Μάργκαρετ Ράδερφορντ

Η Μάργκαρετ Ράδερφορντ (Αγγλικά: Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, 11 Μαΐου 1892 – 22 Μαΐου 1972) ήταν Αγγλίδα ηθοποιός της τηλεόρασης, του θεάτρου, του κινηματογράφου. Έγινε γνωστή μετά τον Β΄ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο με τη συμμετοχή της στην κινηματογραφική μεταφορά των θεατρικών έργων του Νόελ Κάουαρντ To πονηρό πνεύμα (Blithe Spirit, 1945) και του Όσκαρ Ουάιλντ Ο σοβαρός κύριος Ερνέστος (The Importance of Being Earnest, 1952). Κέρδισε Όσκαρ και τη Χρυσή Σφαίρα Β' Γυναικείου Ρόλου για τον ρόλο της ως δούκισσα του Μπράιτον στην ταινία Διεθνές ξενοδοχείο (The V.I.P.s, 1963). Στις αρχές της δεκαετίας 1960 πρωταγωνίστησε ως μις Μαρπλ σε τέσσερις ταινίες του Τζορτζ Πόλοκ. Η ηθοποιός έχει επίσης τιμηθεί από τη βασίλισσα της Αγγλίας με τον ανώτερο τίτλο τιμής της Βρετανίας, ντέιμ.

 A student at the Old Vic Theatre School, playing walk-ons and small parts in various shows, 1925–26 Understudy for Mabel Terry-Lewis at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 1928 A season with the English Repertory Players at the Grand Theatre, Fulham, 1929 Little Theatre, Epsom, 1930 A season in rep at the Oxford Playhouse, 1930–31 A season in rep in Croydon, 1931 A season with the Greater London Players, 1932 Mrs Read in Wild Justice at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 1933 Birthday (understudy to Jean Cadell and Muriel Aked), at the Cambridge Theatre, 1934 Aline Solness in The Master Builder at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, 1934 Lady Nancy in Hervey House at His Majesty's Theatre, 1935 Miss Flower in Short Story at the Queen's Theatre, 1935 Mrs Palmai in Farewell Performance at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 1936 Aunt Bella in Tavern in the Town at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, 1937 Emily Deveral in Up the Garden Path at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, 1937 The Mother in The Melody That Got Lost at the Phoenix Theatre, 1938 Bijou Furze in Spring Meeting at the Ambassadors Theatre, 1938 Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Globe Theatre, 1939 Mrs Danvers in Rebecca at the Queen's Theatre, 1940 Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit at the Piccadilly Theatre, 1941 ENSA tour of France and Belgium, 1944 Queen of Hearts and White Queen in Alice in Wonderland at the Palace Theatre, 1944 Lady Charlotte Fayre in Perchance to Dream at the London Hippodrome, 1945 Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1946 Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Royale Theatre, New York, 1947 Evelyn Whitchurch in The Happiest Days of Your Life at the Apollo Theatre, 1948 Madame Desmortes in Ring Round the Moon at the Globe Theatre, 1950 The title role in Miss Hargreaves at the Royal Court Theatre and New Theatre, 1952 Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 1953 White Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass at the Prince's Theatre, 1954 Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc in Time Remembered at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and New Theatre, 1954 Mirabelle Petersham in A Likely Tale at the Globe Theatre, 1956 Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World at the Saville Theatre, 1956 Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest on UK tour (Dublin, Limerick, Belfast, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Eastbourne and Bournemouth), 1957 The Happiest Days of Your Life and Time Remembered on tour of Australia, 1957 Minerva Goody (Povis) in Farewell, Farewell Eugene at the Garrick Theatre, 1959 Minerva Goody (Povis) in Farewell, Farewell Eugene at the Helen Hayes Theatre, New York, 1960 Bijou Furze in Dazzling Prospect at the Globe Theatre, 1961 The Marquise in Our Little Life at the Manoel Theatre in Valletta, Malta and the Pembroke Theatre, Croydon, 1961 Mrs Candour in The School for Scandal at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1962 Mrs Laura Partridge in The Solid Gold Cadillac at the Saville Theatre, 1965 Mrs Heidelberg in The Clandestine Marriage at the Chichester Festival Theatre, 1966 Mrs Malaprop in The Rivals at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1966 For One Night Only: Margaret Rutherford. Η Μάργκαρετ Ράδερφορντ (Τίμοθι Σπολ in drag) αφηγείται την ιστορία της ζωής της μπροστά σε κοινό. Without Walls TV Series (UK) 5 Οκτωβρίου 1993. Το Αγγλικό Διεθνές Κέντρο PEN περιελάμβανε αρκετές αναγνώσεις ποιημάτων από τη Ράδερφορντ σε μια λίστα με τίτλο Library of Recordings.pdf Αρχειοθετήθηκε 2014-08-08 στο Wayback Machine. (1953). Τα έργα που αναφέρονται ήταν: "A Charm Against the Toothache" by John Heath-Stubbs "O Country People" by John Hewett "Sedge-Warblers", "Women He Liked", "Haymaking", "Adlestrop", "Will You Come?" and "Lights Out" by Edward Thomas All's Going Well / Nymphs and Shepherds (1953) (with Frankie Howerd): Philips Records PB214 Rutherford, Margaret, as told to Gwen Robyns. Margaret Rutherford: An Autobiography. W. H. Allen, London. 1972. Simmons, Dawn Langley. Margaret Rutherford: A Blithe Spirit. London, 1983. Merriman, Andy. Margaret Rutherford: Dreadnought with Good Manners. London, Aurum Press. 2009. (ISBN 978-1-84513-445-7) Keown, Eric. Margaret Rutherford. New York, 1955. Μάργκαρετ Ράδερφορντ στην IMDb Μάργκαρετ Ράδερφορντ στο Internet Broadway Database (Αγγλικά) Oxford National Dictionary of Biography profile Performances in Theatre Archive, University of Bristol