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Old 10-03-2007, 02:58 PM
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Saturday morning, we watched Miranda (1948) and Margaret Rutherford has a few small scenes but she positively steals them. She's got the best line in the film.

As an older nurse in a clinic, Margaret's approached by a frustrated-looking young nurse who asks, "Is it natural for a wife to want to kill her husband?"

Margaret says, "Oh yes, dear. And some wives find it even more natural to do it."

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Saturday morning, we watched Miranda (1948) and Margaret Rutherford has a few small scenes but she positively steals them. She's got the best line in the film.

As an older nurse in a clinic, Margaret's approached by a frustrated-looking young nurse who asks, "Is it natural for a wife to want to kill her husband?"

Margaret says, "Oh yes, dear. And some wives find it even more natural to do it."
I agree, she steals every scene she's in. And does it effortlessly and beautifully.

Mucha as I like Glynis as Miranda, my favourite line is when Nurse Carey first sees Miranda in the bath and exclaims with glee "Oh good. I'd always believed in Mermaids."

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I can remember as a lad living in Brighton biking to a place called Barcombe Mills a local beauty spot by the river and who should come strolling along hand in hand with a chap but the great Margaret Rutherford, I ended up having a long chat to her, what a lovely lady and a great great actress
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I adored this actress, each role she took on had my in fits without her even trying, she was encouraged early on in her career to go for laughs because of her appearance often upsetting her leading ladies on stage, she was the cousin of Tony Benn.
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she was the cousin of Tony Benn.
I didn't know that. Thanks for that info Donna.
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welcome Emmet, her father murdered her grandfather so she dropped his name Benn and took her mums name Rutherford, very interesting lady, she also with her husband adopted a young acotor in his twenties who went on to have a sex change operation done. and then wrote a biography on his life with Margaret in the 80s.
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welcome Emmet, her father murdered her grandfather so she dropped his name Benn and took her mums name Rutherford, very interesting lady, she also with her husband adopted a young acotor in his twenties who went on to have a sex change operation done. and then wrote a biography on his life with Margaret in the 80s.
Goodness, I didn't know this either. Thanks Donna.

I liked Margaret Rutherford in 'I'm All Right Jack' - especially her scene with Irene Handle.
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YouTube - Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford doing the twist.
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funniest thing every, wasnt she wonderful and what a face, how did she keep from laughing.
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I'm trying to buy all the films that Margaret Rutherford appeared in.
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Does anyone recall a one-off TV show in which Tim Spall played Margaret Rutherford?
I think it was about 5 years ago? I've just checked Tim Spall on IMDB and can't find any mention of this.
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