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Happy Birthday, Mrs. Fletcher

10/16/2015

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In honoring the marvelously talented actress Angela Lansbury who has enjoyed such a long and storied career, I feel bad that my go-to reference is of her character Jessica Fletcher, the slightly dowdy professional writer, nosy neighbor and amateur sleuth of a certain age living Down East in Cabot Cove, Maine. But I truly adored the TV series, Murder, She Wrote, which aired from 1984 through 1996, anchoring CBS’s Sunday night programming along with Matlock, perennial favorite among the gray-haired set.

Jessica was so clever, with an acerbic wit and a keen eye for detail, presenting her findings in a schoolmarm-y way as she solved crimes ranging from fraud to robbery to murder most foul, all within a tidy 60 minute time frame (really 47 with commercial breaks).

But Dame Angela Lansbury deserves better recognition than that. Star of stage and screen, some of her most famous roles include:
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  • Mame (1966)
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
  • Sweeney Todd (1979)
  • Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Please click through to the next page to enjoy some video clips showcasing a few of Angela’s many talents and then join me in wishing her a very Happy Birthday. There’s no mystery about it – Mrs. Fletcher rules my heart.

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