Emily French (Witness for the Prosecution)

In the stage play Witness for the Prosecution, Emily French is the murder victim.

In the Play once again French is talked in the past tense, added to the script is Leonard talking about how she saw him as a son rather than a lover, she took great delights in his projects and he did believe she could help him with funding it. However on the night of the murder with it being Janet's night off, Vole said he visited her at 7:45pm, played Double Demon and at 9pm he left for home, however at about 9:30pm McKenzie returned home for something, she heard French and who she claims was Vole chatting before hearing a crash and found French dead. Vole also claims not to know about her changing the will for his benefit saying that she was speaking to McKenzie when she suggested this.

1957 film
With the additions of film, Emily is shown in a flashback during Vole's statement with Wilfrid Robarts, she and Vole go out she buys a awkwardly large hat and when they went to the cinema he sat behind her despite the hat making it difficult to view, she sees Vole's invention of a egg beater/separator and is delighted despite McKenize's distaste for it and Vole. As a addition for the film Emily is a widow and speaks of her husband.

She was played by Norma Varden.

1982 film
For the television version the flashback scenes were deleted and instead French is seen in the intro when McKenzie goes to get her pattern, laughing to a unseen Leonard Vole before he kills her.

She was played by Patricia Leslie.