Geraldine McEwan
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Geraldine McEwan (née McKeown; 9 May 1932 – 30 January 2015) was an English actress with a diverse history in theatre, film and television.
McEwan was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1998 for her performance in The Chairs. She also won a BAFTA Award for her performance in the television serial Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990). From 2004 to 2009 she appeared as Miss Marple, the Agatha Christie sleuth, for the series Marple.
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Selected filmography
Name | Year | Roles | Other titles |
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There Was a Young Lady | 1953 | Irene | |
No Kidding | 1960 | Catherine Robinson | Beware of Children (U.S.) |
Dance of Death | 1969 | Alice | |
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones | 1976 | Lady Bellaston | |
Escape from the Dark | 1976 | Miss Coutt | The Littlest Horse Thieves (U.S.) |
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (TV series) | 1978 | Jean Brodie | |
Foreign Body | 1986 | Lady Ammanford | |
Mapp and Lucia | 1985–1986 | Emmeline Lucas (Lucia) | |
Henry V | 1989 | Alice | |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | 1991 | Mortianna | |
Mulberry (TV series) | 1992–1993 | Miss Farnaby | |
Moses | 1995 | Miriam | |
The Love Letter | 1999 | Constance Scattergoods | |
Food of Love | 2002 | Novotna | |
The Magdalene Sisters | 2002 | Sister Bridget | |
Pure | 2002 | Nanna | |
Vanity Fair | 2004 | Lady Southdown | |
The Lazarus Child | 2004 | Janet | |
Carrie's War | 2004 | Mrs. Gotobed | |
Arrietty | 2011 | Haru {voice} |
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Playing Miss Marple in Marple, ITV, 2004–2008
Name | Year |
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Marple: The Body in the Library | 2004 |
Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage | 2004 |
Marple: 4.50 from Paddington | 2004 |
Marple: A Murder Is Announced | 2005 |
Marple: Sleeping Murder | 2005 |
Marple: The Moving Finger | 2006 |
Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs | 2006 |
Marple: The Sittaford Mystery | 2006 |
Marple: At Bertram's Hotel | 2007 |
Marple: Ordeal by Innocence | 2007 |
Marple: Towards Zero | 2008 |
Marple: Nemesis | 2008 |
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