Death of Angela Lansbury, the star of the cult series Arabesque

Curtain. Angela Lansbury passed away in California when she was about to celebrate her 97th birthday on October 16. The British actress who had become a naturalized American is “died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles, just five days before her 97th birthday” his family announced in a statement dated October 11 and relayed quickly by the American media, before the sad news crossed the Atlantic. Angela Lansbury was notably known for playing the novelist and detective Jessica Fletcher in the series Arabesque between 1984 and 1996. The role of his life, one might say! The success of the television series was such that the actress was awarded four Golden Globes, for a total of 264 episodes broadcast around the world.

Trophies, Angela Lansbury received many others, among which an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 2014. His first nomination at the American ceremony dates back to 1944, in the category of Best supporting role for his appearance in the film haunting by George Cukor. First success of a long series! Indeed, Angela Lanbury received several Golden Globes from 1946, crowned Best Supporting Actress for The Picture of Dorian Gray that year, then in 1963 for his appearance in A crime in the headand on several occasions therefore for his performance in the drama television series Arabesque between 1985 and 1992.

Nor do we count the prizes won at the Tony Awards sinceAngela has also walked the boards of Broadway from the 50s and until 2014, in addition to having chained roles for the cinema. Jumbled up, we can cite among the most famous films The teenage witch, Harlow, the platinum blonde and Death on the Nileor Mary Poppins Returns more recently (2018).

Angela Lansbury and Walt Disney Studios

Between Angela Lansbury and the Disney studios, it was a beautiful and great love story. In addition to being associated with Mary Poppins four years ago – she had played the balloon seller – she had participated in the cartoon The beauty and the Beast released in 1991, lending its voice to the famous super-vitamin teapot called Madame Samovar. For the occasion, she had also interpreted in parallel the main title of the soundtrack Beauty and the Beast who was awarded theOscar for Best Original Song the following year. The piece has since been taken over by several stars like Celine Dion, John Legend or even Ariana Grande. Heard in Beauty and the Beast 2 (1997), Angela Lansbury had also participated in Fantasia 2000 and several documentaries of the firm of Mickey, while devoting itself to family telefilms having for Christmas theme.

Married twice and mother of two children, Angela Lansbury had left her hometown of London in 1942 to pursue a career in America where she rubbed shoulders with the greatest, including Elvis Presley for example. But she never forgot her homeland, which Queen Elizabeth II valued by elevating her to the rank of Commander in the Order of the British Empire in 1994then to the rank of Lady Commander 20 years later. “It’s always nice to be recognized by your own country” she said at the time.