Geraldine McEwan
Birthday: 9 May 1932, Old Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
Birth Name: Geraldine McKeown
Height: 165 cm
Geraldine McEwan was born in Old Windsor, England and made her theatre debut at the age of 14 at the Theatre Royal in Windsor. By the age of 18 she was starring in London's West End in several lo ...Show More
[on portraying Miss Marple] I've spent all my life playing roles that illustrious people have played Show more
[on portraying Miss Marple] I've spent all my life playing roles that illustrious people have played before me. Actors don't really think about who's played it before. I mean, I saw some of the Joan Hickson ones and I thought she was terrific, but it has nothing to do with me. I relate to the part myself, and I think the interest is seeing characters coming through other actors' emotional and imaginative response. Hide
I think Marple is a sort of heightened reality; you can't really say they're like everyday life. I t Show more
I think Marple is a sort of heightened reality; you can't really say they're like everyday life. I think Agatha Christie must have had a sense of humor, the way she places this elderly, very middle-class figure in a country village, but solving all these horrific crimes. Hide
During the war, my mother used to take me to the local repertory theatre on a Monday night, and we u Show more
During the war, my mother used to take me to the local repertory theatre on a Monday night, and we used to get two seats for the price of one, for ninepence, in the gods. I also had speech classes at grammar school - elocution, they called it in these days - and the teacher gave me a speech by Lady Macbeth to learn, which might seem pretty inappropriate for the age of ten. Hide
I imagine there must be people who don't like the changes but I personally feel that probably Agatha Show more
I imagine there must be people who don't like the changes but I personally feel that probably Agatha Christie wouldn't mind. A book becomes something else once it's dramatized. But what you want to be is faithful to the original essence of Agatha Christie - which I hope we do - and to Miss Marple. Hide
I'm not a workaholic but I love working, and Marple is really hard work but very stimulating.
I'm not a workaholic but I love working, and Marple is really hard work but very stimulating.
[on her late husband Hugh Cruttwell] Like everybody in that situation feels, I miss him very much bu Show more
[on her late husband Hugh Cruttwell] Like everybody in that situation feels, I miss him very much but I get on with life. I'm blessed with two children and seven grandchildren, and Marple has been a lovely thing for me to be very occupied with. Hide
Geraldine McEwan's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (30)
Geraldine McEwan'S roles
