Even CBS wondered who would watch a show about a middle-aged woman who wrote and solved mysteries. Pretty much everyone, as it turned out.
Angela Lansbury, the star of stage and screen who died on Tuesday, put her talents at the service of story.
Not in a diva way; far from it. Even as her fame as a writer grows, Jessica refuses to abandon her beloved Cabot Cove. Sure, it becomes the murder capital of the world, but it’s where she takes her jogs, washes her own windows, teaches at the local school and women’s prison, knows everyone. She gets about, visiting friends and family, while fame naturally gives her access to any crime scene, but she always comes home.
Both characters have highly rational minds, with a deep understanding of human nature and a sharp eye for detail, but Miss Marple was a bit of a covert agent, using her age and fluffy appearance to travel incognito and disarm potential suspects. Everyone was always surprised when, after a fair amount of disingenuous dithering, she solved even the most complicated problems, often by drawing parallels to her various experiences of village life.
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