18 Facts About Miss Marple

1.

Miss Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories.

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2.

Christie attributed the inspiration for the character to multiple sources, stating that Miss Marple was "the sort of old lady who would have been rather like some of my step grandmother's Ealing cronies – old ladies whom I have met in so many villages where I have gone to stay as a girl".

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3.

Miss Marple solves difficult crimes thanks to her shrewd intelligence, and St Mary Mead, over her lifetime, has given her seemingly infinite examples of the negative side of human nature.

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4.

Miss Marple has a remarkable ability to latch onto a casual comment and connect it to the case at hand.

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5.

Miss Marple employs young women from a nearby orphanage, whom she trains for service as general housemaids after the retirement of her long-time maid-housekeeper, faithful Florence.

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6.

Miss Marple was briefly looked after by her irritating companion, Miss Knight.

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7.

Miss Marple has never worked for her living and is of independent means, although she benefits in her old age from the financial support of her nephew Raymond.

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8.

Miss Marple's background is described in some detail, albeit in glimpses across the novels and short stories in which she appears.

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9.

Miss Marple has a very large family, including a sister, the mother of Raymond, and Mabel Denham, a young woman who was accused of poisoning her husband Geoffrey.

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10.

Miss Marple appears in "Greenshaw's Folly", a short story included as part of the Poirot collection The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding.

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11.

Miss Marple herself sees an apparent murder committed on a train running alongside hers.

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12.

The Rutherford films are frequently repeated on television in Germany, and in that country Miss Marple is generally identified with Rutherford's quirky portrayal.

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13.

Lansbury's Miss Marple was a crisp, intelligent woman who moved stiffly and spoke in clipped tones.

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14.

In 1970, the character of Miss Marple was portrayed by Inge Langen in a West German television adaptation of The Murder at the Vicarage.

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15.

In 2018, Miss Marple was portrayed by Yunjin Kim in the South Korean television series Ms.

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16.

Miss Marple had earlier appeared in a television film adaptation of the non-Marple Christie story Murder Is Easy, playing an elderly lady somewhat similar to Miss Marple.

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17.

Miss Marple portrayed a maid in the 1937 film, Love from a Stranger, which starred Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone, another Agatha Christie play adaptation.

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18.

Miss Marple was highlighted in volume 20 of the Case Closed manga's edition of "Gosho Aoyama's Mystery Library", a section of the graphic novels where the author introduces a different detective from mystery literature, television, or other media.

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