Julia McKenzie Biography

Fast Facts

• Starred in the Royal National Theatre's production of "Sweeny Todd," for which she received a Laurence Oliver Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical
• Began acting in plays and musicals, starring in the London debut of "Maggie May" in 1966
• Quote: "Just about everybody in the world knows about Miss Marple and has an opinion of what she should be like, so I'm under no illusions about the size of the task ahead․"
• Quote: "(On her character Miss Marple in the series "Agatha Christie's Marple") "I'm still trying to find [the character]․ It's difficult because Agatha Christie wrote her in two ways․ First, very much what Geraldine McEwan played: a slight, rather Victorian creature․ Then, a little sturdier and tweedier․ I chose the latter․ A lot of people say they don't like the tweedier version․ But they're both genuine․""
• Narrated the recorded version of Lewis Carroll's novel "Through the Looking Glass․"
• Replaced Geraldine McEwan as the character Miss Marple, starring in numerous murder mysteries such as "A Pocket Full of Rye" and "Murder is Easy․"
• Portrayed Her Majesty the Queen in the helicopter scene of the "Happy and Glorious" film shown at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony