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Margaret Rutherford is best known for her role of Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's murder series. In these films, the character that she depicted was of a bold and eccentric nature, which was a deviation from Christie’s original creation.
Born Margaret Taylor Rutherford on May 11, 1892, at 15 Dornton Road, Balham, England; died on May 22, 1972, at Chalfont St. Peter, England; daughter of William Rutherford Benn and Florence (Nicholson) Benn; married (James Buckley) Stringer Davis (an actor), on March 26, 1945; children: adopted four children, including writer Dawn Langley Hall ...
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.She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role as the Duchess of Brighton in The V.I.P.s (1963).
Her husband, Stringer Davis, portrayed Mr. Stringer in her four Miss Marple films and appeared with her in other films as well. She was the daughter of William Benn and Florence Nicholson. In 1883, nine years before her birth, her father murdered her grandfather.
Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. 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 Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.
Despite Rutherford's appearances in more than 40 films, it is as Madame Arcati and Miss Jane Marple that she will best be remembered. Born May 11, 1892 Died May 22, 1972 (80)
American stage and screen actress, Helen Hayes, portrayed Miss Marple in two American television films near the end of her decades-long acting career, both for CBS: A Caribbean Mystery (1983) and Murder with Mirrors (1985).
