The tennis legend debuts her new baby bump as she and husband Alexis Met Gala 2023 live: Rihanna finally arrives! ' '', Windsor, Berkshire,,! She played the spinster detective Jane Marple in 12 TV shows on ITV from 2004 to 2009. "There were some very violent young men at Rada, and Hugh was always infinitely patient with them," recalls one of his students. McEwan starred in the role of the spinster consultant detective Jane Marple in 12 TV films aired on ITV. By the time he was done he owned more of Las Vegas than any other individual, and he began the process that transformed it from a city of gangsters into the surreal entertainment vortex we know and love today. I was just one of the many former students with whom he maintained friendships long after their training. [1][22][23] This production had a brief run on Broadway between April and June 1998; McEwan was nominated for a Tony Award.[23][24]. He died in 2002. Cause of death: disease. Miss Marple actress Geraldine McEwan, who played Agatha Christie's detective on TV, left nearly 3million in her will. Her son Greg, an actor and screenwriter, and daughter Claudia said in a statement: Following a stroke at the end of October and a period in hospital, Geraldine McEwan passed away peacefully on 30 January. Cruttwell was the Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1965 to 1984. Please enter a valid Memorial ID. Rylance, who now runs Shakespeare's Globe, was one of the many former students at the 80th birthday party. [2], She made her directorial debut, in 1988, with the Renaissance Theatre Company's touring season, Renaissance Shakespeare on the Road, co-produced with the Birmingham Rep, and ending with a three-month repertory programme at the Phoenix Theatre in London. After school he went up to Oxford to read history at Hertford College, where his uncle, the college principal, had the distinction of having sent down Evelyn Waugh - thus earning a place in Waugh's first five novels as a series of minor but ludicrous characters. Hugh was 83 years old at the time of death. The actor's cause of death has been discovered by TMZ. Explore Mig_R's 127138 photos on Flickr! The Bafta award winner had a long and successful career in theatre, television and films which saw her work with the likes of Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Williams.