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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. Rutherford 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Rutherford is the 656th most popular actor (down from 608th in 2019), the 908th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 751st in 2019) and the 102nd most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Margaret Rutherford ranks 656 out of 13,578. Before her are Mildred Harris, Hattie McDaniel, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ron Howard, John Gielgud, and Katharina Schratt. After her are Wesley Snipes, Olga Kurylenko, Richard S. Castellano, Edward Norton, Christian Bale, and Cybill Shepherd.

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Among people born in 1892, Margaret Rutherford ranks 52. Before her are József Mindszenty, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Alexandre Koyré, V. Gordon Childe, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, and Kang Pan-sok. After her are Nikolai Kondratiev, E. H. Carr, Oswald Pohl, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Edith Södergran, and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria. Among people deceased in 1972, Margaret Rutherford ranks 33. Before her are Maurice Chevalier, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Erhard Milch, Heinrich Lübke, Erwin Bowien, and Henri Coandă. After her are Ghassan Kanafani, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Jackie Robinson, Antonio Segni, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, and Emil Maurice.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Margaret Rutherford ranks 908 out of 8,785. Before her are John Pell (1611), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), John Gielgud (1904), Banksy (1970), Anne Conway (1631), and John Pople (1925). After her are Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511), Graham Taylor (1944), Peter Mansfield (1933), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), William Huggins (1824), and Louise of Great Britain (1724).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Margaret Rutherford ranks 102. Before her are Jude Law (1972), Rex Harrison (1908), David McCallum (1933), Bernard Hill (1944), Peter Finch (1916), and John Gielgud (1904). After her are Christian Bale (1974), Jim Broadbent (1949), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Ray Milland (1907), Naomi Watts (1968), and Peter Cushing (1913).

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