Margaret Rutherford
Actor, Film actor
1892 – 1972
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Who was Margaret Rutherford?
Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, DBE was an English character actress, who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. In 1963 she won the best supporting actress Oscar as The Duchess of Brighton in The VIPs. Rutherford was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1961 and a Dame Commander in 1967.
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- Born
- May 11, 1892
Balham - Also known as
- Margaret Taylor Rutherford
- Dame Margaret Rutherford
- Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, DBE
- Parents
- Spouses
- Stringer Davis
(1945 - 1972/05/22)
- Stringer Davis
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Wimbledon High School
- Lived in
- Balham
- Died
- May 22, 1972
Chalfont St Peter
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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