Angela Lansbury, 'Murder, She Wrote' and 'Beauty and the Beast' star, dies at 96
Source: NBC
Angela Lansbury, a versatile actor who wowed generations of fans as a murderous baker, a singing teapot, a Soviet spy and a small-town sleuth among a host of other memorable roles, died Tuesday, her family announced.
She was 96.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/angela-lansbury-murder-wrote-beauty-beast-star-dies-96-rcna42421
Trueblue1968
(17,230 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,799 posts)Glorfindel
(9,732 posts)From the first time I saw her in "Samson and Delilah"
Raven123
(4,855 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,614 posts)Movies, TV, she could do it all. I still watch "Murder, She Wrote," she often had guest stars from her movie days - three generations of my family watched it every week...
chowder66
(9,074 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,156 posts)quite a cutie pie in her day.
marble falls
(57,124 posts)... the butler did it!
catrose
(5,068 posts)elleng
(131,006 posts)question everything
(47,497 posts)A real class Act
Omaha Steve
(99,669 posts)We love her in "The Lady Vanishes" 1979 as Miss Froy. And there is "The Last Unicorn" and on and on.
https://graveyardsofomaha.com/tz2004.html
Ron Masak was at the end of Ben's table, so we went to him next. We bought a copy of his TZ photo for him to sign, and also one of his role in "Ice Station Zebra." We had a shot of him from "Tora, Tora, Tora," and he loved it when he saw it. He talked about the extra on the film, who had a career after that because Ron got him on screen. He also had a shot of himself, Angela Lansbury and William Windom from "Murder, She Wrote," signed by Angela, that we bought. We had Ron and William sign it as well.
duhneece
(4,113 posts)LisaM
(27,815 posts)Her grandfather, George Lansbury, was leader of the Labour Party at one point. His photo often appeared in "Murder, She Wrote" episodes, on the wall of her Cabot Cove house.
She often worked environmental and labor issues into the show, though it wasn't obviously liberal unless you paid attention. She particularly went after mining companies.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)Looking him up, I find another of his grandchildren (so her cousin) was Oliver Postgate, co-creator of beloved British animation series like Bagpuss and The Clangers.
Celerity
(43,428 posts)RobertDevereaux
(1,857 posts)Karadeniz
(22,541 posts)to Ireland to remove temptation. She's not only talented, she had a
Fine character.
Jade Fox
(10,030 posts)which precipitated the move to Ireland.
Karadeniz
(22,541 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,438 posts)badhair77
(4,218 posts)And she was a proud Democrat. What a loss.
sinkingfeeling
(51,464 posts)blue-wave
(4,356 posts)Saddened by the news. RIP
I never knew she had a role, although minor, in this movie. From this threads link above:
BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)Angela's Cockney, flirty maid made you want to smack her.
efhmc
(14,731 posts)See some one referenced Bedknobs and Broomsticks. That was a good one. What a history. What a lady.
rurallib
(62,431 posts)on the TV from a small town in Maine - Now that was heaven!
She was sure a great actress - one of kind.
cstanleytech
(26,300 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)I have enjoyed so much of her wonderful work!
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,126 posts)And I got to see Lansbury do the "gypsy runthrough". That meant some stops and no blood. I got to see her working on scenes with director Hal Prince. The difficulty of that music, LIVE, every night and the business she had going was astonishing. I first saw her as Mame, then Rose, and at last Mrs. Lovett. I am a lucky gal.
BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)and already was nominated for an Oscar.
Talitha
(6,598 posts)Supposedly her parents made the studio wait till she was 18 before filming a scene where she smoked a cigarette.
BigmanPigman
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that she was only about three years older than the actor, Lawrence Harvey, playing her son in The Manchurian Candidate.
Talitha
(6,598 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)Dustin Hoffman was only 6 years younger than Anne Bancroft, who played a woman his mother's age/generation. Incredible acting by all!
burrowowl
(17,641 posts)Talitha
(6,598 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,838 posts)May she rest in peace.
Frances
(8,545 posts)the 1944 film National Velvet. I loved that movie!
fierywoman
(7,686 posts)pansypoo53219
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twodogsbarking
(9,768 posts)electric_blue68
(14,923 posts)Bristlecone
(10,130 posts)Minnie in The Long Hot Summer
One of my favorite movies.
efhmc
(14,731 posts)our country at 93. Anyway I cried.
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)for my nephew's birthday party. This was a real gut punch because she was such a prolific and era-spanning actress. Her passing is a great loss to the film, theater, and television industries thanks to her powerful acting in what would become iconic roles.
R.I.P. and thank you for bringing these productions to life.
Rocknation
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(the character she played on Murder She Wrote). She would never embarrass the professionally-trained and allegedly smarter detectives she'd work with by saying, "You didn't notice that the position of the body makes it obvious that the murderer is left-handed?" She would always say, "You noticed, OF COURSE, that the position of the body CLEARLY indicates that the murderer has to be left-handed..."
Example: Last month, I told my new landlord, "I figured that your not telling us that you'd be disconnecting the wifi was a security measure since you were installing surveillance cameras. Lucky for me I have a mobile hotspot account, which I can simply deduct from the next rent!" Our wifi re-materialized within 48 hours...
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