Murder, She Wrote was an American mystery series which aired on CBS from 1984 to 1996. Starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher, the series was spun off into four made for television films, and a series of books ghost written by Donald Bain.
One of the longest-running telelvision series for CBS, the series received a total of twelve Best Actress Emmy Award-nominations for Lansbury, which was a record, yet she never won. The popularity of fictional author Jessica Fletcher was so popular, that she even guest starred on an episode of Magnum, P.I..
References
- On the first episode of Muppets Tonight, Gonzo looks over the new KMUP evening line-up. One of the shows on the schedule is "Murder She Faxed."
Connections
- Angela Lansbury played Jessica Fletcher
- John Astin appeared in multiple episodes
- Ned Beatty "The Murder Of Sherlock Holmes: Pilot" (1984)
- Milton Berle "Broadway Malady" (1985)
- Sonny Bono "Just Another Fish Story" (1988)
- LeVar Burton played Dave Robinson in "Death Takes a Dive" (1987)
- James Coco "We're Off to Kill the Wizard" (1984)
- Jamie Farr "A Little Night Work" (1988)
- Conchata Ferrell "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" (1989)
- Buddy Hackett "No Laughing Murder" (1987)
- Neil Patrick Harris "Lone Witness" (1993)
- Florence Henderson appeared in two episodes
- Pat Hingle appeared in three episodes
- Shirley Jones appeared in two episodes
- Martin Landau "Birds of a Feather" (1984)
- Julianna Margulies "Murder at a Discount" (1993)
- Jean Marsh "Murder in White" (1993)
- Anne Meara appeared in two episodes
- Roger Miller "It's A Dog's Life" (1984)
- Pat Morita "Kendo Killing" (1996)
- Megan Mullally "Coal Miner's Slaughter" (1988)
- Leslie Nielsen appeared in two episodes
- Donna Pescow "Keep the Home Fries Burning" (1986)
- Joaquin Phoenix "We're Off to Kill the Wizard" (1984)
- Lynn Redgrave "It's a Dog's Life" (1984)
- George Segal "Murder at a Discount" (1993)
- Tom Selleck "Magnum on Ice" (1986)
- Dinah Shore "Alma Murder" (1989)
- Robert Stack "Christopher Bundy - Died On Sunday" (1986)
- Connie Stevens appeared in two episodes
- David Ogden Stiers appeared in four episodes
- Jerry Stiller "When The Fat Lady Sings" (1989)
- Loretta Swit "Portrait of Death" (1994)
- George Takei "The Bottom Line is Murder" (1987)
- Jeffrey Tambor "Harbinger of Death" (1988)