Murder, She Wrote: My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
02:00 am - 03:00 am, Wednesday, July 22 on 5SELECT (46)
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My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
Season 1, Episode 15
Jessica's peaceful cruise with her niece is disrupted by a series of terrifying threats, prompting her to try to uncover the truth before the culprit starts sending people to a watery grave. Crime drama, guest starring Leslie Nielsen, with Angela Lansbury
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Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Leslie Nielsen
(Actor)
.. Capt Daniels
Belinda Montgomery
(Actor)
.. Pamela Crane
Jason Evers
(Actor)
.. Marshall Fletcher
Kay Freeman
(Actor)
.. Nurse
Michael G Hawkins
(Actor)
.. Dr Ross
Lawrence Pressman
(Actor)
.. George Reed
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.
Leslie Nielsen
(Actor)
.. Capt Daniels
Born:
February 11, 1926
in
Regina, Canada
Best Known For:
The Naked Gun movies.
Early-life:
Born Leslie William Nielsen on February 11, 1926, in Regina, Canada. He had two brothers, one of whom became the country's deputy prime minister. His mother was Welsh, his father, a Mountie, was very strict. Nielsen attended school in Edmonton before joining the Royal Air Force towards the end of the Second World War. He was a DJ and announcer for a Calgary radio station before studying acting at the Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York.
Career:
Nielsen followed his uncle, actor Jean Hersholt, onto the stage before making his TV debut in Studio One in 1950. He made guest appearances in numerous shows before his first film, The Vagabond King, was released in 1956, the same year he starred in cult sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet. Various TV series and movies followed, including Peyton Place, The Poseidon Adventure and Viva Knievel! In 1980 he featured in Airplane! which led to him being cast in TV series Police Squad. The show was adapted for the big screen as The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad, and spawned two sequels. He died from pneumonia on November 28, 2010 at the age of 84.
Quote:
'Doing nothing is very hard to do - you never know when you're finished.'
Trivia:
He married four times and had two children.
Belinda Montgomery
(Actor)
.. Pamela Crane
Jason Evers
(Actor)
.. Marshall Fletcher
Kay Freeman
(Actor)
.. Nurse
Michael G Hawkins
(Actor)
.. Dr Ross
Lawrence Pressman
(Actor)
.. George Reed
Seymour Robbie
(Director)
