Tomwhisky

In today's Daily Mail there is an article about a pending book about the wonderful Margaret Rutherford with a terrible story - most upsetting.

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howardmitchell

id rather have fond memmories of her than read something negative !
i wont be buying it

orpheum

If you say that then you would nt want to read the biogs of many stars.For example both Terry-Thomas and JRJ both ended up in straightened and rather pathetic situations,but that does not detract fromtheir lives or works.

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CaptainWaggett

There's nothing negative about Rutherford in the review and the story (which has been published in previous books about her) relates to her parents not her directly.

orpheum

It is on order by my library and i am No 1 on the list.

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Moor Larkin

I daresay people of the fragrant Ms. Rutherford's generation took upsetting news very much in their stride........

"I hope I'm an individual. I suppose an eccentric is a super individual. Perhaps an eccentric is just off centre - ex-centric. But that contradicts a belief of mine that we've got to be centrifugal."
M. Rutherford

Tomwhisky

Just a very sad story - I had not read anything about it before. I do avoid 'about' books generally, I do like to think of our old screen stars as being the charactors they portrayed rather than the real persons - I feel sure they (unless they write books about themselves, and are these really true?) would rather be private.

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Tomwhisky

She was a tough old lady, but the article made clear that the facts turned her into a depressive and I could understand why.

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Mark O

Same here, i don't think i've ever seen a pic of 'young' Margaret, hopefully there'll be some in the book which has had good reviews.

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film1967

Hi all. I have just joined the forum. I wanted to contribute to the Margaret Rutherford thread as she is one of my favourite film stars. What I think is rather sad is that she couldn't really work towards the end of her life.

I have often thought had she lived a few years longer in better health she may have done a few TV interviews like Parkinson?? She died in 1972 just before chat shows really took off.

scenesixty

It's nice to remember Margaret for the immense pleasure she gave to trillions of cinema-goers, rather than the many dark tales told about her private life-black moods, depressions and so on. Many other stars had a similar backgrounds- Sellers, Hancock etc-ad infinitum. I still dissolve into laughter watching Mgt in 'Happiest Days Of your Life'. whatever her personal troubles may have been, it was made up for on the screen-perfect comic timing, and very, very entertaining!

Harbottle

Sad early family life from what I have read previously, I don't know much about MR's private life. Wonderful photo there

smiffy

I quite agree Orpheum , and your two examples will be added to my " To read list " thanks

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wellendcanons

Margaret Rutherford was simply wonderful. She had a charisma for me. She could dominate any scene on the screen without even trying.

I would be very interested to read her biography. I have read things about her life in magazines and newspapers. I believe she and husband Stringer Davis adopted many children. Whatever tragedies she has had to live with she was by all accounts a very warm and generous person.

A truly remarkable lady.

Wellendcanons.