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

Lansbury appeared in all 256 episodes of the series, as well as four television movies (aired between 1997 and 2003), and earned a record 12 Emmy nominations for her performance – one for every season the series was on the air – as well as four Golden Globe Awards - making her one of the highest paid actresses of her time.

The series kept Lansbury exceptionally busy for the better part of the 1980s, but she did manage to appear in several television movies, including the Emmy-nominated adaptation of The Shell Seekers (1989).

Lansbury turned to character voice work in animated films like The Last Unicorn (1982) and as the Dowager Empress in the animated film Anastasia in 1997. Her most famous voice work was the singing teapot Mrs. Potts in the Disney hit Beauty and the Beast (1991). She reprised the role in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997).

After Murder, She Wrote, left the airwaves for its continuous series (one-off TV specials would still appear), Lansbury busied herself with a score of television projects. She also reaped the rewards of a lifetime with a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, an American National Medal of the Arts in 1997, a Kennedy Center Honour in 2000, and was awarded a CBE by the Queen in 1994.

Lansbury returned to the Broadway stage for the first time in more than 25 years in Deuce, in April 2007 and officially opened on 6th May to a limited run of 18 weeks. Lansbury received a Tony nomination in the category of Leading Actress in a Play for her role in this production, but sadly missed out on winning.

One of the most respected and versatile actresses of the 20th century, Angela Lansbury is a true star of film, television, and stage and has been lucky enough to maintain her hiatus over the course of a 60-year career.

Sarah Barnard

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