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|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.

## Θέατρο
*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 (play)|Spring Meeting]]* at the Ambassadors Theatre, 1938
*Miss Prism in *[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]* at the Globe Theatre, 1939
*Mrs Danvers in *[[Rebecca (novel)|Rebecca]]* at the Queen's Theatre, 1940
*Madame Arcati in *[[Blithe Spirit (play)|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

## Φιλμογραφία

## Κληρονομιά
*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.

## Ηχογραφήσεις
Το Αγγλικό Διεθνές Κέντρο PEN περιελάμβανε αρκετές αναγνώσεις ποιημάτων από τη Ράδερφορντ σε μια λίστα με τίτλο Library of Recordings.pdf  (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

### Δεκαετία 1978 και singles
**All's Going Well* / *Nymphs and Shepherds* (1953) (with Frankie Howerd): Philips Records PB214

## Παραπομπές


## Περαιτέρω μελέτη
* 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. 
* Keown, Eric. *Margaret Rutherford*. New York, 1955.

## Εξωτερικοί σύνδεσμοι
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*''Oxford National Dictionary of Biography'' profile
*Performances in Theatre Archive, University of Bristol

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