angela lansbury rip

[Reno]

On that note, did she ever play a baddie? In a grownup film or TV role, I mean. I reckon she would have delivered a memorable performance as a twisted killer…

She played one of the great movie villains of all time:

 

[Reno]

She would have made an excellent Mary Poppins I always thought. In particular if the film had been rebooted with a darker tone.

..that would be Bedknobs and Broomsticks, which was Disney's own knock-off of Mary Poppins (with a darker tone)

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Wasn't she actually always the killer in MSW, always framing someone innocent?

She gave up drinking and got bored. I remember that episode well

 

[Yossarian]

Fucking psycho, this is the reboot I wanna see. So, who plays JF?

While I don't think their skills are quite equal to those of Lansbury, Lisa Kudrow and Elizabeth Shue are both the same age Lansbury was when Murder, She Wrote began.

 

[Reno]

Love that cover she did for a hip fashion magazine when she was 86.

 

[MrSki]

An excuse to post this mind you, the climax of one of the greatest kids' movies ever:



Enchanted suits of armour beating up nazis. What more could you want.

RIP Angela

First film I can remember seeing at the flicks. Have always remembered the armour scene. Sort of embedded in my brain.

Loved her in Mrs Arris goes to Paris which has just been remade but the tile is now Harris rather than Arris.

RIP after a good innings.

 

[Mumbles274]

While I don't think their skills are quite equal to those of Lansbury, Lisa Kudrow and Elizabeth Shue are both the same age Lansbury was when Murder, She Wrote began.

Yes!! Lisa Kudrow!!

 

[tim]

I'm sure I've posted this elsewhere before but I really like this picture of her from the opening of Poplar Town Hall from 1938. Her Grandfather was George Lansbury a one time Labour Party leader. She must have been about 13 at the time, but she didn't change much in the next 80 or so years.

Anyway, a woman of 96 who had famous relatives but made a success of own life without help from them.



Her first screen Rome was playing a maid in Gaslight in 1944. This apparently is her first scene. She seems to havestarted as she meant to go on.

 

[MrSki]

 

[Epona]

Just seen this, I know nothing about her as a person outside of her roles, but she certainly had a long and prolific career and I've seen her in a lot of things.

RIP.

 

[cesare]

96 is a good age, RIP Angela and thanks for all your contributions to making our lives better in some way.

 

[marty21]

MSW was a world almost as dangerous as Midsomer Murders (with guest-star gigs aplenty) .

Decent innings. RIP.

 

[Sir Belchalot]

She moved to Ireland to keep her daughter away from the Manson family.

 

[DaveCinzano]

A cousin of a poster formerly of this parish I believe

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Pickman's model can you capitalise the rip in the thread title please - it's vexing in lower case

 

[Pickman's model]

Pickman's model can you capitalise the rip in the thread title please - it's vexing in lower case

didn't have you down as a capitalist

 

[kittyP]

RIP Angela Lansbury.
A gifted actress, granddaughter of George Lansbury, leader of the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935, and daughter of Edgar Lansbury, Communist Mayor of Poplar.
And I don't know what the Tories think "British values" are, but for me it's Angela Lansbury chasing Nazis on a broom.



From Nobody Likes a Tory on facebook.

What a woman indeed

 

[clicker]

Lights being dimmed in the West End tonight .

Bedknobs and Broomsticks on the big screen, especially when your telly at home was b&w, totally blew me away.

 

[Cid]

Legend, RIP.

 

[blairsh]

Truly sad to read this in the early hours, RIP.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

obit from the E London Advertiser

How Dame Angela Lansbury's East End Labour roots propelled her to greatness

"I’m an actress,” Angela Lansbury declared in east London in 2014. “But I’m also a socialist.”

www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk

 

[tim]

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obit from the E London Advertiser

How Dame Angela Lansbury's East End Labour roots propelled her to greatness

"I’m an actress,” Angela Lansbury declared in east London in 2014. “But I’m also a socialist.”

www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk

Some clips of her from that visit to Poplar.

 

[Aladdin]

She moved to Ireland to keep her daughter away from the Manson family.

Had a place in Cork.
She was great..
RIP

 

[redsquirrel]

She played one of the great movie villains of all time:

Has to be her best role.

 

[A380]

So hear me out. It's very sad that Angela Lansbury has died, she was a remarkable actress who touched many hearts.

But I really would have had more respect for her if she'd also used her wealth and influence to try and deal with the underlying social issues that made Cabot Cove the murder capital of America.

 

[Dystopiary]

I did not know that she was Oliver Postgate's cousin!

 

[furluxor]

I feel this loss keenly.

In case anyone else wants to spend an hour listening to a podcast about Angela Lansbury's fitness VHS, here goes a link.