Margaret Rutherford

Dame Margaret Rutherford DBE
Rutherford c. 1960
Born	Margaret Taylor Rutherford (1892-05-11)11 May 1892 Balham, London, England
Died	22 May 1972(1972-05-22) (aged 80) Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, England
Resting place	St. James's Church, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1925–1967
Spouse	Stringer Davis ​ (m. 1945)​
Parent(s)	William Rutherford Benn Florence Nicholson
Relatives	Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet (uncle)

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. In 1948, she was awarded with Special Tony Award for Outstanding Foreign Company as a The Importance of Being Earnest cast member and later won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 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.