Miss Marple
fictional character appearing in Agatha Christie's crime novels
Miss Jane Marple is a British fictional character, that appeared in twelve of Agatha Christie's crime novels and in twenty short stories. She is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur detective. She is one of the most famous characters of crime fiction and murder mystery. Many movies and television series have been made about her investigations.
| Miss Jane Marple | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "The Tuesday Night Club" |
| Last appearance | Sleeping Murder |
| Created by | Agatha Christie |
| Portrayed by | Gracie Fields Margaret Rutherford Angela Lansbury Dulcie Gray Helen Hayes Ita Ever Joan Hickson Geraldine McEwan June Whitfield Julia McKenzie Isabella Parriss (playing young Miss Marple) Julie Cox (playing Miss Marple as a young woman.) Keiko Kishi (Junko Mabuchi) |
| Voiced by | Kaoru Yachigusa |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Amateur detective |
| Title | Miss |
| Family | Raymond West (nephew) David West (great-nephew) Lionel West (great-nephew) |
| Relatives | Joan West (niece-in-law) Mabel Denham (niece) Henry (uncle) Antony (cousin) Gordon (cousin) Fanny Godfrey (cousin)[1] Lady Ethel Merridew (cousin)[2] Thomas (uncle) Helen (aunt) Diane "Bunch" Harmon (goddaughter) |
| Religion | Church of England (Christian) |
| Nationality | British |
Novels with Miss Marple change
- The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
- The Body in the Library (1942)
- The Moving Finger (1943)
- A Murder is Announced (1950)
- They Do It with Mirrors, or Murder with Mirrors (1952)
- A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
- 4.50 from Paddington, or What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! (1957)
- The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962)
- A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
- At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
- Nemesis (1971)
- Sleeping Murder (written around 1940, published 1976)
Short stories change
- The Thirteen Problems (short story collection, also published as The Tuesday Club Murders) (1932)
- Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (written between 1939 and 1954, published 1979)
Related pages change
References change
- ↑ At Bertram's Hotel – page 141
- ↑ At Bertram's Hotel – page 138
Other websites change
- Miss Marple at the official Agatha Christie website
- Miss Marple at the Internet Movie Database