Angela Lansbury, the scene-stealing British actor who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” has died. She was 96. Lansbury died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, according to a statement from her…
Lansbury's acting career extended over an extraordinary seven decades. She says she knew early on that she'd never be "groomed to be a glamorous movie star" and thus sought out nontraditional roles.
Angela Lansbury, in full Dame Angela Lansbury, (born October 16, 1925, London, England died October 11, 2022, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), British-born American character actress who achieved success and acclaim for her stage, film, and television work. Lansbury and her widowed mother, actress Moyna MacGill, emigrated from England to the United States in 1940. From 1940 to 1942 Lansbury studied acting at the Feagin School of Drama and Radio in New York City. Her film debut came in the psychological thriller Gaslight (1944), and her performance as a devious Cockney maid earned her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.