The actress Angela Landsbury has died at 96 years old while he slept at his home in Los Angeles, as confirmed by his family in a statement. The unforgettable protagonist of ‘A crime has been written’ had only five days left to turn 97.
an unrepeatable actress
Born in London on October 16, 1925, she moved to the United States in 1940 to escape Nazi bombing. Just a few years later she made the leap to Hollywood, getting his first two Oscar nominations would come that same decade with two titles as emblematic as ‘Light that agonizes’ and ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’.
His next and last Oscar nomination would not come until the 1960s for his excellent performance in ‘The messenger of fear‘, also participating in other well-remembered titles such as ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’, ‘The Rookie Witch’ or ‘In the company of wolves’. Precisely the same year of the latter, he premiered ‘A crime has been written’, one of the most popular series of the 80s and which lasted on the air until 1996.
Before this, she also became a Broadway star, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress four times between 1966 and 1979. She would win it again in 2009, on that occasion for Best Supporting Actress. what yes that never got the Emmy, and that was nominated up to 18 times. The Oscars at least if they gave him an honorary award in 2013.
Logically, his appearances on screen have been decreasing in recent years, with 2018 being the last time he premiered a movie, for example, having a small role in ‘Mary Poppins Returns’. Of course, much more remembered for Disney is his contribution to the original version of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, where she lent his voice to the mrs potts.
Rest in peace.