Miss Marple

Miss Marple
American TV was the setting for the first dramatic portrayal of Miss Marple with Gracie Fields, the legendary British actress, playing her in a 1956 episode of Goodyear TV Playhouse based on A Murder Is Announced, the 1950 Christie novel.
Murder, She Said (1961, directed by George Pollock) was the first of four British MGM productions starring Rutherford. This first film was based on the 1957 novel 4:50 from Paddington (U.S. title, What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!) watched from library Murder at the Gallop (1963), based on the 1953 Hercule Poirot novel After the Funeral watched from library Murder Most Foul (1964), based on the 1952 Poirot novel Mrs McGinty's Dead B watched from library Murder Ahoy! (1964). The last film is not based on any Christie work but displays a few plot elements from They Do It With Mirrors watched from library Rutherford also appeared briefly as Miss Marple in the spoof Hercule Poirot adventure The Alphabet Murders (1965).	Margaret Rutherford
In 1980, Angela Lansbury played Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd, based on Christie's 1962 novel. P watched library	Angela Lansbury
American stage and screen actress Helen Hayes portrayed Miss Marple in two American made-for-TV movies, both for CBS: A Caribbean Mystery (1983) and Murder with Mirrors (1984).watched library	Helen Hayes
From 1984 to 1992, the BBC adapted all of the original Miss Marple novels as a series titled Miss Marple. Joan Hickson played the lead role. In the 1940s, Joan appeared on-stage in an Agatha Christie play, Appointment with Death, which was seen by Christie who wrote in a note to her, "I hope one day you will play my dear Miss Marple" Listing of the TV series featuring Joan Hickson: The Body in the Library (1984) watched from library A Murder is Announced (1985) watched from library A Pocket Full of Rye (1985) watched from library The Moving Finger (1985) watched from library The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) watched from library Sleeping Murder (1987) watched from library At Bertram's Hotel (1987) watched from library Nemesis (1987) watched from library 4.50 from Paddington (1987) watched from library A Caribbean Mystery (1989) from library??? know who did it They Do It With Mirrors (1991) watched from library The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992) from library??? know who did it	Joan Hickson
Beginning in 2004, ITV broadcast a series of adaptations of Agatha Christie's books under the title Agatha Christie's Marple, usually referred to as Marple. Geraldine McEwan starred in the first three series. Listing of the TV series featuring Geraldine McEwan: The Body in the Library (2004) P watched The Murder at the Vicarage (2004) P watched 4.50 from Paddington (2004) P watched A Murder is Announced (2005) P watched Sleeping Murder (2005) P watched (B) The Moving Finger (2006) P watched By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006) P watched (B) The Sittaford Mystery (2006) P watched At Bertram's Hotel (2007) P watched Ordeal by Innocence (2007) P watched Towards Zero (2008) PB watched Nemesis (2008) PB watched Julia McKenzie took over the role in the fourth season. The adaptions are notable for changing the plots and characters of the original books Listing of the TV series featuring Julia McKenzie: Series 4 A Pocket Full of Rye (2009) P watched Murder is Easy (2009) P watched They Do It with Mirrors (2009) P watched Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2009) P watched ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Series 5 The Pale Horse (2010) "Hold not allowed" WATCHED 2021 Amazon Prime The Secret of Chimneys (2010) L watched The Blue Geranium (2010) L watched The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (2011) L watched Series 6 A Caribbean Mystery (2013) L watched Greenshaw's Folly (2013) L watched Endless Night (2013) L watched	Geraldine McEwan Julia McKenzie