Episode
Murder, She Wrote: The Grand Old Lady
Overview
When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.
Details
- Series
- Murder, She Wrote
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1989-10-08
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
The Grand Old Lady is Episode 3 in Season 6 of Murder, She Wrote. It aired on 1989-10-08. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 4: The Error of Her Ways
When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Appointment in Athens
Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a fellow agent from captivity.
Episode 5: Jack and Bill
A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.
Episode 6: Dead Letter
An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson occurs in a furniture store. Are these events connected?
Episode 7: Night of the Tarantula
A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.
Episode 8: When the Fat Lady Sings
The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.
Episode 9: Test of Wills
A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.
Episode 10: Class Act
A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class. His opening speech reduces his class to two. Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.
Episode 11: Town Father
The town gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children. Julie Adams, Gloria De Haven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman return as gossips Eve, Phyllis, Idal and Loretta.
Episode 12: Goodbye Charlie
Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.
Episode 13: If the Shoe Fits
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