Murder, She Wrote: Threshold of Fear
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Wednesday, February 4 on 5SELECT (46)
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Threshold of Fear
Season 9, Episode 16
Jessica befriends an agoraphobic neighbour whose mother was mysteriously stabbed to death five years previously, and joins forces with an obliging cop to crack the case. Margot Kidder, Cynthia Nixon and David Soul guest star alongside Angela Lansbury
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Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Herb Edelman
(Actor)
.. Lt Artie Gelber
Cynthia Nixon
(Actor)
.. Alice Morgan
David Soul
(Actor)
.. Jordan Barnett
Margot Kidder
(Actor)
.. Dr Ellen Holden
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.
Herb Edelman
(Actor)
.. Lt Artie Gelber
Cynthia Nixon
(Actor)
.. Alice Morgan
Born:
April 09, 1966
in
New York
Best Known For:
Playing Miranda in Sex And The City.
Early-life:
Cynthia Ellen Nixon was born on April 9, 1966, in New York City. Her father was a radio journalist, her mother an actress. She knew from an early age she wanted to follow in her mother's footsteps, and gained her first professional credit in the 1980 film Little Darlings, alongside Tatum O'Neal and Matt Dillon. She made her Broadway debut the same year.
Career:
Nixon has worked with such acclaimed directors as Louis Malle, Milos Forman, Mike Nichols, and Robert Altman. Her most notable films include Amadeus, The Pelican Brief, Marvin's Room, The Out-Of-Towners, and Igby Goes Down. She's also worked extensively on stage, appearing in productions of Honey and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as well as forming her own off-Broadway company, Drama Dept. But Nixon didn't hit the big time until Sex And The City became a massive hit in 1998. She won an Emmy for her role in the HBO sitcom. She has also won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in the drama Rabbit Hole. Nixon has also appeared in ER, House, the Sex and the City movies, and An Englishman in New York.
Quote:
"My private life is private. But at the same time, I have nothing to hide. So what I will say is that I am very happy."
Trivia:
In 2006, Nixon was diagnosed with breast cancer. She went on to become an ambassador for Susan G Komen for the Cure.
David Soul
(Actor)
.. Jordan Barnett
Born:
August 28, 1943
in
Chicago
Best Known For:
Starsky and Hutch (he was Hutch).
Early-life:
Born David Richard Solberg on August 28, 1943, in Chicago. His mother was a teacher and his father was a Lutheran minister whose work on the reconstruction of Germany following the Second World War meant that the family moved around a lot. Soul later enrolled at the University of Minnesota, turning down a contract to play baseball in favour of studying political science. He supplemented his income with a job in a nightclub, singing folk songs and rock music. In 1967, he joined a North Dakota musical revue, and was spotted by a talent executive.
Career:
Soul made his movie debut in The Secret Sharer. He appeared on several TV shows, including I Dream Of Jeannie, Star Trek, Ironside, and Cannon, and had a role in Magnum Force before hitting the big time in 1975 when he was cast as Ken Hutchinson in Starsky and Hutch. The detective drama became a worldwide success and helped launch his pop career, which included several hits. He's since had roles in Salem's Lot, Holby City, Dalziel and Pascoe and Little Britain. He financed, produced and directed award-winning documentary The Fighting Ministers, then starred on the stage in Jerry Springer: The Opera. His most recent role was a cameo in the movie Filth.
Quote:
"There's not enough time to consider how life could have been different, it's just a pointless exercise. When you have an opportunity, just do it."
Trivia:
Soul became a British citizen in 2004.
Margot Kidder
(Actor)
.. Dr Ellen Holden
Vincent McEveety
(Director)
