Corymore Productions

Corymore Productions was an American television production company established in 1987 by producer Peter Shaw and actress Angela Lansbury. The company was launched at Universal Studios with the participation of the couple's two sons, David and Anthony, and became closely associated with Lansbury's television work. Its principal production relationship was with Murder, She Wrote, the long-running mystery series in which Lansbury played amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. Although the series began before Corymore Productions was formed, the company co-produced the program during its later years, from 1992 through 1996. The company's name was taken from Corrymore House, a location near Keem Bay on Achill Island in Ireland connected with Lansbury's childhood summer holidays. Lansbury later learned that the place name was correctly spelled with a doubled “r,” producing the form “Corymore” used by the company. The name therefore linked the production business to a personal family memory rather than to a conventional corporate or entertainment-industry naming formula. Corymore's work extended beyond the regular Murder, She Wrote series. Its television credits included the 1992 adaptation Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, the 1996 holiday television film Mrs. Santa Claus, and several later Murder, She Wrote television movies. These included Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest in 1997, Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For in 2000, Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man in 2001, and Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle in 2003. The company thus functioned primarily as a vehicle for television production connected to Lansbury and to adaptations or continuations of established television properties. Corymore Productions has not been credited with producing a further work after 2003. Public reference material does not identify a separate commercial operation, current executive structure, website, stock listing, or continuing production slate. On the available record, the company is best understood as an inactive television production label whose principal historical importance comes from its role in the later production history of Murder, She Wrote and in a small group of television films featuring Lansbury.

Corymore Productions was formed in 1987 by Peter Shaw and Angela Lansbury and launched at Universal Studios. The company was established as a family-associated production venture, with the couple's sons, David and Anthony, also involved in its production activities. Its name referred to Corrymore House near Keem Bay on Achill Island in Ireland, a place associated with Lansbury's childhood summer holidays. The spelling used by the company reflected Lansbury's later discovery that the location's name properly contained a doubled “r.” The company's central television association was Murder, She Wrote. Lansbury had starred as Jessica Fletcher since the series premiered in 1984, while Corymore Productions became a co-producer during the program's later run, receiving production credit from 1992 through 1996. The series was a durable mystery program built around Fletcher's investigations, and its connection with Corymore gave the company a continuing role in one of Lansbury's best-known screen projects. Corymore also produced television films. Its listed productions began with Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris in 1992 and continued with Mrs. Santa Claus in 1996. The company subsequently produced several Murder, She Wrote television films: South by Southwest in 1997, A Story to Die For in 2000, The Last Free Man in 2001, and The Celtic Riddle in 2003. These credits show a production strategy focused on scripted television, established characters, literary or franchise-based material, and projects featuring Lansbury. The Celtic Riddle is identified as Corymore Productions' last production in the available reference material. No later productions, active corporate website, public listing, or current operating structure are identified. The company is therefore treated as defunct or inactive after 2003, although the available source does not provide a formal dissolution date or corporate-status filing. Its historical profile is primarily that of a compact producer label created by a prominent performer and producer, rather than a large standalone studio with an extensive independent catalog.

1. 2003Final listed production

   Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle is identified as the company's final production.

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2. 1996Murder, She Wrote co-production period ends

   Corymore's listed co-production involvement with the regular Murder, She Wrote series runs through 1996.

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3. 1992Production work expands to television films

   The company is credited with Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris and began co-producing Murder, She Wrote during the series' later years.

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4. 1987Corymore Productions is founded

   Peter Shaw and Angela Lansbury established Corymore Productions at Universal Studios, with involvement from their sons David and Anthony.

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A producer-led television label centered on scripted programming and television films associated with Angela Lansbury, particularly the Murder, She Wrote franchise.

• Murder, She WroteTelevision series1984

  A long-running American mystery television series starring Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher, a mystery writer who becomes involved in solving murders. Corymore Productions co-produced the series from 1992 through 1996, during its later broadcast run.

• Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ParisTelevision film1992

  A 1992 television film produced by Corymore Productions. It is part of the company's group of made-for-television projects associated with Angela Lansbury.

• Mrs. Santa ClausTelevision film1996

  A 1996 holiday television film produced by Corymore Productions and featuring Angela Lansbury. The project illustrates the company's work outside the regular Murder, She Wrote series.

• Murder, She Wrote: South by SouthwestTelevision film1997

  A 1997 Murder, She Wrote television film produced under the Corymore Productions label as the franchise continued beyond the original series run.

• The Unexpected Mrs. PollifaxTelevision film1999

  A 1999 television film listed among Corymore Productions' credits. It represents the company's work in scripted television outside the Murder, She Wrote property.

• Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die ForTelevision film2000

  A 2000 television film continuing the Murder, She Wrote property and credited to Corymore Productions.

• Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free ManTelevision film2001

  A 2001 Murder, She Wrote television film produced by Corymore Productions and extending the franchise in a standalone television-movie format.

• Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic RiddleTelevision film2003

  A 2003 television film and the last production attributed to Corymore Productions in the available reference material. It continued the Murder, She Wrote series in television-film form.

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