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(19,341 posts) Tue Oct 11, 2022, 03:59 PM Oct 2022

Angela Lansbury, 'Murder, She Wrote' and 'Beauty and the Beast' star, dies at 96 [View all]

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

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Angela Lansbury, 'Murder, She Wrote' and 'Beauty and the Beast' star, dies at 96 [View all] Trueblue1968 Oct 2022 OP

I AM SOOOOOOOOOO SAD. i admire her so much Trueblue1968 Oct 2022 #1

Sad news. She was a wonderful actress. Polly Hennessey Oct 2022 #2

Very sorry to learn it. I really loved her Glorfindel Oct 2022 #3

A fantastic actress. Still watch her movies when they are on Raven123 Oct 2022 #4

Damn! She was the best! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #5

Damn. chowder66 Oct 2022 #6

RIP to a great, versatile actor, and... LudwigPastorius Oct 2022 #7

With respect and love and admiration (Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a wonderful film), but ... marble falls Oct 2022 #8

Pure class, she was catrose Oct 2022 #9

Her show's on every late night here on HBO. elleng Oct 2022 #10

And on Hallmark Mysteries, around the clock, almost question everything Oct 2022 #16

Thanks to Ron Masak we have her autograph Omaha Steve Oct 2022 #11

We'll watch those soon. Great story nt duhneece Oct 2022 #15

Sorry to hear this. LisaM Oct 2022 #12

I never knew that. muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #23

yes, and her father, Edgar Lansbury, was a leading British communist politician Celerity Oct 2022 #47

One of her earliest films. RobertDevereaux Oct 2022 #13

I read that when her daughter became influenced by drugs, she packed up the family and moved Karadeniz Oct 2022 #14

Her daughter was involved with the Manson family.... Jade Fox Oct 2022 #26

Good lord... She must've come up with drugs to hide an even worse problem. Lucky daughter!!! Karadeniz Oct 2022 #38

RIP, talented lady. Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #17

I loved her in everything she did, performance wise. badhair77 Oct 2022 #18

R.I.P. sinkingfeeling Oct 2022 #19

One classy lady blue-wave Oct 2022 #20

That is one of my favorite films. BigmanPigman Oct 2022 #28

I was wondering if someone would bring that one up. She was was a icky person in that movie. efhmc Oct 2022 #42

Sunday nights with 2 girls under 10, one bowl of popcorn, the dog, and a pleasant murder rurallib Oct 2022 #21

Well that sucks. nt cstanleytech Oct 2022 #22

So sad to hear of her passing. FM123 Oct 2022 #24

A friend was in the chorus of Sweeney Todd... SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2022 #25

I loved her in Gaslight, she was 17 BigmanPigman Oct 2022 #27

TCM always introduces their movies with a bit of trivia. Talitha Oct 2022 #30

I learned from TCM BigmanPigman Oct 2022 #32

Oh my, I didn't know that. She certainly played the role well. Talitha Oct 2022 #45

Same goes for The Graduate... BigmanPigman Oct 2022 #46

RIP! Great actress! burrowowl Oct 2022 #29

Truly one of the greats... RIP. Talitha Oct 2022 #31

She was an amazing, hard-working actress Wicked Blue Oct 2022 #33

She was Elizabeth Taylor's teenaged sister in Frances Oct 2022 #34

If you haven't seen Emma Thompson on Angela Lansbury ... fierywoman Oct 2022 #35

i love nanny mcfee. landsbury fun in that. pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Rocknation Oct 2022 #36

A great talent. A terrific life. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #37

Loved her in Murder She Wrote RIP :( electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #39

Great in every role she ever was cast in IMO. Bristlecone Oct 2022 #41

Just watched her Larry King Live interview from a few years ago. interesting what she says about efhmc Oct 2022 #43

I saw this breaking on my phone while at my sister's house BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #44

I am forever indebted to Lansbury for teaching me how to "run a Jessica Fletcher" Rocknation Oct 2022 #48