Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mua noa i te urunga mai o te Hononga o Amerika ki te pakanga, he kaitautoko nui a tana tahu mo te tiaki o Great Britain. Ko tana kiriata toa Oscar tuatahi, "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), he whakaahua atawhai mo te whanau Ingarihi e mau ana i te Pakanga o Ingarangi. Whai muri i te whakaotinga o taua kiriata, ka uru ia ki te United States Army Air Corps ka rere ki nga misioni i Uropi kia taea ai te hanga tuhinga mo ratou. I te
1943 Academy Awards, i whakaae a Margaret, i te kore o tana tahu, tana Tohu Academy mo te Kaiwhakahaere Pai rawa atu i "Mrs. Miniver".