Actress Dame Angela Lansbury Dies at 96

Actress Dame Angela Lansbury Dies at 96

Dame Angela Lansbury has died at 96. 

A star of stage and film, Lansbury turned to television in the 1980s, playing one of her best-known roles as sleuth Jessica Fletcher in “Murder, She Wrote.” 

“Ms. Lansbury was the winner of five Tony Awards for her starring performances on the New York stage, from “Mame” in 1966 to “Blithe Spirit” in 2009, when she was 83, a testament to her extraordinary stamina. Yet she appeared on Broadway only from time to time over a seven-decade career in film, theater and television in which there were also years when nothing seemed to be coming up roses,” wrote the New York Times. 

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She continued to star in film productions including 2005’s “Nanny McPhee” and “Mary Poppins Returns” in 2018. 

Lansbury’s award-winning career included winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress three times and Primetime Emmy Awards 18 times. 

Lansbury was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014. 

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