Murder, She Wrote: Death Takes a Dive
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, Saturday, May 9 on 5SELECT (46)
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Death Takes a Dive
Season 3, Episode 16
Jessica visits her old friend Harry McGraw in Boston who has become wrangled in the high stakes game of boxing. Starring Angela Lansbury and Ernest Borgnine
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Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Ernest Borgnine
(Actor)
.. Cosmo Ponzini
Adam West
(Actor)
.. Wade Talmadge
John Amos
(Actor)
.. Doc Penrose
LeVar Burton
(Actor)
.. Dave Robinson
Seymour Robbie
(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.
Ernest Borgnine
(Actor)
.. Cosmo Ponzini
Born:
January 24, 1917
in
Hamden, Connecticut
Best Known For:
His forceful personality.
Early-life:
Born Ermes Effron Borgnino on January 24, 1917, in Hamden, Connecticut. His parents had emigrated from Italy. After graduating high school, Ernest joined the United States Navy, where he stayed for 10 years until 1945. After completing a course at Randall School of Drama in Hartford, he went on to play a number of roles over four years at Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. His big break came in 1949 when he made his debut on Broadway playing a male nurse in Harvey.
Career:
After moving to Los Angeles to pursue a movie career, Borgnine made his film debut in Richer Than the Earth (1951). In 1953, he played Sgt 'Fatso' Judson in From Here to Eternity, and he won an Academy Award for his performance as a sensitive butcher in Marty (1955). Other films included Wedding Breakfast (1956), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Emperor of the North Pole (1973). On the small screen, he starred in the popular TV series McHale's Navy, and the action series Airwolf. He earned an Emmy Award nomination at the age of 92 for his work on the series ER. He died on July 8, 2012, at the age of 95.
Quote:
'I don't care whether a part is 10 minutes long, or two hours, and I don't care whether my name is up there on top, either.'
Trivia:
His fifth wife, Tova Borgnine, was almost 25 years his junior. His marriage to singer Ethel Merman lasted 38 days. He was the original voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob SquarePants.
Adam West
(Actor)
.. Wade Talmadge
Born:
September 19, 1928
in
Walla Walla, Washington
John Amos
(Actor)
.. Doc Penrose
LeVar Burton
(Actor)
.. Dave Robinson
Seymour Robbie
(Director)
