Murder, She Wrote

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Murder, She Wrote was the longest-running detective mystery series on American television. In it, Angela Lansbury stars as Jessica Fletcher, former substitute English teacher and famed mystery writer Jessica Fletcher has a gift for solving mysteries. The good-natured widow living in an 85-year old Victorian house in the peaceful hamlet of Cabot Cove, Maine she leads a quiet life as a talented - but undiscovered mystery writer and crime solver - her life is changed when a relative submits a manuscript to Coventry House Publishers, who turns her into a best-selling novelist. As the pride of Cabot Cove, Fletcher goes on to become a super sleuth, with an uncanny knack for both solving crimes and turning out best-selling mysteries novels.

The Producer Peter S. Fisher created this series in collaboration with Richard Levinson and William Link; at the time even they had no faith in the series, but were obviously pleasantly surprised. It was a show where you had to pay attention to it, and it was scheduled in a time slot where no show on CBS since Ed Sullivan had succeeded. It did however become CBS's most successful show of the decade, this could be down to the talent of Angela Lansbury as she gave the mystery writer Jessica Fletcher believability and appeal that cut across age lines and overcame the drawbacks of being an amateur detective.

It is estimated Murder She Wrote brought in over 2 million dollars to the local economy. In addition, generous donations were presented to local service groups and organisations, including local volunteer fire departments, the school district, and the recreation department. The 20 member Mendocino High School band appeared in one segment, and received enough money to fund a field trip.

The series is still ever popular today and regularly viewed on some television channels, check DigiGuide for the next viewing.

When is Murder, She Wrote next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on Alibi Tomorrow, 12 noon and on Alibi Tomorrow, 1:00pm. See more...

