“Murder Is Her Hobby” star
Angela Lansbury passed away at the age of 96
Angela Lansbury has won numerous awards throughout her long career.
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Angela Lansbury has died at the age of 96. This was announced by the family of the “Murder is her Hobby” star.
Dame Angela Lansbury is dead. The actress, voice actress and author, who worked in show business for over 75 years, died at the age of 96, according to consistent media reports. “It is with great sadness that the children of Dame Angela Lansbury announce that their mother passed away peacefully in her sleep at 1:30 am this Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at her home in Los Angeles, just five days before her 97th birthday “, quotes the US site “Deadline” from a statement by the relatives.
In Germany, Lansbury was best known for her role in the crime series “Mord ist ihr Hobby”. In twelve seasons and 264 episodes from 1984 to 1996 she embodied the crime writer and ex-English teacher Jessica Fletcher, who has to solve real murder cases over and over again.
Lansbury was an actress into old age, most recently in a small role in “Mary Poppins Returns” in 2018. Her other films include “The Era of the Wolves” (1984), “Death on the Nile” (1978) and “The Greatest Story of All Time” (1965). She also made a name for herself as a voice actress. Especially her work in animation – Classics like “Beauty and the Beast” (1991), “Anastasia” (1997) and “The Last Unicorn” (1982) is unforgettable.In 1995 she was named a Disney Legend.
A star with her first role
She celebrated great success as an actress right at the beginning of her long career: in 1944 she was nominated for a supporting actress Oscar for her first film role ever – in the psychological thriller “The House of Lady Alquist” alongside Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982). Just a year later came the number two nomination in the same category for The Picture of Dorian Gray. Her third Oscar nomination (again as a supporting actress) was for Fear Ambassador in 1963. Lansbury was finally presented with an honorary Oscar in 2014 and was knighted as a Dame Commander in the same year.
The star also won six Tony Awards and as many Golden Globes – four of them for her role in Murder is Her Hobby. When it came to the Emmys, on the other hand, she was extremely unlucky: she was nominated 18 times for a Primetime Emmy, and not once was she able to take one of the prizes home with her.