Mystery Woman
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Article ImagesMystery Woman is the name of a series of 11 made-for-television mystery films released by the Hallmark Channel between 2003 and 2007, and now appearing regularly on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. While on the Hallmark Channel, it was broadcast in rotation with the movie series McBride, Murder 101, and Jane Doe, under the umbrella title Hallmark Channel Mystery Wheel.
Mystery Woman | |
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Genre | Mystery |
Created by | Michael Sloan |
Written by | Michael Sloan Joyce Burditt |
Starring | Kellie Martin Clarence Williams III |
Music by | Joe Kraemer |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Robert Halmi Jr. Larry Levinson |
Producer | Lincoln Lageson |
Editor | Colleen Halsey |
Running time | 80–84 min. |
Production companies | Alpine Medien Productions Larry Levinson Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Hallmark Channel |
Release | August 31, 2003 – January 13, 2007 |
In the UK these movies are aired, on a rotation basis, in the afternoon drama slot on Channel 5. The series pilot aired in 2003, followed by ten episodes that ran through 2005–07.[1]
Mystery Woman stars Kellie Martin as Samantha Kinsey, proprietor of a bookstore specializing in mystery books who gets involved in solving real-life mysteries. Martin has also directed two episodes.[2]
- Kellie Martin as Samantha Kinsey: an avid murder-mystery fan who inherits a bookstore in the first film. Her extensive knowledge of murder-mystery books assists her in her amateur sleuthing. In the pilot, she is divorced, but this is never mentioned in the other films.
- J.E. Freeman in the first film, Clarence Williams III in subsequent films as Philby[note 1]: Caretaker of the bookstore, later revealed to have worked in a secret agency for the government identified as O.S.D. Level 6 in Mystery Woman: Oh Baby. He is like a father figure to Samantha.
- Constance Zimmer in the first film, replaced by Nina Siemaszko in subsequent films as Cassie Hillman: An assistant to the District Attorney, and personal friend of Samantha's.
- Casey Sander as Chief Connors: The often-foiled police chief who is quick to arrest before Samantha usually proves him wrong. Despite the fact that he hates it when Samantha interferes in his investigations, Chief Connors does care for her, as shown in the last episode of the series Mystery Woman: In the Shadows when he tells her that she may be a pain in the backside but she is his pain in the backside. His affection is also shown in his nickname for her: "Snoopy".
- ^ In the pilot, he is named Ian Philby. However, in Mystery Woman: In the Shadows, his name is Philby Cross.
Throughout the series, the Jeep Liberty driven by Samantha alternates from an all silver vehicle with a large roof rack, to one that's silver with black trim and a smaller roof rack.
- ^ "MYSTERY WOMAN: SNAPSHOT and SING ME A MURDER (DVD)". georgekelly.org. 28 June 2016.
- ^ "The One Thing 'ER' & 'Life Goes On' Star Kellie Martin Would Change About Her 34-Year Career". bustle.com. 2 August 2017.