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Angela Lansbury is dead, goodbye to the “Lady in Yellow” – World

Farewell to the Hollywood star Angela Lansburythe hugely popular Jessica Fletcher of Murder, she wrote. She died at 96, just five days after her 97th birthday, in her home in Los Angeles. The news is given by her family: “Dame Angela Lansbury’s children are sad to announce that their mother has died in her sleep in her house”.

The life and films of the actress from the cinema archive

THE SIGNATURE OF THE LADY IN YELLOW – MURDER SHE WROTE

In her long career that has seen her queen from cinema to theater she has conquered Five Tony Awardincluding one in 1966 for ‘Mom’ and then again in 2009, at 83, for ‘Cheerful spirit ‘. His Broadway debut dates back to 1957 in ‘Hotel Paradiso‘.

Born in Great Britain to an Irish mother on October 16, 1925, Lansbury fled England during the war and was already dedicating herself to musicals at the age of 17, while at 19 she was already under contract with MGM in Hollywood after making her debut a year earlier. in thriller ‘Gaslight ‘.

IN GRAND PRIZE WITH A VERY YOUNG LIZ TAYLOR

Known all over the world for her masterful interpretation of Mrs. Fletcher, an infallible detective writer armed with her unforgettable suits and handbags, Lansbury has been the protagonist of other very important productions.

It was the fearsome maid that in Anguish torments Ingrid Bergman, she was the elder sister of the very young Liz Taylor in Great prizethe ruthless protagonist of the thriller Go and killa seductress in Samson and Delilah, a delightful witch apprentice struggling with three children and German soldiers in Brass knobs and broomsticks and alongside Peter Ustinov in Murder on the Nile and Miss Marple inside Murderer in the mirror.

But he also starred on the set with Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Vincente Minnelli and Frank Sinatra. Despite having become an icon of American cinema, Britain has never forgotten her. It was Elizabeth II who honored her with the title of Lady of the Queen.

She was not a cover face – she was often entrusted with the roles of a mature woman – but with talent, courage and tenacity she built an enviable career alongside the best directors and actors of the moment, and with her intelligence, when the cinema considered her no longer congenial, he found the right trend in TV, consecrating himself worldwide.

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