Happy 90th Birthday to Dame Angela Lansbury!!!
People like to pass landmark birthdays in meaningful places, so it seems right that Dame Angela Lansbury should be celebrating her 90th on American television and on Broadway, where she will receive the Oscar Hammerstein Award for lifetime achievement in musical theatre this weekend.
These honours acknowledge the London-born performer’s contribution to the small screen, where she played writer turned crime-fighter Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote for 12 years and to the evolution of the American musical, winning five Tony awards for roles in Stephen Sondheim’s productions including the cannibalistic baker Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd and acclaimed revivals of older female parts in Gypsy and A Little Night Music.
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She has acknowledged in interviews that her only regret is that her movie CV has been spottier than her theatre and TV credits – although her films include the classic conspiracy thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Disney’s children’s hit, Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) which introduced her to a youthful audience which grew up to watch her in Murder, She Wrote.
Michael Blakemore, who recently directed Lansbury in London, New York and US touring productions of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, said: “She’s the utmost professional. I think people such as her, who have been acting since they were teenagers, develop special gifts because they learn the basis of their craft when they are young and impressionable.”
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/oct/16/dame-angela-lansbury-marks-90th-birthday-with-oscar-hammerstein-award
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What a beauty
--imm
And one heckuva good actress, too.
I have always loved that movie. 
She's also one classy woman. I know people who worked on Murder She Wrote and they had nothing but praise for her. She made sure that everyone had a full script, not just their lines. She treated fellow actors with respect and hired many old timers who needed a gig to keep their health insurance (an actor has to make a certain amount of money per year to keep their union membership current, the amount varies per union).
The same year he died (1985), Angela made sure that Lloyd Nolan had a part in one episode of MSW. He couldn't remember his lines, she was very patient with him and fed him most of his lines.
Here's wishing an amazing woman a Happy Birthday!!!!
