Miss Marple

fictional character appearing in Agatha Christie's crime novels
Person fictional_human Q193531
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Miss Marple

Summary

Miss Marple is a fictional human[1]. She worked as a detective[2] and amateur[3]. She ranks in the top 2% of fictional_human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,670 views/month).[4]

Key Facts

  • Miss Marple held citizenship in United Kingdom[5].
  • Miss Marple's professions included detective[2].
  • Miss Marple worked as an amateur[3].
  • Miss Marple is the creator of Agatha Christie[6].
  • Miss Marple is recorded as female[7].
  • Miss Marple's instance of is recorded as fictional human[8].
  • Miss Marple's instance of is recorded as literary character[9].
  • Miss Marple's instance of is recorded as television character[10].
  • Miss Marple's instance of is recorded as film character[11].
  • Among the performers on Miss Marple was Gracie Fields[12].
  • Among the performers on Miss Marple was Margaret Rutherford[13].
  • Miss Marple was performed by Angela Lansbury[14].
  • Among the performers on Miss Marple was Ita Ever[15].
  • Miss Marple was performed by Helen Hayes[16].
  • Miss Marple was performed by Joan Hickson[17].
  • Miss Marple was performed by Geraldine McEwan[18].
  • Miss Marple was performed by Julia McKenzie[19].
  • Miss Marple's Commons category is recorded as Miss Jane Marple[20].
  • Miss Marple's family name is recorded as Marple[21].
  • Miss Marple's given name is recorded as Jane[22].
  • Miss Marple's official website is recorded as https://www.agathachristie.com/characters/miss-marple[23].
  • Miss Marple's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Miss Marple[24].
  • Miss Marple's relative is recorded as Raymond West[25].
  • Miss Marple's from narrative universe is recorded as Agatha Christie's fictional universe[26].
  • Miss Marple's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Character[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1927-12[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8d22147d-f548-4670-b035-0be58c59b34d[31]

Body

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include detective[2] and amateur[3].

Works and Contributions

Miss Marple is the creator of Agatha Christie[6].

Why It Matters

Miss Marple ranks in the top 2% of fictional_human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,670 views/month).[4] She has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] She is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What did Miss Marple do for work?

Miss Marple worked as detective[2] and amateur[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Agatha Christie's Marple
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', '
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 0CF3-3A29-31E5-32E0-1427
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  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 380534
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  4. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Imdb id → ch0026660
    Website → —
    Relative → Raymond West
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0010300-Marple-Jane, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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