Murder, She Wrote: It Runs in the Family
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Wednesday, May 13 on 5SELECT (46)
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It Runs in the Family
Season 4, Episode 6
Jessica's cousin Emma, a vivacious dance hall performer, turns detective after she is suspected of murdering her lover by serving him poisoned herring
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Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Emma MacGill
Jane Leeves
(Actor)
.. Gwen Petrie
Anthony Newley
(Actor)
.. Insp Frost
Richard Johnson
(Actor)
.. Geoffrey Constable
Rosemary Murphy
(Actor)
.. Sybil Constable
John Standing
(Actor)
.. Arthur Constable
Walter Grauman
(Director)
Peter S Fischer
(Writer)
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Did You Know..
Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Emma MacGill
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.
Jane Leeves
(Actor)
.. Gwen Petrie
Born:
April 18, 1961
in
Ilford, Essex
Best Known For:
Her kooky character on Frasier.
Early-life:
Jane was born in Ilford, Essex, on April 18, 1961, and grew up in East Grinstead, Sussex. She originally trained to be a ballerina, but an injury at 18 halted her career. She went on to work as a model, was one of the dancers on The Benny Hill Show and appeared in commercials and rock videos - doing less strenuous dancing - before getting the acting bug. The profession had always appealed to Jane, who wrote in a schoolbook that she wanted to be an actress when she was a five-year-old.
Career:
After moving to Los Angeles, Leeves appeared in a series called Throb and made guest appearances in a number of shows, including Seinfeld and the miniseries Pandora's Clock. Her big break came in 1993 when she was cast as Daphne Moon in Cheers spin-off Frasier. Leeves has starred on Broadway as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and played parts in a variety of films, including Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), To Live and Die in LA (1985), Miracle on 34th Street (1994) and Music of the Heart (1999). Since 2010, she has starred in the sitcom Hot in Cleveland.
Quote:
'I wish I were more like Daphne - she's so comfortable with who she is.'
Trivia:
She launched a production company called Bristol Cities with her sister Kathryn and Frasier co-star Peri Gilpin.
Anthony Newley
(Actor)
.. Insp Frost
Richard Johnson
(Actor)
.. Geoffrey Constable
Rosemary Murphy
(Actor)
.. Sybil Constable
John Standing
(Actor)
.. Arthur Constable
Walter Grauman
(Director)
Peter S Fischer
(Writer)
