 Cabot Cove - Fictional seaside village
in Maine (pop. 3,560) and home to the world famous mystery writer
Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) on the drama MURDER, SHE
WROTE/CBS/1984-96. Jessica lived in an 85-year-old Victorian house
at 698 Candlewood Lane in Cabot Cove, ME. 03041. She is a widowed
substitute English teacher who gained fame as a
mystery novelist
after her husband Frank died.
Although Cabot Cove was just a small hamlet, it turned out to be
the "Murder Capital of New England," because each week, Jessica
found herself involved in the murder of some unfortunate local or
visitor. Jessica, in turn, used her mystery writing skills to deduce
the killer. And even when Jessica traveled out of town, there was
always a murdered body turning up to challenge Jessica's sleuthing
skills.
Over the run of the series, Jessica investigated some 260+
murders. So, it's remarkable that such a high murder rate hadn't
inspired a mass exodus of town citizens or, at the very least,
caused a devaluation of the local real estate market.
"The gossip
wires burns pretty hot in this town"
The roster of frequently seen Cabot Cove residents included:
Jessica Fletcher
(Angela Lansbury) |
Mystery novelist |
Seth Hazlitt
(William Windom) |
Cabot Cove’s physician |
Amos Tupper
(Tom
Bosley) |
Sheriff of Cabot Cove |
Mort Metzger
(Ron Masak) |
Sheriff of Cabot Cove (Replaced Amos) |
|
Adelle Metzger
|
Mort’s never seen wife |
Harry Pierce
(John
Astin) |
Cabot Cove’s greedy real estate agent |
Eve Simpson
(Julie Adams) |
Harry's successor. |
Sam Booth
(Richard Paul) |
Cabot Cove’s popular bachelor mayor. |
Deputy Andy Broom
(Louis Herthum) |
Mort’s chief deputy. |
Deputy Floyd
(Will Nye) |
Sheriff Metzger's red-headed deputy |
Ethan Cragg
(Claude Atkins) |
Jessica’s fisherman friend. |
Grady Fletcher
(Michael Horton)
|
Jessica' accountant nephew |
Donna Fletcher
(Debbie Zipp) |
Grady's future wife & fellow accountant |
Loretta
Spiegel
(Ruth Roman)
Ideal Malloy
(Kathryn Grayson)
Phyllis Grant
(Gloria DeHaven),
Corinne
(Sally Klein) |
Group of ladies seen at the local beauty salon who offer
helpful advice and information to Jessica Fletcher.
|
Jessica Fletcher later moved to New York City to be near her
publisher (Covington House Press, Manhattan) and to teach
criminology at Manhattan University. She took up residence at
Apartment 4B at the Penfield House Apartments, 941 West 61st Street
in New York City.
Jessica's character was revived in a number of
TV-Movies based on the series including Murder, She Wrote: South by
Southwest (1997), Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die for (2000) and
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001).
The Blair House Inn, aka the home of
Jessica Fletcher
TRIVIA NOTE: In
reality, the coastal town of Mendocino, California, north of San
Francisco, doubled for the town of Cabot Cove, Maine. The house used
for establishing outside shots of Jessica Fletcher's home was the
Blair House Inn, a bed-and-breakfast situated at 45110 Little Lake
Street in Mendocino. The nearby Hill House Inn at 10701 Palette
Drive was also used for filming exterior and interiors shots on the
show. However, most of the program was filmed on the Universal
Studio lots in Southern California. Some additional shots were
filmed in Northern California and Oregon.
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