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
(17,194 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,788 posts)Glorfindel
(9,719 posts)From the first time I saw her in "Samson and Delilah"
Raven123
(4,792 posts)Rhiannon12866
(204,779 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
(9,055 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,110 posts)quite a cutie pie in her day.
marble falls
(57,013 posts)... the butler did it!
catrose
(5,060 posts)elleng
(130,740 posts)question everything
(47,437 posts)A real class Act
Omaha Steve
(99,502 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
(4,110 posts)LisaM
(27,794 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
(101,271 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
(43,122 posts)RobertDevereaux
(1,847 posts)Karadeniz
(22,474 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
(22,474 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,395 posts)badhair77
(4,208 posts)And she was a proud Democrat. What a loss.
sinkingfeeling
(51,438 posts)blue-wave
(4,344 posts)Saddened by the news. RIP
I never knew she had a role, although minor, in this movie. From this threads link above:
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)Angela's Cockney, flirty maid made you want to smack her.
efhmc
(14,723 posts)See some one referenced Bedknobs and Broomsticks. That was a good one. What a history. What a lady.
rurallib
(62,387 posts)on the TV from a small town in Maine - Now that was heaven!
She was sure a great actress - one of kind.
cstanleytech
(26,236 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)I have enjoyed so much of her wonderful work!
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,087 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
(51,567 posts)and already was nominated for an Oscar.
Talitha
(6,563 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
(6,563 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,567 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
(17,632 posts)Talitha
(6,563 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,821 posts)May she rest in peace.
Frances
(8,542 posts)the 1944 film National Velvet. I loved that movie!
fierywoman
(7,671 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,955 posts)Response to Trueblue1968 (Original post)
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twodogsbarking
(9,676 posts)electric_blue68
(14,818 posts)Bristlecone
(10,117 posts)Minnie in The Long Hot Summer
One of my favorite movies.
efhmc
(14,723 posts)our country at 93. Anyway I cried.
BumRushDaShow
(128,509 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...
Rocknation