Elizabeth Gracen

She has also appeared nude in Playboy. Joan Hickson died in Colchester, England. During the time of the sex scandals involving then-President Bill Clinton, Gracen admitted that she had had a one-night affair with Clinton in 1983 when he was Governor of Arkansas. Queen Elizabeth II, said to be a fan of both Miss Marple, and of Hickson, bestowed the latter award. Elizabeth Gracen's best-known acting role has been as the character of the Immortal Amanda in the series Highlander and Highlander: The Raven. Hickson played the role in all 12 adaptations of the novels produced from 1984 to 1992, and received a BAFTA nomination and an OBE from the British Government. The couple divorced in 1994. In making a new series, the makers determined to remain faithful to the plotlines and locales of Christie's stories, and most importantly to represent Miss Marple as written.

She had a minor acting career, and in 1989, while filming Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, she met actor Brendan Hughes, and they married soon after. Though admired, Rutherford's Marple bore little resemblance to the character as written, and the plots of the early Christie film versions varied sharply from the author's carefully constructed plotlines. The marriage did not last long, but she retained her married name. The BBC began filming the works of Agatha Christie in the early 1980s, and were conscious of the criticism that had been levelled at the most famous portrayal of Miss Marple given by Margaret Rutherford. She soon married and took the name of Elizabeth Gracen. In 1980 she appeared in yet another Agatha Christie production, as Mrs Rivington in Why Didn't They Ask Evans. Born Elizabeth Ward on April 3, 1960 in Booneville, Arkansas, USA, she won the titles of Miss Arkansas and Miss America in 1982. Her stage career included roles in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit and Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce, for which she won a Tony Award in 1977.

Elizabeth Gracen is an American actress known almost as much for her off-screen activities as for her movie and television roles. She also appeared opposite Margaret Rutherford in the Marple film Murder, She Said (1961). "The Day the Women Got Even". In the 1940s she appeared on-stage in an Agatha Christie play, Appointment with Death, which was seen by Christie who wrote to her "I hope one day you might play my dear Miss Marple". "Maid in America". She made her first film appearance in 1934, and the numerous supporting roles of her career included several Carry On films. Alone in the Dark. Born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, England, she made her stage debut in 1927, and for several years worked throughout the United Kingdom and achieved success playing comedic, often eccentric characters in London's West End.

"The Hand Me Down Kid". Joan Hickson ( August 5, 1906 – October 17, 1998) was an English actress of theater, film and television, who achieved fame in her old age playing Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Nadine. The Mirror Crack'd (1992). Three for the Road (1987) .. They Do It With Mirrors (1991). Pass the Ammo. A Caribbean Mystery (1989).

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat. 4.50 from Paddington (1987). "The Death of the Incredible Hulk". Nemesis (1987). Marked for Death. At Bertram's Hotel (1987). "83 Hours 'Til Dawn". Sleeping Murder (1987).

Lisa. The Murder at the Vicarage (1986). Lower Level. A Pocket Full of Rye (1985). "Highlander". A Murder is Announced (1985). "Sidney Sheldon's The Sands of Time". The Moving Finger (1985).

Final Mission. The Body in the Library (1984) - BAFTA nomination. Discretion Assured. The Expert. "Extreme".

Kounterfeit. "Highlander: The Raven".