What would Jessica do? + A Teacher’s Betrayal by Ernestine Whitman

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6 min readAug 16, 2024

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Older women rock! Have you ever watched “Murder She Wrote,” the TV mystery series starring Angela Lansbury? It first aired from 1984 to 1996 (not counting four movie versions released between 1997 and 2002), yet I’ve only recently discovered the huge uplift of Angela Lansbury playing Jessica (J.B.) Fletcher. Jessica, like me (more on my books here), is a writer, one who got her lucky break later in life.

Angela Lansbury achieved acting success in her youth, but by 58-years-old, her career had slowed. The role of Jessica soared Angela back to fame! The show’s opening changed throughout the years, but it always showed her vibrantly jogging, biking, and fishing here, there, and everywhere. This is the very first version…

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