Margaret Rutherford

James Church, Gerrards Cross. Sylvia Sidney has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures at 6245 Hollywood Boulevard. She is buried along with her husband in the graveyard of St. She died from throat cancer in New York. She suffered from Alzheimer's disease at the end of her life, and died 11 days after her 80th birthday, of complications from a hip injury. She was married three times, including a marriage to acting teacher Luther Adler from 1938 until 1947. She was a cousin of the politician, Tony Benn. She played the grandmother in the television production of An Early Frost for which she won a Golden Globe Award, as well as roles in Beetlejuice (1988) and Used People.

Rutherford was awarded an OBE in 1961 and in 1967 she was created a Dame of the British Empire (DBE). As an elderly woman she continued to play supporting roles, and was identifiable by her husky voice, the result of a lifetime cigarette smoking habit. Her husband was the actor Stringer Davis, whom she married in 1945 and with whom she often appeared. She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973). Rutherford won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for The VIPs (1963), as the absent-minded Duchess of Brighton, opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. In 1952 she played the role of Fantine in Les Misérables, and her performance was widely praised and allowed her opportunities to develop as a character actress. In 1961, she first played the film role with which she was most often associated in later life, that of Miss Marple in a series of films based on the novels of Agatha Christie. Her career diminished somewhat during the early 1940s and a comeback later in the decade failed to renew her popularity.

In most of these films, she had originally played the role on stage. Among her films of this period were An American Tragedy and Street Scene (both 1931), Sabotage (1936) and Dead End (1937). However, her appearance was such that romantic heroines were almost out of the question, and she soon established her name in comedy, appearing in many of the most successful British films of the mid-20th century. During the Great Depression Sidney appeared in a string of films, playing either the girlfriend or the sister of a gangster. Born in London, she made her stage debut in 1925 at the Old Vic. In 1927 she was seen by a Hollywood talent scout and made her first film appearance later that year. Dame Margaret Rutherford (May 11, 1892 - May 22, 1972) was a British character actress who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. A student of the Theater Guild's School for Acting, Sidney appeared in several of their productions during the 1920s and earned praise from theater critics.

The VIPs (1963) (Best Supporting Actress Oscar). Born Sophia Kosow in The Bronx, New York, New York, Sidney became an actress at the age of 15 as a way of overcoming shyness. Murder Most Foul (1964). Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 - July 1, 1999) was an American actress. Murder Ahoy (1964). Murder at the Gallop (1963).

Murder She Said (1961). The Mouse that Roared (1959). The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950). The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) (in which she played Miss Prism).

Blithe Spirit (1945) (in which she played Madame Arcati).