Murder, She Wrote - School for Murder - 2:00 pm Wednesday, March 4 on 5SELECT

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School for Murder
Season 11, Episode 19

The heads of an Ivy League private college tempt fate by inviting Jessica to lecture to their pupils, and it is not long before the sleuth has a murder to investigate. Angela Lansbury stars

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Movie/Drama Mystery

Cast & Crew

Angela Lansbury (Actor) .. Jessica Fletcher

Robert Foxworth (Actor) .. Prof Harry Matthews

Nicolas Surovy (Actor) .. James Ryerson

Roy Dotrice (Actor) .. Dr Myles Purcell

Ethan Randall Embry (Actor) .. Mike Seresino

Trevor St John (Actor) .. Colin Forbes

Dana Barron (Actor) .. Sarah Tyler

Scott Marlowe (Actor) .. Avery Nugent

Richard Minchenberg (Actor) .. Irv Tripler/Joey Mallo

Ethan Randall (Actor) .. Mike Seresino

Robert Bean (Writer)

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.