Murder, She Wrote: One Good Bid Deserves a Murder
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Sunday, December 21 on Great! Mystery (50)
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One Good Bid Deserves a Murder
Season 2, Episode 17
Jessica investigates a murder connected to the contents of a diary belonging to a movie actress, which was stolen on the night of her death and subsequently put up for auction. Starring Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Jerry Orbach
(Actor)
.. Harry McGraw
Edward Mulhare
(Actor)
.. Richard Bennett
Karen Black
(Actor)
.. Dr Sylvia Dunn
Ray Girardin
(Actor)
.. Det Casey
More Information
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.
Jerry Orbach
(Actor)
.. Harry McGraw
Born:
October 20, 1935
in
New York
Best Known For:
Law and Order.
Early-life:
Born Jerome Bernard Orbach on October 20, 1935, in the Bronx, New York. His father Leon was a vaudevillian and his mother Emily worked as a singer on radio. The family moved around a lot, but later settled in Waukegan, Illinois. Orbach claims his parents always knew he was going to be an actor. The bug bit while at school thanks to numerous amateur productions. He then studied drama at the University of Illinois and Northwestern.
Career:
On graduating, Orbach moved to New York where he gained regular roles in musicals. Struggled to get film and TV work, but eventually made his cinema debut in 1958's Cop Hater. Since then he's divided his time between stage and screen and has been nominated for a Tony award for roles in Guys and Dolls and the original production of Chicago. Film work includes Dirty Dancing, F/X, Someone to Watch Over Me and Last Exit to Brooklyn. Among his TV roles are The Law and Harry McGraw, Dream West, and Law and Order. He died on December 28, 2004.
Quote:
"Our show is a ritual, almost like a Mass. There's going to be discovery of a crime, then the follow-up, then the arrest. In the second half, the suspect goes to trial. All of this in 60 minutes. The viewers know what they're getting and like it."
Trivia:
Had two children with first wife Marta Curro before divorcing in 1975. Has was married to Elaine Cancilla from 1979 until his death.
Edward Mulhare
(Actor)
.. Richard Bennett
Karen Black
(Actor)
.. Dr Sylvia Dunn
Ray Girardin
(Actor)
.. Det Casey
