Geraldine McEwan

Performer
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Geraldine McEwan

Performer

May 9, 1932

Old Windsor, England

January 30, 2015

British actress Geraldine McEwan appeared in television shows, plays and films. She is best known for playing Miss Marple, a spinster consultant detective, in Agatha Christie’s Marple.

McEwan made her stage debut at the age of 14, and moved into starring roles just a few years later. During her career she shared the stage with Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney and other top British stars. She won a BAFTA award for best actress in 1991 for her performance in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a television miniseries.

She also played the part of evil witch Mortianna in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, alongside Kevin Costner and Alan Rickman.

McEwan died January 30, 2015, in Hammersmith, England. She was 82.

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