Jessica Fletcher
| Jessica Beatrice Fletcher | |
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| Murder, She Wrote character | |
Angela Lansbury as Jessica in a Murder She Wrote promo shot 1996
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| First appearance | "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes", 1984 |
| Last appearance | Murder She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (TV movie), 2003 |
| Created by |
Peter S. Fischer Richard Levinson William Link |
| Portrayed by | Angela Lansbury |
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| Occupation |
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| Family |
Dr. Marshall MacGill (brother) Johnny Eaton- (nephew) Grady Fletcher (nephew) |
| Spouse(s) | Frank Fletcher (deceased) |
| Birthname | Jessica Beatrice MacGill |
| Location | Cabot Cove, Maine, US |
Dr. Marshall MacGill (brother)
Martin MacGill (brother)
Neil Fletcher (brother-in-law)
Constance Fletcher (sister-in-law)
Louise Morton (sister-in-law)
Victoria Brandon (niece)
Carol Donovan (niece)
Pamela MacGill-Crane (niece)
Nita Cochran (niece)
Tracy MacGill – (niece)
Johnny Eaton- (nephew)
Jessica Beatrice Fletcher (born Jessica Beatrice MacGill, known as J.B. Fletcher when writing) is a character and the protagonist portrayed by Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury on the American television series Murder, She Wrote. Fletcher is a best-selling author of mystery novels, an English teacher and congresswoman. In 2004, Fletcher was listed in Bravo's "100 Greatest TV Characters".AOL named her one of the "100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters". The same website listed her among "TV's Smartest Detectives". She was ranked at number 6 on Sleuth Channel's poll of "America's Top Sleuths".Guinness World Records called her the "most prolific amateur sleuth".
Jessica's ancestors hailed from Kilcleer, County Cork, Ireland. She has two brothers and two sisters. Her brothers are Marshall, a doctor, and Martin. Jessica's maiden name was MacGill, inspired by Angela Lansbury's mother's real maiden name. Before she met and married Frank Fletcher, Jessica was studying at Harrison College in Green Falls, New Hampshire, to become a journalist. In the episode "Alma Murder," she mentions being a member of Delta Alpha Chi sorority.
Fletcher lives at 698 Candlewood Lane in the town of Cabot Cove, Maine 03041. While teaching criminology at Manhattan University, she stays in Manhattan at the Penfield House Apartments, 941 West 61st St. Cabot Cove is a town of 3,560 inhabitants near the ocean. Based on the number of murders that occur in a given season of the show, the town seems to have probably one of the highest murder ratios of any town or city. This has even been remarked in the show by the town sheriff, Mort Metzger. He noted in season 5, episode 21 ("Mirror Mirror On the Wall Part 1") that this was his fifth murder in one year. Given the population of the town to be about 3,000 this is a fairly high murder rate. Given the murder rate in this town, it has about the same murder rate of a town 20 times its size. This trend was noted and parodied many times.
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