ACTOR

Margaret Rutherford

1892 - 1972

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Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford (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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Rutherford has received more than 2,323,060 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Rutherford is the 608th most popular actor (down from 581st in 2019), the 751st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 741st in 2019) and the 92nd most popular British Actor.

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  • 47

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Margaret Rutherford ranks 608 out of 13,578. Before her are Dean Reed, Marlène Jobert, Robert Vaughn, Idina Menzel, Akshay Kumar, and Mark Wahlberg. After her are Coluche, Meg Ryan, Shelley Duvall, James Gandolfini, Benicio del Toro, and Jim Belushi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Margaret Rutherford ranks 52. Before her are Alexandre Koyré, Nikolai Kondratiev, V. Gordon Childe, Mary Pickford, József Mindszenty, and E. H. Carr. After her are Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Mikhail Kirponos, Juan Negrín, Oswald Pohl, and Erich Auerbach. Among people deceased in 1972, Margaret Rutherford ranks 33. Before her are Max Theiler, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Ghassan Kanafani, Georg von Békésy, Emil Maurice, and Henri Coandă. After her are Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Jackie Robinson, Antonio Segni, Ferdinand Čatloš, Said bin Taimur, and Lale Andersen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Margaret Rutherford ranks 751 out of 8,785. Before her are John Macleod (1876), Andrew Huxley (1917), Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), E. H. Carr (1892), Louise of Great Britain (1724), and Edgar F. Codd (1923). After her are Mike Hawthorn (1929), Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508), Banksy (1970), William Holman Hunt (1827), H. Rider Haggard (1856), and James Hadley Chase (1906).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Margaret Rutherford ranks 92. Before her are Jim Broadbent (1949), Oliver Reed (1938), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Deborah Kerr (1921), Jude Law (1972), and Alfred Molina (1953). After her are Bernard Hill (1944), Rachel Weisz (1970), Ian McDiarmid (1944), Jean Simmons (1929), Richard Wilson (1936), and Julie Walters (1950).

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Television and Movie Roles

Murder She Said
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
Sep 26th 19617.259 / 10
Murder at the Gallop
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.
Jun 24th 19636.953 / 10
Murder Most Foul
Miss Jane Marple
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.
Mar 1st 19646.963 / 10