{{Short description|American television production company}} {{Infobox company | name = Corymore Productions | logo = Image:Corymore.JPG | logo_size = 250px | type = Private | fate = Dormant | successor = | divisions = | founder = {{Unbulleted list|Peter Shaw|Angela Lansbury}} | foundation = {{start date and age|1987}} | defunct = | location = Universal City, California, United States | location_city = <!--modifies "Headquarters" entry--> | location_country = <!--modifies "Headquarters" entry--> | locations = <!--# of locations--> | key_people = David Shaw, Anthony Shaw, Angela Lansbury | num_employees = 10–19 | industry = Television production company | products = | revenue = | operating_income = | homepage = }}
'''Corymore Productions''' is an American television production company that was created and founded in 1987 by producer Peter Shaw and his wife and actress Angela Lansbury.<ref>[https://www.mcall.com/1996/04/03/lansbury-production-company-signs-deal-with-universal/ ''Lansbury Production Company Signs Deal With Universal''] at The Morning Call</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1989-02-14 |title=The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/102027309/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The name came from Corrymore House, by Keem Bay on Achill Island in Ireland, where Lansbury had spent childhood summer holidays, and whose correct spelling with doubled R she discovered later.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gottfried |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Gottfried |title=Balancing Act: The Authorised Biography of Angela Lansbury |year=1999 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=New York |isbn=978-0-316-32225-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/balancingactauth00gott |pages=25, 115}}</ref>
The couple launched Corymore Productions at Universal Studios with their two sons, David and Anthony, where for twelve years they co-produced the long-running hit television series ''Murder, She Wrote'', as well as several television movies featuring Lansbury.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/obituary-peter-shaw-1918-2003-74168202.html Obituary: Peter Shaw (1918-2003)] at PR Newswire</ref> The company, which produced ''Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle'', hasn't produced anything since 2003.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}
==TV productions== *''Murder, She Wrote'' (1984–1996) (produced by Corymore from 1992 to 1996) *''Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris'' (1992) *''Mrs. Santa Claus'' (1996) *''Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest'' (1997) *''The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax'' (1999) *''Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For'' (2000) *''Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man'' (2001) *''Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle'' (2003)
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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/company/co0054949/ ''Corymore Productions''] at the Internet Movie Database.
Category:Mass media companies established in 1987 Category:1987 establishments in California Category:Universal Pictures Category:Television production companies based in California Category:Entertainment companies established in 1987
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