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1906 - Born on August 5th in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.
1927 - Her stage career began with provincial theater, going on to a long series of West End comedies, usually playing the part of a confused or eccentric middle-age woman.
1946 - Her first Agatha Christie role was Miss Pryce in the play "Appointment With Death", which prompted Christie herself to write "I hope you will play my dear Miss Marple".
1948-1976 - She performed at the Regent's Park Open Air Theater at the time London was subject to World War II bombing. Her work gradually included screen roles: The Guinea Pig, The Card , The 39 Steps - over 80 movies in all - but her stage career continued, with parts in three Peter Nichols plays, Coward's "Blithe Spirit".
1977 - Won a Tony award supporting actress performance in Ayckbourn's "Bedroom Farce".
1984 - She starred in television series "Mystery!" (as Miss Marple).
1987 - Awarded the OBE for services to acting.
1998 - She died on October 17th, aged 92, in hospital at Colchester, Essex, survived by a son and daughter.
1927 - Her stage career began with provincial theater, going on to a long series of West End comedies, usually playing the part of a confused or eccentric middle-age woman.
1946 - Her first Agatha Christie role was Miss Pryce in the play "Appointment With Death", which prompted Christie herself to write "I hope you will play my dear Miss Marple".
1948-1976 - She performed at the Regent's Park Open Air Theater at the time London was subject to World War II bombing. Her work gradually included screen roles: The Guinea Pig, The Card , The 39 Steps - over 80 movies in all - but her stage career continued, with parts in three Peter Nichols plays, Coward's "Blithe Spirit".
1977 - Won a Tony award supporting actress performance in Ayckbourn's "Bedroom Farce".
1984 - She starred in television series "Mystery!" (as Miss Marple).
1987 - Awarded the OBE for services to acting.
1998 - She died on October 17th, aged 92, in hospital at Colchester, Essex, survived by a son and daughter.
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