Miss Marple

Miss Jane Marple
Miss Jane Marple
First appearance	"The Tuesday Night Club"
Last appearance	Sleeping Murder; Marple: Twelve New Stories (2022) other writers
Created by	Agatha Christie
Portrayed by	Gracie Fields; Margaret Rutherford; Angela Lansbury; Dulcie Gray; Helen Hayes; Ita Ever; Joan Hickson; Geraldine McEwan; June Whitfield; Julia McKenzie; Isabella Parriss (young); Renée Michels; Julie Cox (young);
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Title	Miss
Occupation	Amateur detective
Family	Raymond West (nephew); David West (great-nephew); Lionel West (great-nephew);
Relatives	Joan West (niece-in-law); Mabel Denham (niece); Henry (uncle); Antony (cousin); Gordon (cousin); Fanny Godfrey (cousin); Lady Ethel Merridew (cousin); Thomas (uncle); Helen (aunt); Diana "Bunch" Harmon (goddaughter);
Religion	Church of England (Christian)
Nationality	British

Jane Marple, better known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. Miss Marple lives in the fictional English village of St Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. Often characterised as an elderly spinster, she is one of Christie's best-known characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen. Her first appearance was in a short story published in The Royal Magazine in December 1927, "The Tuesday Night Club", which later became the first chapter of The Thirteen Problems (1932). Her first appearance in a full-length novel was in The Murder at the Vicarage in 1930 and her last appearance was in Sleeping Murder in 1976.