Farewell to Angela Lansbury: With Jessica Fletcher, Thriller Has Never Been So Elegant

Between one murder and another Jessica Fletcher (“the lady in yellow” played by Angela Lansbury) has never lost her unmistakable and iconic style.

Author: Giusy Dente

Ben 5 Tony Awards, 6 Golden Globes, first Oscar nomination at age 17 and an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 2014, a very long theatrical activity on Broadway, film, television: in short Angela Lansbury she was a talented versatile artist, also trained in dance, singing and cabaret. We will 75 years of career, full of successes and satisfactions. She died aged 96 in Los Angeles: in everyone’s hearts, although she has played many roles, she will always remain “Murder, she wrote”, the elegant and impeccable Jessica Fletcher.

Jessica Fletcher and Angela Lansbury, Iconic Women

Angela Lansbury played Jessica Fletcher from 1984 to 1996: ben 12 years and a total of 264 episodes (with endless replicas that the public has never tired of until today). The mystery writer was a kind of alter ego for the actress. The relationship between the two women was a bit of a mirror and perhaps also why Lansbury was able to give Fletcher such veracity, to the point of impressing her in the hearts of the public, making her a ‘icon. The New York Times posthumously published an interview in which the then 84-year-old admitted that “the lady in yellow” was the woman he wanted to be.

Jessica Fletcher was gifted with an unerring intuition to solve murder cases: wherever someone went, she left her pens and it was up to her to collaborate with the Police to solve the case, making her skills available to detective writer. Intelligent, ironic, able to connect facts and people, attentive to details, the identification of the culprit and the release of the innocent were assured if she was around.

And between a murder on the right and another on the left, it never lost its unmistakable character. elegant style, which made it an icon of the collective imagination of all generations. And in time, she too turned into a queen of memes for millennials, who have made her the queen of the web, enamored of her astonished expressions, the faces of a detective constantly looking for clues, and those of an observer who never escapes a liar!

Jessica Fletcher’s Unmistakable Style

In addition to the characterization of the character, Angela Lansbury cared a lot personally the character’s aestheticyour dress stylecollaborating withdesigning your wardrobe. Costume designer Eilish Zebrasky said she thought for Jessica Fletcher of dresses that were first and foremost appropriate for her age, but that reflected the character of a woman with personality, independent, autonomous, who doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone and who is enough. in itself.

Jennifer Frazee, who worked as a freelance assistant stylist on the show, said the actress used to argue with the team at every take, to jointly decide what would be best for her character. Jessica Fletcher’s was a look classic, elegant and timeless. Her favorite pieces were the soft 80s-style cardigans, which she never wore without a round of pearls around her neck and one of her beloved scarves (colorful and patterned, possibly).

Another must of the looks were the glasses, with extra frames. And then wide skirts, but also suits and blouses, not forgetting the sports suit and evening dresses for gala nights. All this, without ever giving up her lightly teased short blonde hair. In short, Jessica Fletcher conquered everyone even with her colorful and elegant style, from stubborn and at the same time accommodating woman. Impossible to resist!

Source: Fan Page IT

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