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RIP Geraldine McEwan - mikedafc - 01-02-2015 00:07
The actress best known for playing Miss Marple has died at the age of 82.
She suffered a stroke in October and never fully recovered.
RE: RIP Geraldine McEwan - Doddle - 01-02-2015 08:52
I find it a shame that the media are using that "best known as Miss Marple" line. It's like saying Peter Ustinov is "best known as Hercule Poirot" - incredibly moronic. There have been more synonymous Marples, and Geraldine McEwan had a fine, long and varied career for which she deserves actual praise. Mind you, it'll be "Judi Dench, best known as M in the James Bond films" too, won't it?
RIP anyway.
RE: RIP Geraldine McEwan - MeTarzan - 01-02-2015 10:11
Well said, Doddle.
One of her best performances was in the Barchester Chronicles - you can find it on YouTube.
RIP.
(01-02-2015 08:52 )Doddle Wrote: I find it a shame that the media are using that "best known as Miss Marple" line. It's like saying Peter Ustinov is "best known as Hercule Poirot" - incredibly moronic. There have been more synonymous Marples, and Geraldine McEwan had a fine, long and varied career for which she deserves actual praise. Mind you, it'll be "Judi Dench, best known as M in the James Bond films" too, won't it?
RIP anyway.
RE: RIP Geraldine McEwan - Doddle - 01-02-2015 16:20
First role that came to mind was "Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit", and I haven't even seen it!
RE: RIP Geraldine McEwan - The Silent Majority - 03-02-2015 09:03
I always think of her as Miss Jean Brodie. I remember my mother being hooked on the TV series and woe-betide any of us kids who interrupted it.
RIP