eccentric, or both.
Jan 1, 2015 · Margaret Rutherford will always be known as the battleaxe of black and white British cinema. Film buff James Oliver explores her career in pictures.
Mar 5, 2024 · Dame Margaret Rutherford, a famed British actress known for her eccentric and distinctive on-screen presence, delivered outstanding performances in numerous classic films throughout her career.
Margaret Rutherford. Actress: The V.I.P.s. Rare is the reference to Margaret Rutherford that doesn't characterize her as either jut-chinned, eccentric, or both.
May 18, 2024 · Dame Margaret Rutherford (born May 11, 1892, London, Eng.—died May 22, 1972, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire) was an actress who was popular on the British stage and screen from the 1930s in roles as a lovable English eccentric.
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.
Gifted, endearing character player, in films since the mid-1930s. A master scene-stealer, Rutherford personified the eccentric English spinster in a number of famous comedies, including David Lean's classic "Blithe Spirit" (1945), as the enthusiastic, bicycle-riding psychic, Madame Arcati. In...
Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, was an English actress of stage, film and television.
Margaret Rutherford was a much-loved English comic character actress, her quiddity summed up in The Demi-Paradise (d. Anthony Asquith, 1943) where Penelope Dudley Ward tries to explain her to Olivier's Russian visitor and ends up just laughing helplessly "Well, you've seen her for yourself!"
