Murder she wrote actress dies
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Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury dies at 96
Dame Angela Lansbury, who won international acclaim as the star of the US TV crime series Murder, She Wrote, has died aged
The three-time Oscar nominee had a career spanning eight decades, across film, theatre and television.
Born in , she was one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Dame Angela died in her sleep just five days before her 97th birthday, her family said in a statement.
"The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles," the family said.
Born in London, Dame Angela later moved to New York and attended the Feagin School of Dramatic Art.
She was noticed by a Hollywood executive at a party in , and given her first role as a maid in the film Gaslight, based on the play of the same name. Her portrayal earned her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress the followi
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Angela Lansbury, Entrancing Star of Stage and Screen, Dies at 96
Angela Lansbury, the irrepressible three-time Oscar nominee and five-time Tony Award winner who solved 12 seasons&#; worth of crimes as the novelist/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ Murder, She Wrote, has died. She was
Lansbury, who received an Emmy nomination for best actress in a drama series for each and every season of Murder, She Wrote — yet never won — died in her sova at a.m. Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, her family announced. She was five days shy of her birthday.
Lansbury went 0-for in career Emmy noms but did get some love from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who gave her an honorary Oscar in for her career as &#;an entertainment icon who has created some of cinema&#;s most memorable characters, inspiring generations of actors.&#;
The London-born Lansbury, then 19, received a best supporting actress Oscar nom for her very first film role, as the youn
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Angela Lansbury, Broadway star and spunky detective in ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ dies at 96
It was the classic but lighthearted whodunit “Murder, She Wrote” that rocketed Angela Lansbury to lasting television stardom, a literate and easy-to-track mystery show that made her and her impeccable manners welcome guests in living rooms across America.
But it was her deep roots in the theater and the many Tony Awards that followed that won the hearts of theatergoers and critics, who were often rhapsodic in their praise.
When “Mame” opened in Los Angeles in after a wildly successful run on Broadway, Lansbury received a minute standing ovation. It was, theater director James Doolittle later said, “the most exciting opening” in Los Angeles theater history.
Never far from the stage she conquered with such authority, Lansbury died in her sleep Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was No cause was given.
“Murder, She Wrote” hovered near the top of the ratings for almost a decade, becoming a s