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Angela Lansbury – Now
One of Ms. Landbury’s most popular roles in the later part of her career was the detective series, Murder She Wrote. She landed the role as Jessica Fletcher in 1983 and continued through 1996. Since then she has become heavily involved in Broadway Theater.
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Nichelle Nichols – Then
Star Trek fans will immediately recognize Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura, the communications expert on the USS Enterprise. Nichols actually started as a singer and voice artist before landing her breakout role in Star Trek that would last from 1966-1969 and then on into multiple full-length movies.