Died 1972-05-22.
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Margaret Rutherford
Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford was an English actress of stage, films and television.
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entertainment · English actress (1892–1972) · character actor · stage actor · film actor · also Margaret Rutherford, Dame Margaret Rutherford, Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, Dame Margaret (Taylor) Rutherford, Rutherford
Born 11 May 1892 · Died 22 May 1972 · Q230143
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1972· 1 entry
1967· 1 entry
Awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1967).
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The V.I.P.s (1964).
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1963· 1 entry
Christie dedicated her novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side "To Margaret Rutherford in admiration", though the novelist was critical of the films for diverging from her original plots and playing dramatic scenes fo
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1948· 2 entries
And classical roles such as Madame Desmortes in Ring Round the Moon at the Globe Theatre, 1950, Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World at Lyric Hammersmith, 1953 and Saville Theatres, in 1956, and Mrs
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Was awarded a Special Tony Award for Outstanding Foreign Company as a cast member of The Importance of Being Earnest, and she later won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best S
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1946· 1 entry
And Lady Bracknell when the same play transferred to New York City in 1947
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1945· 1 entry
Rutherford, 53, married character actor Stringer Davis, 46, after a courtship that lasted 15 years
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1941· 1 entry
Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit opened on the London stage at the Piccadilly Theatre, with Coward directing
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1936· 1 entry
It was Rutherford's turn as Madame Arcati in David Lean's film of Blithe Spirit (1945) that established her in films
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1933· 2 entries
But her talent was not recognised by the critics until her performance as Miss Prism in John Gielgud's production of The Importance of Being Earnest at the Globe Theatre in 1939
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“s West End in 1933, but her talent was not recognised by the critics until her performance as Miss Prism in John Gielgud”
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1903· 1 entry
And remained there until his death on 4 August 1921
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1892· 1 entry
Born 1892-05-11.
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