down; the role went to Gloria Stuart. On November 2, 2002, Rutherford celebrated her 85th birthday, surrounded by her fans and friends at a luncheon in Beverly Hills, California. Neither Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008), then suffering from Alzheimer's disease, nor Olivia de Havilland, two of her surviving co-stars from Gone with the Wind, was able to attend. In October 2004, Rutherford made a guest appearance at the Margaret Mitchell birthday celebration in Jonesboro, Georgia to honor the film Gone With the Wind. Rutherford signed autographs and reminisced with fans about old times. In June 2007, she was the guest star at the Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum in Marietta, Georgia. The occasion was "The Heart and History of Hollywood" event with Turner Classic Movies (TCM) host Robert Osborne serving as emcee. Rutherford was scheduled to return to Marietta on July 4, 2008, to be reunited with four of the surviving costars from Gone with the Wind; Cammie King, Fred Crane, Mickey Kuhn, and Patrick Curtis. Fred Crane died on August 21, 2008, and Cammie King died on September 1, 2010. In 2012, she was interviewed, along with Anne Jeffreys, by Huell Howser on an episode of California's Gold. Personal life and death Rutherford was married twice. On December 31, 1942, she married David May II, the grandson of the founder of the May Company department stores; the couple had a daughter, Gloria May, in 1943. On June 6, 1953, Rutherford and May were divorced in a court in Juárez, Mexico. On October 7, 1953, in New York City, Rutherford married actor/producer William Dozier, the creator of the Batman (1966–1968) TV series. Dozier died in Santa Monica, California of a stroke on April 23, 1991. Her companion of twenty years was Al Morley. Rutherford died on June 11, 2012, aged 94 at her home in Beverly Hills, California, following declining health due to heart problems. She was cremated, and her ashes given to her daughter. Filmography Features Short subjects References Further reading External links 1917 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Canadian actresses 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Vancouver American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian child actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players 21st-century American women