Murder, She Wrote: Snow White, Blood Red
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Wednesday, May 27 on 5SELECT (46)
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Snow White, Blood Red
Season 5, Episode 4
Jessica's idyllic winter weekend at a ski lodge takes a terrifying turn as her snowbound fellow guests are stalked by a fanatic with murder in mind. Angela Lansbury stars, with a guest appearance by Emma Samms
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Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Emma Samms
(Actor)
.. Pamela Leeds
Barry Newman
(Actor)
.. Lt Ed McMasters
John Laughlin
(Actor)
.. Mike Lowery
Jamie Rose
(Actor)
.. Anne Lowery
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.
Emma Samms
(Actor)
.. Pamela Leeds
Born:
August 28, 1960
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Fallon Carrington Colby in Dynasty.
Early-life:
Born Emma Samuelson in London on August 28, 1960. She trained as a ballet dancer but had to quit at 15 after an injury to her hip. She then decided to train as an actress, changing her name to Emma Samms as there was already an Emma Samuelson registered with actors union Equity.
Career:
Samms has played Holly Sutton Scorpio on the daytime soap opera General Hospital a number of times since 1982, and also played the role of Holly's lookalike half-sister Paloma. Samms replaced Pamela Sue Martin in the role of Fallon Carrington Colby in Dynasty in 1985. She has also made guest appearances on Doctors, Holby City, The Bill and Casualty. In August 2014, she was a participant on BBC One celebrity gymnastics contest Tumble.
Quote:
'The Emma Samms persona is a suit I put on for work. Who I really am is the wife and mother and daughter and sister and friend.'
Trivia:
She co-founded The Starlight Foundation in 1982.
Barry Newman
(Actor)
.. Lt Ed McMasters
John Laughlin
(Actor)
.. Mike Lowery
Jamie Rose
(Actor)
.. Anne Lowery
Vincent McEveety
(Director)