Main Cast

	Angela Lansbury		Jessica Fletcher
	William Windom		Dr. Seth Hazlitt, Sam Breen, Seth Hazlitt
	Ron Masak		Lt. Meyer, Marty Giles, Sheriff Mort Metzger
	Tom Bosley		Sheriff Amos Tupper
	Louis Herthum		Deputy Andy, Deputy Andy Broom, Deputy Dave Anderson, Kruger, Wilber
	Michael Horton		Grady Fletcher
	Ken Swofford		Alan Forsythe, Grover Bart, Leo Kowalski, Lt. Catalano, Lt. Perry Catalano, Sheriff Tugman, Sid Sharkey
	Will Nye		Deputy Floyd, Deputy Floyd McCallum
	Julie Adams		Eve Simpson
	Herb Edelman		Lt. Artie Gelber, Lt. Artie Gilber/Lt. Artie Gelber, Lt. Varick, Max Hellinger
	Bradford Dillman		Arthur Brent, Avery Stone, Carl Dorner, Commissioner Folkes, Dennis McConnell, Eric Benderson, Lt. Kershaw, Richard Ellston
	Keith Michell		Dennis Stanton
	Gregg Henry		Barry Bristol, Carl Ward, Lars Anderson, Mark Reisner, Richard Wellstood, Sheriff Lynn Childs
	Joe Dorsey		Ben Devlin, Ben Dudley, Doc Schaeffer, Harry Kingman
	Hallie Todd		Moira McShane, Rhoda Markowitz
	R.J. Adams		Father Markopulos, Mr. Packman, Rental Cop, Richard Mason, TV Newsman, Victor Assmussen
	Alan Fudge		Axelrod, Brian Wade, Derek St. James, Gus Hayward, Thomas Godfrey
	Mark Lindsay-Chapman		Francis O'Reilly, Johnny Constable, Ofc. Matthew Ryan, Paul Viscard
	George DiCenzo		Inspector Lombardo, Johnny Blaze, Lt. Harry Fogel, Mario Carboni, Michael Gardner, Sgt. Kettler
	Felicia Lansbury		Gloria, Moira, Sara Haines, Shauna
	Richardson Morse		City Clerk, Dr. Worth, Man-In-Grey-Suit, Russell, Travis Lawder
	Jerry Orbach		Harry McGraw
	Ken Howard		Det. Sgt. Barnes, Hank Shipton, Matt Kinkaid, Maxwell Hagen
	Richard Joseph Paul		Mayor Sam Booth, Sam Booth
	Lee Purcell		Annie Mae Chapman, Frances, Joanna Benson, Maylene Sutter
	Robin Bach		Clerk, Ellsworth Buffum, Lon Ainsley, Maitre d', Mark
	John Astin		Fritz Randall, Harry Pierce, Ross Haley
	Leonard Lightfoot		Det. Henderson
	James Bartz		Jonathan Fisk, Justin King, Second Deputy
	Bruce Gray		Dean Merrill, R. L. Pierson, Ted Hardy, Ted Hartley
	Len Cariou		Michael Hagarty
	Vince Howard		Blanton, College Professor, Projectionist, Real Dr. Swoop, Second Guard
	Alexander Folk		Cook, Delivery Man, Desk Sgt., Hargrove, Mailman
	Steve Forrest		Lt. Paul Stratton, Max Teller, Ned Larkin, Rev. Willie John Fargo, Sheriff Hank Masters
	Rosanna Huffman		Connie Miles, Dora Manchester, Helen Stully, Miriam Harwood, Nell Carson
	Fionnula Flanagan		Eileen O'Bannon, Fiona Delaney Griffith, Freida Schmidt
	Ernie Lively		Hal Palmer, Jake the Bartender, Joe Hardin, Lt. Martin Kinicki, Rich Shipley
	Robert Pine		Doug Helman, Edgar Warner, Graham Forbes, Sen. Andrew Grainger, Walter Gillrich
	Wayne Rogers		Charlie Garrett
	Allan Miller		Frank Lord, Jake Farber, John Crowley, Phil Kreuger, Victor Roscoe
	Wendy Hoffman		Carol, Hotel Clerk, Waitress, Walter's Secretary
	Ian Ogilvy		Harold Baines, Lawson Childress, Peter Baines, Peter Templeton, Wade Foster
	Gregory Sierra		Det. Sgt. Moreno, Lt. Gabriel Caceras, Ramon, Sanchez
	James Sutorius		Lawrence Cayle, Mark Tower, Paul Vaughn, Ralph Proctor, Ron Mercer
	William Lucking		Bo Dixon, Lt. Charles Foret, Lt. Roy Quinlan, Sheriff Barnes, Sheriff Leland Waterman
	Stephen Macht		Dan Keppner, Farrell, Frank Stinson, Lloyd Mentone, Wainwright
	Greg Norberg		Gary, Officer #2, Phil Dooley
	Debbie Zipp		Donna Mayberry, Donna Mayberry Fletcher, Terry Wilson
	Mark Shera		Raymond Carmody, Thor Danziger, Van Buran
	Richard Beymer		Dirk Matheson, Lou Caremidi, Morgan McCormack, Sidney Jarvis
	Barbara Babcock		Carol Collins, Priscilla Daniels, Rosaline Gardner, Rosemary Taylor
	Leslie Bevis		Andrea Nader, Barbara Desmond
	Christine Belford		Erica Baldwin, Fiona Keeler, Maude Paulson Winslow, Missy Stevens
	Chad Everett		Clark Blanchard, Det. Lt. Redick, Kevin Keats, Martin Fraser
	Bryan Cranston		Brian East, Jerry Wilber, Parker Foreman
	Corinne Bohrer		Bea Huffington, Helena McKenna, Wanda Andrews
	Martin Milner		Admiral Len Spalding, Bill Maguire, Clint Phelps, Sheriff Bodine
	Frederick Coffin		Lt. Roy Flint, Sanford Lomax, Tim Mulligan, Tony Sable
	John Petlock		Man, Medical Examiner, Michael Malone, Nils Andersen
	Shea Farrell		Kevin Tibbles, Larry Matthews, Pete Briggs, Reed Harding

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Comments

April 11th, 2008 - 1:36pmNancy Gulley said...
I would like to buy season 9, 10, 11 & 12. I can't seen to buy them separetly, I have the other seasons. Do you know how to get them?