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  • Dame Agatha Christie complains that Miss Marple is nothing like Margaret Rutherford, who portrays her in the film versions of Christie’s novels, 1974. 86

    Innocence and Experience 2008

  • Dame Agatha Christie complains that Miss Marple is nothing like Margaret Rutherford, who portrays her in the film versions of Christie’s novels, 1974. 86

    Innocence and Experience 2008

  • Dame Agatha Christie complains that Miss Marple is nothing like Margaret Rutherford, who portrays her in the film versions of Christie’s novels, 1974. 86

    Innocence and Experience 2008

  • "Frost Heaves," which Marple aka humorist Ken Sheldon assures people is "more fun than raking wet leaves," drifts back to the Peterborough Players theater on Hadley Road with an all-new fall foliage show at 7:30 p.m.

    All Stories 2011

  • This one was for the ITV 'Marple' episode "Towards Zero"...

    IN THE SPOTLIGHT: "SEAN'S SHOW" Toby O'B 2010

  • Here's the second actor in the 'Marple' mystery "The Secret Of Chimneys" whom I didn't recognize.

    AS SEEN ON TV: THOMAS JEFFERSON Toby O'B 2010

  • As an O'Bservation:I've seen more of the McEwan "Marple" mysteries than I have of Hickson's, and so far I am leaning towards the first set of remakes as being the more entertaining.

    MORE ON THE WORLDS OF MARPLE Toby O'B 2010

  • He certainly seems a good idea in principle and it has been oddly thrilling to see him back at the club in an emergency stabilising role that is best described as elite, retro comfort blanket, the managerial equivalent of a nice cup of tea, a custard cream and a Miss Marple box set.

    Has Kenny Dalglish taken Liverpool as far as he can?| Barney Ronay 2011

  • The title is now is held by a 4,000-page, 12-inch-thick copy of "Miss Marple" published by Harper Collins, Kraft said.

    That's one heavy book: 10,119 pages, 2 feet thick Valerie Strauss 2011

  • When all the prime suspects are gathered together in the manor house drawing room, and Miss Marple pins the murderer, Maggie offered.

    A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011

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  • patron saint of accusatory intuitions

    March 7, 2021