Murder, She Wrote: The Sound of Murder
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Friday, January 30 on 5SELECT (46)
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The Sound of Murder
Season 9, Episode 10
Jessica records one of her novels as a talking book for the blind, but a producer is killed while she is listening to a rock band in a neighbouring studio. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
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Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Edd Byrnes
(Actor)
.. Freddie Major
Alexia Robinson
(Actor)
.. Holly Chase
Richard Beymer
(Actor)
.. Richard Lefko
Robert Knepper
(Actor)
.. Charles Drexler
Miles O'Keefe
(Actor)
.. Paul Atkins
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.
Edd Byrnes
(Actor)
.. Freddie Major
Alexia Robinson
(Actor)
.. Holly Chase
Richard Beymer
(Actor)
.. Richard Lefko
Robert Knepper
(Actor)
.. Charles Drexler
Born:
July 08, 1959
in
Fremont, Ohio
Best Known For:
Prison Break.
Early-life:
Robert Lyle Knepper was born July 8, 1959 in Fremont, Ohio. The son of Donald, a veterinarian, he was raised in near Toledo. His mother, Pat worked in the props department for the community theatre. He caught the acting bug after joining a small acting group as a child and spent years working in community theatre and high school productions. He went on to study drama at Northwestern University before being hired for professional theatrical productions.
Career:
He made his TV debut in 1986 series The Paper Chase. The same year he debuted on the big screen in Blake Edwards' film That's Life. Knepper has rarely been out of work since, featuring in The Twilight Zone, Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory, Murder She Wrote, ER and Carnivale. In recent years he's enjoyed higher profile roles, including hit series Prison Break, Stargate Universe, the film Hitman and the American version of Channel 4 saga Shameless. His upcoming projects include the TV movie Earth's Final Hours and TV series Breakout Kings.
Quote:
He once considered quitting acting, but fellow gym buddy Kiefer Sutherland talked him out of it by hitting him: "He punched me so hard. He told me, 'Don't you ever give up!' and I thank Kiefer every day for that advice."
Trivia:
He was considered becoming a park ranger to support his family when acting parts dried up.
Miles O'Keefe
(Actor)
.. Paul Atkins
Anthony Pullen Shaw
(Director)
