Murder, She Wrote: Day of the Dead
2:10 pm - 3:10 pm, Wednesday, January 21 on 5SELECT (46)
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Day of the Dead
Season 8, Episode 19
Jessica travels to Mexico City on a research trip, and her arrival coincides with the theft of the National Museum's most prized artefact, the solid gold Death Mask of Montezuma. When Enrico Montejano, a corrupt local businessman suspected of the crime, is found murdered, Jessica offers to help the police find the culprit
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Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
James Coburn
(Actor)
.. Cyrus Ramsey
Ismael East Carlo
(Actor)
.. Juan Garcia
Alex Colon
(Actor)
.. Ramirez
Miriam Colon
(Actor)
.. Consuela Montejano
Grant Cramer
(Actor)
.. Scott Baker
Anthony Pullen Shaw
(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.
James Coburn
(Actor)
.. Cyrus Ramsey
Born:
August 31, 1928
in
Laurel, Nebraska
Best Known For:
A string of movie roles.
Early-life:
James Harrison Coburn III was born in Laurel, Nebraska, on August 31, 1928 to Mylet Johnson and James Coburn Jr. He was raised in Compton, California. After studying drama at Los Angeles City College, he made his stage debut at the La Jolla Playhouse in Herman Melville's Billy Budd. He made his film debut in the western Ride Lonesome (1959).
Career:
Coburn raised his profile following appearances in The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), Charade (1963), The Americanisation of Emily, and Major Dundee (1965). His other film credits include A Fistful of Dynamite (1972), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) and Cross of Iron (1977). Rheumatoid arthritis limited his output in the 1980s but he enjoyed a career resurgence in the 1990s with supporting roles in the likes of Young Guns II (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), Maverick (1994), Eraser (1996), The Nutty Professor (1996), and Affliction (1997), for which he won an Academy Award. He died of a heart attack on November 18, 2002, at the age of 74.
Quote:
"The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life."
Trivia:
Coburn loved fast cars. He voiced the character Henry J Waternoose in Monsters, Inc (2001).
Ismael East Carlo
(Actor)
.. Juan Garcia
Alex Colon
(Actor)
.. Ramirez
Miriam Colon
(Actor)
.. Consuela Montejano
Grant Cramer
(Actor)
.. Scott Baker
Anthony Pullen Shaw
(Director)
