Angela Lansbury

TelevisionGolden Age

Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote

Facts

Born: 1925
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Television
Era: Golden Age

Overview

Won five Tony Awards, including for Mame 1966, the 1975 Gypsy revival, and Sweeney Todd 1979. She starred in Murder She Wrote from 1984 to 1996, one of the longest running detective series in television history, earning twelve Emmy nominations for the role. She received three Academy Award nominations in the 1940s beginning with Gaslight 1944, an honorary Oscar in 2013, and voiced Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast 1991.

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