Actress. Despite having an acting career that lasted from 1936 to 1967 and encompassed roles in the theater and in motion pictures, she is best remembered for her performances late in her career as ‘Miss Marple,’ the fictional elderly amateur detective created by crime-novelist Agatha Christie. The character had been popular since 1930, but it wasn’t until Dame Rutherford’s portrayal in 1961’s “Murder, She Said” that she first appeared in films. Margaret Rutherford had appeared in twelve movie roles prior to her appearance in 1945’s “Blithe Spirit” as ‘Madame Arcati’ that established her as an actress. In the 1950s she starred in a number of successful comedies before assuming the ‘Miss Marple’ role, which she appeared as in five movies. In 1963 her performance as ‘The Duchess of Brighton” in motion picture director Anthony Asquith’s “The V.I.P.S” won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was appointed first as as Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1961, then as a Dame Commander in 1967.
Actress. Despite having an acting career that lasted from 1936 to 1967 and encompassed roles in the theater and in motion pictures, she is best remembered for her performances late in her career as ‘Miss Marple,’ the fictional elderly amateur detective created by crime-novelist Agatha Christie. The character had been popular since 1930, but it wasn’t until Dame Rutherford’s portrayal in 1961’s “Murder, She Said” that she first appeared in films. Margaret Rutherford had appeared in twelve movie roles prior to her appearance in 1945’s “Blithe Spirit” as ‘Madame Arcati’ that established her as an actress. In the 1950s she starred in a number of successful comedies before assuming the ‘Miss Marple’ role, which she appeared as in five movies. In 1963 her performance as ‘The Duchess of Brighton” in motion picture director Anthony Asquith’s “The V.I.P.S” won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was appointed first as as Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1961, then as a Dame Commander in 1967.
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To The Loved Memory Of
Margaret Rutherford D. B. E.
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(Dear Wife of J.B. Stringer Davis)
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