Murder, She Wrote: Murder in White
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Monday, February 23 on Great! Mystery (50)
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Murder in White
Season 10, Episode 10
Jessica visits London to help with a stage adaptation of one of her novels - but the show's producer meets a grisly fate, and the leading actress is accused of murder. Whodunit, guest starring Jean Marsh and Ian Ogilvy, with Angela Lansbury
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Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Ian Ogilvy
(Actor)
.. Lawson Childress
Jean Marsh
(Actor)
.. Glenda Highsmith
Robin Sachs
(Actor)
.. Martin Kramer
Dedee Pfeiffer
(Actor)
.. Sally
Lawrence Vail
(Writer)
Vincent McEveety
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Born:
October 16, 1925
in
London
Best Known For:
Murder, She Wrote.
Early-life:
Angela Brigid Lansbury was born in London on October 16, 1925. Her mother was Irish actress Moyna MacGill; her father, Edgar Lansbury, was a timber merchant and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. She has younger, twin brothers, who became theatre producers. Her cousin was legendary animator Oliver Postgate. Angela's father died in 1934, and her mother became involved with a former soldier who was strict with the children. Her mother eventually took her children to Hollywood when she landed a part in a touring Noel Coward play.
Career:
While working in a department store in LA, Lansbury met a casting director through her mother. He offered her a role in the 1944 film Gaslight; she was just 18, but it landed her an Oscar nomination. Roles in National Velvet, Blue Hawaii and Bedknobs and Broomsticks followed. She gained further Academy Award nominations for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Manchurian Candidate. She's also worked extensively on stage, winning a record five Tony Awards. But it was playing Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series Murder, She Wrote, that turned her into a household name. More recently, Lansbury has appeared in Nanny McPhee and Mr Popper's Penguins.
Quote:
'I'm never left behind. I'm the bionic woman.'
Trivia:
Arguably her most offbeat work is a fitness book - Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves - My Personal Plan for Fitness and Well-Being.
Ian Ogilvy
(Actor)
.. Lawson Childress
Born:
September 30, 1943
in
Woking, Surrey
Best Known For:
The Return of the Saint.
Early-life:
Ian Raymond Ogilvy was born in 1943 in Woking, Surrey. His father was a leading figure in advertising. As a youngster Ogilvy knew he wanted to act, thanks to roles in school plays. After serving an apprenticeship as an assistant stage manager with London's Royal Court Theatre, he went on to study at RADA. His first film, Revenge of the Blood Beast, was directed by his childhood friend Michael Reeves, with whom he also made The Sorcerers and Witchfinder General.
Career:
While working in repertory theatre, Ogilvy boosted his CV with a number of appearances in series such as The Avengers and Strange Report, and gained much popularity in Seventies programme Upstairs, Downstairs. He continued to work solidly in film and TV, most notably in I, Claudius. In 1978, he was given the starring role in The Return of the Saint, a show which made him a household name. He moved to America in the 1980s and appeared in a host of TV shows including Melrose Place, Diagnosis Murder and Murder, She Wrote. He also appeared in the movie Death Becomes Her.
Quote:
'It's dumb to have regrets, and in any case, whatever else The Return of the Saint did or didn't do, it made me very well known. For an actor, that is the big thing.'
Trivia:
Away from acting, he has enjoyed success with his novels, which have included Loose Chippings, The Polkerton Giant, and Measle and the Wrathmonk.
Jean Marsh
(Actor)
.. Glenda Highsmith
Born:
July 01, 1934
in
Stoke Newington
Best Known For:
Co-creating Upstairs Downstairs.
Early-life:
Born Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh on July 1, 1934, in Stoke Newington. Her mother worked in a bar and as a theatre dresser, while her father was a handyman and printer's assistant. She became interested in performing after taking dance and mime classes as therapy for an illness. She began acting on stage, with a stint at Huddersfield Rep in the 1950s, but it wasn't long before she transferred to the bright lights of London.
Career:
Marsh's earliest screen appearances came in such TV classics as The Twilight Zone and Danger Man; she's also appeared in three Doctor Who adventures, most notably as William Hartnell's short-lived companion Sara Kingdom. She and fellow actress Eileen Atkins devised Upstairs Downstairs as a comedy, before it became a hugely successful drama. Marsh won an Emmy for her role as housemaid Rose Buck - she's reprising the part in the new BBC revamp. Other TV projects include The Saint, The Tomorrow People, and Sensitive Skin. She and Atkins re-teamed to create The House of Eliott. Her most notable films are Willow, Frenzy and The Eagle Has Landed. Marsh has also maintained an acclaimed stage career.
Quote:
'I think Upstairs Downstairs has a very special energy. There's something about it that certainly brings out the best in people.'
Trivia:
A minor stroke forced her to take a break in 2011, but she has since returned to work.
Robin Sachs
(Actor)
.. Martin Kramer
Dedee Pfeiffer
(Actor)
.. Sally
Lawrence Vail
(Writer)
Vincent McEveety
(Director)
