Angela Lansbury

Sun 25th Jan - 11:30PM

She is best known for her endearing portrayal of Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote. But hers is a 50-year career that spans film, theatre and television -and a life - fraught with frustration and disappointment.

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Angela Lansbury
born: 16-10-1925
birth place: London, England

“Actors are not made, they are born.”

“I've had an incredible relationship with my husband, with my family. I know they've had problems of their own, but we have never wavered in our closeness as a family. I've had a hell of a life.”

“I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples' mothers. I have only a few more years to kick up my heels!”

“I felt extremely nervous. I felt I was working with a group of people who are so wonderfully integrated among themselves to produce wonderful sound, music, singing - their voices are so pure, so clear. I've listened so much to them in the past to be singing down with them, I was very nervous.” Lansbury on working with a choir the first time.