British actress Angela Lansbury, the unforgettable Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote, dies at 96

british actress Angela Lansbury, known for playing Jessica Fletcher in ‘A crime has been written’, he died this Tuesday at the age of 96, as reported by his family in a statement collected by the BBC.

The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother has died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles at 1.30am today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday. mourned his family.

The actress, born in London in 1925, has been one of the last surviving film stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, three times nominated for an Oscar but only winning an honorary one during her nearly eight-decade career in film, theater and TV.

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Her performances took her to Hollywood, with success on the big and small screen, but it was her portrayal of Detective Jessica Fletcher on the television series It has written a crime, which led her to be known throughout the world.

His performances in ‘The Three Musketeers’ (1948), ‘The Messenger of Fear’ (1962), ‘The Rookie Witch’ (1971) or Death on the Nile (1978) were also very prominent.

70 years at the foot of the canyon

Lansbury has passed away after 70 years on the big screen and after winning an honorary Oscar and five Tony Awards, during a successful acting career.

Lansbury had a long film career, but rose to international fame thanks to the 12 seasons of the series ‘Murder, She Wrote’ in which she played the novelist Jessica Fletcher, a role for which she won an Emmy nomination in each and every one of the seasons and for which he never won the award. The one she did win was her honorary Oscar, which was recognized by the Hollywood Film Academy in 2013.

This well-known series began broadcasting in 1984 and lasted for twelve seasons, despite the fact that later appearances of the character that Lansbury embodied took place in special programs and movies. In addition, she has also been the voice of some characters in feature films such as ‘Beauty and the Beast’ or ‘Anastasia’.

Born in London in 1925, her film debut was at the age of 19, in 1944, in a feature film called ‘Light That Dyes’, directed by George Cukor. The following year, she participated in ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, by director Albert Lewin. For both projects she was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress.

Years later, in 1962, he received his third nomination for this recognized award, thanks to the film ‘The Messenger of Fear’, by director John Frankenheimer. Thus, despite his great passage through the big screen, from 1957 he began to work on Broadway, where he played notable roles in ‘Hotel Paradiso’, or in ‘A Taste of Honey’.

Among other popular works, Lansbury brought to life the sensitive Mrs. Pott in the animated version of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (1991) and joined Disney titles such as ‘Anastasia’ (1997) and ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ (2018). ).

His Tony awards, five in total, were thanks to his performance in works such as the musical ‘Mame’, achieved in 1966. Later, he received the award for ‘Dear World’, in 1975, for ‘Gypsy’, in 1979, for ‘ Sweeney Todd’ and in 2009 for ‘Blithe Spirit’.

In the family, she had a long marriage with fellow actor Peter Shaw, from 1949 until he died in 2003, and gave birth to three children.

Although she settled in California, she continued to be linked to the United Kingdom, since in 2014 Queen Elizabeth II – with whom she shared the year of birth – awarded her the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) during a ceremony in Windsor Castle. “I am proud to be recognized in the country where I was born, and to meet the queen in these circumstances is a lovely and special occasion,” she said then her.