And now, how will we know who did it? Now that Murder, she wroteFrom me Angela Lansburyis dead yesterday at 96 (just 5 days from 97). The joke, launched on social media, refers to the best known role of the actress born in London on October 16, ’25, that of Jessica Fletcher. Retired English teacher and saw, local glory of Cabot Cove (Population after fame as a mystery writer; which she solves as a hobby investigating without authorization.
You are not wronged, dear Angela, by remembering her series duration 12 years (1984-1996, plus some television movies) instead of films, of Brass knobs and broomsticksof the roles in the theater, of Aunt Mame who on Broadway was a resounding success as the role of Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Toddby and Mrs. Bric by The beauty and the Beast. Of the 5 Tony Awards, 6 Golden Globes and an honorary Oscar. She knew it and said it too than Jessica had given her immense popularity.
Self Angela Lansbury arrived in the afterlife makes us tenderness as and more than a relative is precisely for the reruns that we have absorbed in decades of lazy programming. Looking at the screen or without even deigning a glance, so Jessica was a stable and nice presence on the ancient TV scene. Then expanded by the internet, with an endless amount of memes starting from the image of the writer who, smiling on the phone, is happy to receive news of a new death. Destiny and cross of the greats of the show who get a pop success in old age: Maggie Smith knows this toothat her obituary will read “Countess Mother of Downton Abbey”, plus “that of Harry Potter”, instead of Oscar for California Suite And Miss Brodie.
Murder, she wrote: raincoat, pearls and cardigan
It went like this: branded as a flop before going on the air, Murder, she wrote (Murder She Wrote in the original) doubled the ratings of Magnum PI, with the setback of a crossover episode to revive the ratings of the show that should have shut it down. Reluctant to accept a serial role – at the time ending up on TV was the equivalent of advertising for coffee in a foreign countryhello George Clooney – Angela found herself managing from year to year the challenge of a simple and curious woman, calm and lucid (capable of punishments and condescending glances, when decidedly judgmental).
Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher. (Getty Images)
Also an artistic challenge? In 1985, interviewed by Barbara Walters, Angela said that Jessica was not a difficult character to play, “but that as a professional, personally, adds an extra piece to my successes.” She and she the first senior star in a series, two years prior to Golden Girlsit was also a boom in the look of a trip to Livigno, a chic trip, of course. Inspector raincoat, handbag, sweaters and rounds of pearls, this is the debut. Then, with the writers who had to come up with ideas, locations, occasions for murder, Jessica Fletcher went from fairy to woman with a turban, from the jumpsuit to the heart-shaped glasses, like Lolita, to the cardigan with two dolphins on the sides.
A wardrobe that you can taste on MurdershelookInstagram account that over the years has collected the best of Fletcher style (mix of Nancy Reagan and Thatcher retired). With small variations you can still dress like this, or find inspiration. Try it instead with And just like thatand it will be time to join a circus.
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