It's extremely difficult to picture anyone in the role of Jessica Fletcher other than Angela Lansbury. The original "Murder, She Wrote" TV series lasted a gangbusters 264 episodes over the course of 12 seasons, running from 1984 all the way through 1996.

Though set in fictional Cabot Cove, the long-running TV series staged its exterior scenes in Mendocino, where the third annual festival takes place in early May.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jamie Lee Curtis is to play Jessica Fletcher in a new "Murder, She Wrote" movie. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI March 26 (UPI) --Oscar-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis has signed on to ...

When Murder, She Wrote premiered in 1984, Angela Lansbury's fictional character Jessica Fletcher became the country's beloved amateur detective. With its combination of cozy mystery and clever writing, Murder, She Wrote transported viewers into a world ...

There’s a Murder, She Wrote movie happening! A film inspired by the classic TV series Murder, She Wrote is in the works at Universal, starring Jamie Lee Curtis as Jessica Fletcher. The film is from writers Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo and will ...

(NEXSTAR) — It’s been nearly 42 years since the late, great Angela Lansbury first debuted as crime novelist/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher in the long-running CBS drama “Murder, She Wrote,” but the series is finally getting a long-anticipated ...