Cast & creator
Agatha Christie
Best known for Agatha Christie's Poirot, The South Bank Show, Studio One
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap, and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971 she was made a Dame for her contribution to literature. Most of her books and short stories have been adapted for television, radio, video games and comics, and more than thirty feature films have been based on her work.
Also known as: Mrs. Max Mallowan, Lady Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan
116
film credits
70
television credits
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1928–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (186)
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Novel
1989
The South Bank Show
1978
Studio One
Novel
1948
Masterpiece Mystery
Writer
1980
Agatha Christie's Marple
Novel
2004
Death on the Nile
Novel
2022
Suspense
Writer
1949
At Theatre Tonight
Writer
1966
ITV Play of the Week
Story
1955
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
Novel
2009The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
Writer
2009Danger
Writer
1950Lux Video Theatre
Writer
1950
Identity
Original Concept
2003
A Haunting in Venice
Novel
2023
Murder on the Orient Express
Novel
2017
Monday's Theater
Writer
1972
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Novel
1983Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Short Story
1983
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Novel
1951
And Then There Were None
Novel
2015
The Agatha Christie Hour
Short Story
1982The Agatha Christie Hour
Creator
1982
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
Novel
2026
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Novel
1985Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Creator
1985
Crooked House
Novel
2017
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
Self (archive footage)
2016
Witness for the Prosecution
Novel
1957
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
Book
2004Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
Novel
2004
Murder on the Orient Express
Novel
1974
Towards Zero
Novel
2025Towards Zero
Creator
2025
Evil Under the Sun
Novel
1982
Death on the Nile
Novel
1978
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Writer
1961Fireside Theater
Writer
1949
Ordeal by Innocence
Novel
2018
Miss Marple
Writer
1984
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Novel
2022
The Pale Horse
Novel
2020
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Novel
1984Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Creator
1984
The ABC Murders
Novel
2018
Partners in Crime
Novel
2015
The Witness for the Prosecution
Novel
2016
Ms Ma, Nemesis
Novel
2018
Tommy & Tuppence
Novel
2026
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
Novel
1985Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
Creator
1985
General Electric Theater
Story
1953
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Novel
1987
They Were Ten
Novel
2021
Murder Is Easy
Novel
2023
Shades of Darkness
Writer
1983
The Mirror Crack'd
Novel
1980
Miss Marple: Nemesis
Novel
1987
Agatha Christie's Hjerson
Characters
2021
And Then There Were None
Novel
1974
Appointment with Death
Novel
1988
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Novel
1987
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Original Film Writer
1985
Agathe kann’s nicht lassen
Writer
2006
Petits Meurtres en famille
Novel
2006Petits Meurtres en famille
Creator
2006
Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley
Novel
2023
Thirteen at Dinner
Novel
1985
Murder in Three Acts
Novel
1986
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Novel
1981
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Novel
1986
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Novel
1991
Dead Man's Folly
Novel
1986
Five Dolls for an August Moon
Novel
1970
And Then There Were None
Novel
1945
Endless Night
Novel
1972
المصيدة
Writer
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Novel
1987
Murder Most Foul
Novel
1964
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Novel
1989
Witness for the Prosecution
Novel
1982
Innocent Lies
Novel
1995
Murder She Said
Novel
1961The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
Writer
1948
Murder at the Gallop
Novel
1963
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Novel
1992
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Writer
2002
Murder Is Easy
Novel
1982
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Novel
1980
Miss Marple: Endless Night
Author
2013
Ordeal by Innocence
Novel
1984Sure As Fate
Writer
1950
And Then There Were None
Novel
2017
Ten Little Indians
Novel
1965Hercule
Characters
The Alphabet Murders
Novel
1965
Murder on the Orient Express
Novel
2001
The Man in the Brown Suit
Novel
1989
Murder Ahoy
Novel
1964
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Novel
1997
Sparkling Cyanide
Novel
1983
The Gallery of the Great Detectives
Novel
1954
Sparkling Cyanide
Novel
2003
Murder with Mirrors
Novel
1985
Love from a Stranger
Novel
1947
A Caribbean Mystery
Novel
1983
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Self - Writer (archive footage)
2020
Ten Little Indians
Novel
1989
Partners in Crime
Story
2012
Towards Zero
Novel
2007
Crime Is Our Business
Novel
2008Crime Is Our Business
Story
2008
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Novel
2005
The Secret Adversary
Novel
1983
The Spider's Web
Theatre Play
1960The Spider's Web
Story
1960
The Great Alibi
Novel
2008
Les Dix Petits Nègres
Novel
1970
La Toile d'araignée
Novel
1969Das Spinnennetz
Novel
1956
4.50 from Paddington
Novel
2018
Ten Little Indians
Novel
1987Nash Airflyte Theatre
Story
1950
The Passing of Mr. Quinn
Writer
1928Endless Night
Novel
Bloody Mansion Death
Book
1990
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Writer
2022
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
Self - Writer (archive footage)
2013
The Lackered Box
Novel
1932
Murder in the Memory
Novel
1992
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Self - Writer (archive footage)
1991
Love from a Stranger
Novel
1937
Pelėkautai
Novel
1986
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
Self (archive footage)
1990
Ein Fremder kam ins Haus
Novel
1957
Spider's Web
Novel
1982
Agatha Christie contre Hercule Poirot : Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd ?
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Unknown
Novel
1999
Towards Zero
Novel
1980
Dangling by a String
Thanks
2018
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2004Spider's Web
Screenplay
1955
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime
Self - Writer (archive footage)
2018
Witness for the Prosecution
Story
1949Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance
Short Story
1986
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Novel
2018
Alibi
Novel
1931
Mousetrap
Novel
1990The Detection Club
Novel
The Murder of Kuroido
Original Story
2018Missing Painting
Novel
1996
A Murder Is Announced
Novel
2019Mord im Pfarrhaus
Novel
1970
Zehn kleine Negerlein
Story
1969
Promise of Death
Novel
2021
Dangerous Women
Novel
1985
Love from a Stranger
Novel
1967
Secret of the Blackbirds
Novel
1983
Nadu Iravil
Novel
1970
Peril at End House
Novel
1990
The Mousetrap
Writer
1997
Lord Edgware Dies
Novel
1934
Chupi Chupi Aashey
Novel
1960
Black Coffee
Novel
1931
Gumnaam
Novel
1965
Black Coffee
Novel
1973
Chorabali
Novel
2016
Ten Little Indians
Novel
1959
Murder on the Orient Express
Original Story
2015
Dhund
Writer
1973
Shubho Muharat
Novel
2003Witness for the Prosecution
Short Story
Suspicions
Writer
1995
Victims Hotel
Theatre Play
Theatre Parade
Writer
1936
Fatal Invitation
Novel
2011
Le Crime en héritage : Agatha Christie crève l'écran
Self - Writer (archive footage)
2019
Les Quatre Vérités
Novel
1966
I Am Justice
Novel
1961
Nin9
Novel
2015
The Soul's beauty
Short Story
1982
Adventures Inc.
Novel
1929Ten Little Indians
Novel
1949
Agatha Christie und der Orient
Self (archive footage)
2022Death Comes as the End
Writer
The Trap
Writer
1950