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Geraldine McEwan (9 May 1932 – 30 January 2015) was an English actress who had a long career in theatre, television and film. McEwan was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1998 for her performance in ''The Chairs''. She won a BAFTA Award for her performance in the television serial ''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'' (1990). From 2004 to 2009 she appeared as Miss Marple, the Agatha Christie sleuth, for the series ''Marple''. Michael Coveney described her, in a tribute article, as "a great comic stylist, with a syrupy, seductive voice and a forthright, sparkling manner."〔Michael Coveney ("Geraldine McEwan was a great comic stylist" ), ''What's On Stage'', 2 February 2015〕 ==Early life== She was born Geraldine McKeown on 9 May 1932 in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England, to Donald and Norah (née Burns) McKeown. She had Irish antecedents; her maternal grandfather came from Kilkenny while her paternal grandfather came from Belfast.〔(Obituary:Geraldine McEwan ), ''The Telegraph'', 1 February 2015〕 Her father, a printers' compositor, ran the Labour Party branch in Old Windsor, a safe Conservative seat. McEwan won a scholarship to attend Windsor County Girls' School, then a private school where she felt completely out of place, and took elocution lessons. In an interview with Cassandra Jardine of ''The Daily Telegraph'' in 2004, she said of herself around this time: "I was very shy, very private," but after reading a poem (apparently Lady Macbeth's speech "Glamis thou art and Cawdor...") at a Brownie concert: "I realised it was going to be a way in which I could manage the world. I could protect myself by losing myself in other people."〔 As a teenager, McEwan became interested in theatre and her theatrical career began at 14 as assistant stage manager at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. She made her first appearance on the Windsor stage in October 1946 as an attendant of Hippolyta in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and played many parts with the Windsor Repertory Company from March 1949 to March 1951, including a role in the Ruth Gordon bio play ''Years Ago'' opposite guest player John Clark. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geraldine McEwan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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