Angela Lansbury dies, Mrs. Potts and Beauty and the Beast: reactions
Her singing voice on Beauty and the Beast will always be remembered, as will a career of versatility on the big and small screen.
You’ll be remembered for years. Your face, your voice, your wide variety of roles. Angela Lansbury passed away on Tuesday at the age of 96, her family announced.
Angela Lansbury: the voice of an angel
Her role as the sweet detective with that clickety typewriter in a small town America warmed her to many a heart in Murder, She Wrote. Then there was the singing teapot in Beauty and the Beast that captured as many older ears as it did younger eyes. And what about the spy in the Soviet Union and the a killer bakery hand.
So many wonderful roles over a career that has lasted longer than most of us have been around.
The statement from her family read:
“The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 AM today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday.”
RIP Angela.
What movies was Angela Lansbury in?
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The list of movies and television appearances for the London-born actress is too long to list here, and fortunately there are experts out there to compile such things. Here, however, are a few of what I think were her best roles.
- BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS
- THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
- THE LONG HOT SUMMER
- NATIONAL VELVET
- DEATH ON THE NILE
- THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Social media reacts to death of Angela Lansbury
As news broke on social media, the reactions, tributes and memories were immediate. She was truly an actress, and a person, who sparked emotion.
So sad to hear that Dame Angela Lansbury has passed away. She was so fabulous in so many things but I especially loved her in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, a real childhood favourite ♥️💔 pic.twitter.com/ufuV57HFIp
— Emma Little-Pengelly BL (@little_pengelly) October 11, 2022
This is Angela Lansbury in Court Jester. An absolute DISH! Such a legend. pic.twitter.com/zXcJTArHK6
— Pamela MacNaughtan (@pamelamacn) October 11, 2022
RIP Angela Lansbury.
— Andrew Joe Potter (@AndrewJoePotter) October 11, 2022
She's just so funny as an extremely self-serious witch in Bedknobs and Broomsticks. A totally underrated and awesome family movie.
Always loved this song opposite David Tomlinson.https://t.co/DDu0Tvvehb
It will come as surprise to no one that, aged 7, my key motivation to ride a bike was to be like Angela Lansbury in the title sequence to ‘Murder She Wrote’. https://t.co/PvUaYArIIe
— James Wong (@Botanygeek) October 11, 2022
Angela Lansbury was 58 when Murder, She Wrote debuted in 1984, making the success of the series a monumental victory for older actresses looking for substantial roles. The next year, The Golden Girls debuted. pic.twitter.com/s0I9uWAK03
— Megha Mohan (@meghamohan) October 11, 2022
Angela Lansbury an absolute icon 💔
— Nicky Brennan (@nickyebrennan) October 11, 2022
Beauty and the beast will eternally be my favourite Disney film x pic.twitter.com/K64AjwI8KP
Angela Lansbury: There is nothing like this Dame. My 2014 @Daily_Express piece on the great actress who sadly died today aged 96 -& her remarkable family (granddad was the 1930s Labour Party leader George Lansbury, cousin Oliver Postgate of Bagpuss fame) https://t.co/MSuXquSkG6
— Neil Clark (@NeilClark66) October 11, 2022
I grew up chain watching Bedknobs and Broomsticks. RIP Angela Lansbury. pic.twitter.com/GSRBEQQ4Or
— Claude Rivest (@clauderivest) October 11, 2022
Everyone has a favourite Angela Lansbury moment.
— Rob Osborne (@robosbornewales) October 11, 2022
But to me she’ll always be Miss Price in Bedknobs and Broomsticks pic.twitter.com/nfTcY9jUT9
personally shocked no one's talking about Angela Lansbury as the voice of Mommy Fortuna in the Last Unicorn. RIP to an unsung villain ❤️
— Christina Sterbenz (@xtinasterbenz) October 11, 2022