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Sister Mavis Gearing is a fictional character portrayed by Fenella Woolgar in the TV series Dalgliesh.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Shroud for a Nightingale - Part One (season 1), they were 52 years old.
They appear in 2 episodes out of a total of 12 aired so far

Sister Mavis Gearing

by Fenella Woolgar

character

Episodes2

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    Shroud for a Nightingale - Part One
    episode S1.E1 november 2021
    Crime drama based on PD James' best-selling novels about Inspector Adam Dalgliesh, starring Bertie Carvel. In January 1975, a student nurse dies during a training demonstration and Dalgliesh is sent to investigate, accompanied by his partner DS Masterson. With poisoning confirmed as the cause of death Dalgliesh questions several of the nurses, and also has a case of blackmail on his hands.
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    Shroud for a Nightingale - Part Two
    episode S1.E2 november 2021
    A recent death on the hospital wards becomes of interest to Dalgliesh, as he investigates the behavior of several of the nurses at Nightingale House. Masterson tells Dalgliesh that Dettinger recognized one of the senior nurses as Irmgard Grobel, a woman found guilty of murdering 122 Polish prisoners by lethal injection.