/ 13 October 2022

Vale Dame Angela Lansbury

Image source: Flickr
Image source: Flickr

One of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age has died at 96yo, her family announced yesterday. Born in London in 1925, Lansbury moved to the US during WWII and forged a 7-decade long acting career. She received 2 Oscar nominations by 21yo for Gaslight and The Picture of Dorian Gray, and she was a roaring success on Broadway. But it was her starring role as Jessica Fletcher in the long-running US crime series Murder, She Wrote that saw her win international acclaim in the 80s. And younger generations might remember her as Mrs Potts in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, where she sang the titular theme song. One of those paying tribute to the legend was her relative Malcolm Turnbull. We’re choosing to remember her through her Positive Moves fitness offering

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