It is one of the most beautiful monuments in England that is gone. Angela Lansbury, 96, died on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. The sad news was announced by her family. “The actress “died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles (…), just five days before her 97th birthday“, explained his relatives to the American media.
The actress seemed to spread her charm and her talent, on the screen as on the boards, forever. In America, on Broadway, in the United Kingdom, she was a must. The greatest British detective – Enola Holmes did not invent anything – it was her. For eight years, she played the phlegmatic, clever and mischievous Jessica Fletcher in the series Arabesque. But impossible, of course, to sum it up to just one role.
Did you know ? Angela Lansbury was the original voice of Miss Samovard, the plump cartoon teapot The beauty and the Beast. It must be said that the actress has had a long love affair with the Disney studios. In addition to her little porcelain character, she collaborated for nearly thirty years with the creators of Mickey, sometimes actress, guest or narrator. She even sang the title Beauty and the Best – translated into French by The Eternal Story -, which won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1992! Recently, she made a quick little passage in the sequel to the adventures of Mary Poppins, in 2018 with Emily Blunt, at the end of the film, where she was selling balloons in a park. Retirement was definitely not made for her!
“I’ve never really been aware of how old I amshe liked to explain about the passage of time. It’s like riding a bicycle. I put my foot on the pedal and keep going.“Angela Lansbury leaves behind two children, Anthony, born in 1952, and Deirdre, born the following year. To them, she was”mom“. For others, she was “Angela“. But officially, the actress was Dame Angela Lansbury. Born in London in 1925, naturalized American, she had been entitled to the most beautiful respects from her country of origin since she had been raised to the rank of commander in Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II herself in 1994, then to the rank of lady commander under the promotion of January 1, 2014 “for services to the dramatic arts and charitable endeavours, and for his philanthropy“.
For so many reasons, the disappearance of Angela Lansbury is heartbreaking. “Working for film has never ceased to be refreshing to meshe amused herself. I keep getting younger, as this job gives me the excitement and fun of something that is always new. It’s a huge gift.” But the gift was her, without a doubt…