Happy Birthday: 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). In the early 1960s, she starred as Agatha Christie's character Miss Marple in a series of four George Pollock films. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961 and a Dame Commander (DBE) in 1967.
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Looks a bit like Mrs Cropley in Vicar of Dibley, but not quite enough.
She was *fantastic* in the roles I've seen her in. If you haven't seen 'Blithe Spirit' you should schedule it in. It's HILARIOUS. I think she might have been my introduction to Miss Marple too.
Happy Birthday, Dame Margaret! I don't think I've seen many of her films, but she was great in both Blithe Spirit and The Importance of Being Earnest.
Oh, I LOVED her in 'Blithe Spirit'... [lol] Imagine *knowing* or living near 'Madame Arcati'...??? Never ending chaotic FUN. I SO loved her enthusiasm in that film. It must have been exhausting for her (and everyone around her!).
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