British actress Angela Lansbury, whose career spanned seven decades, died Tuesday at the age of 96.
Born in 1925, she was the daughter of Irish actress Moyna Macgill and British politician Edgar Lansbury. Her paternal grandfather was George Lansbury, one of the founders of the Labor Party. Her family left the United Kingdom in 1940 during World War II and she moved to the United States, where Lansbury began her acting career.
His first job in Hollywood was in the film gas light (1944), a role that earned him an Oscar nomination. The actress earned two other Oscar nominations for her work in The portrait of Dorian Gray (1945) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). In 2013 she received an honorary Oscar.
Lansbury is best known for her role as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher on the popular television series Murder, She Wrote, which was widely shown on Cuban TV. The show ended in 1996 after twelve seasons.
Lansbury racked up five Tony Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award earlier this year and six Golden Globes. She was also nominated 18 times for Emmy Awards, including 10 times for lead actress in Murder, She Wrote. In 2014, Queen Elizabeth II made her a dame.
He also had small roles Grinch Y Mary Poppins Returnsboth in 2018. Lansbury returned to Broadway in 2007 after a 23-year hiatus from starring in deuces. She even returned to television, starring in an episode of the sixth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Her appearance earned her an Emmy Award nomination in 2005.
The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles at 1:30 a.m. today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday. the family in a statement.
