Angela Lansbury (I can't believe there's not a thread about her already.)

[tim]

The good news is that she is not dead and is still working. She is also 95 today and I just came across a picture of her from 1938 doing municipally Socialist stuff with her grand-dad, George Lansbury. She hasn't really changed all that much in the intervening 82 years

And she defeated the Nazis which is more than Mary Motherfucking Poppins ever did

 

[Reno]

Played one of the greatest movie villains ever in The Manchurian Candidate.

 

[MrSki]

I love her in "Mrs Arris goes to Paris"

 

[StoneRoad]

My mate sometimes watches bits out of "Murder, she wrote" - the plots can be worse than DVD's in "Diagnosis murder" but there are also some very funny quips ...

 

[kittyP]

Oh you bastard tim I thought she had died

 

[Nine Bob Note]

I'm surprised she got the whole knighting business given what usually happens when Jessica Fletcher turns up on your doorstep

 

[Saul Goodman]

I bet that curtain twitching busybody is on NextDoor.

 

[two sheds]

Have always been prejudiced against her because of Murder She Wrote but I shall look again at her

 

[Idris2002]

She's disturbingly fit as the maid in the Ingrid Bergman version of Gaslight.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Angela Lansbury Hears Chaka Demus & Pliers’ ‘Murder She Wrote’ for the First Time

Angela Lansbury, known for giving life to character Jessica Fletcher in the American crime drama television series, Murder, She Wrote, has at last heard the classic reggae tune inspired by the title.

www.billboard.com

 

[SheilaNaGig]

 

[MrSki]

Full movie on Youtube. Worth a watch.

 

[Sprocket.]

And Oliver Postgate’s cousin.

 

[DaveCinzano]

And Oliver Postgate’s cousin.

So also related to a poster from the Long Ago

 

[Reno]

Have always been prejudiced against her because of Murder She Wrote but I shall look again at her

By her own admission, she took the gig for the money. She was primarily a stage actress and she was never a Hollywood A-lister, more of a highly regarded character actor. I'm sure she wasn't starving but neither pays that well so when she got a hit show which was extremely lucrative for her, who can blame her for sticking with it. It's a bit of a shame that's the main thing people remember her for though.

 

[Sprocket.]

So also related to a poster from the Long Ago

I wouldn’t know, I’m a newbie, only seven and a half years.

 

[krtek a houby]

Liked her as Marple in the star-studded The Mirror Crack'd

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I wouldn’t know, I’m a newbie, only seven and a half years.

DaveCinzano is right - the poster was a member of that family.

 

[krtek a houby]

By her own admission, she took the gig for the money. She was primarily a stage actress and she was never a Hollywood A-lister, more of a highly regarded character actor. I'm sure she wasn't starving but neither pays that well so when she got a hit show which was extremely lucrative for her, who can blame her for sticking with it. It's a bit of a shame that's the main thing people remember her for though.

Don't forget Magnum PI

 

[Aladdin]

She's disturbingly fit as the maid in the Ingrid Bergman version of Gaslight.

She was brilliant in that.

 

[Aladdin]

I had this t shirt...



I loved Murder She Wrote when I was a kid

 

[dessiato]

She's disturbingly fit as the maid in the Ingrid Bergman version of Gaslight.

You just know she's trouble


I like that.

 

[Espresso]

Loved her in The Court Jester. Might watch that again today.
The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true. The flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true.

 

[Orang Utan]

I saw this picture of her with John Waters yesterday:

 

[T & P]

 

[stethoscope]

Can't be an Angela Lansbury thread without mention of her magnificent and defining portrayal of Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd (1979 Broadway and 1982 for TV production) <3

 

[Streathamite]

I had this t shirt...
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I loved Murder She Wrote when I was a kid

I have to admit - so did I, when I was an adult

 

[Aladdin]

I have to admit - so did I, when I was an adult

I was given the box set of the series for Christmas about 12 years ago...I was most definitely an adult at the time
Watched the whole series in 5 days.
I sometimes find myself buying a blouse and realising it might be something Jessic might wear.

 

[krtek a houby]

I have to admit - so did I, when I was an adult

What are you now?

 

[Ms Ordinary]

Here in 1946



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