A collective sigh went up at work this afternoon, too
when we heard this news.
RIP Angela Lansbury. An icon who felt like a family member. Sweeney Todd – The Worst Pies in London https://t.co/IthAkoxiqD via @YouTube
— Richard Armitage (@RCArmitage) October 11, 2022
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We watched the PBS version of Sweeney Todd in choir in high school — on VHS, I assume. I remember her more as Jessica Fletcher, of course, but also, in more recent years as my tastes have changed, in mostly supporting roles in classic films like Gaslight, The Long Hot Summer, etc. I’m predicting that a lot of people will rewatch Murder, She Wrote in the coming days.
Me + Richard Armitage 
yes, again sad news and, as for me, family memories of watching together with my parents when I wa a little child her Arabesque. A strong personnality from what I dared to guess then. She played in so many other movies but this is the one that came first to my mind because in France too it was successful and I discovered her then. RIP Angela. Have a nice day all RA fans
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Interesting; I hadn’t heard of this one.
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Arabesque is the french title of the series “Murder, she wrote”
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I am heartbroken! It is always sad when another Hollywood star goes out. Murder She Wrote was great comfort TV and Angela Lansbury was fantastic as the mother in The Manchurian Candidate, one of my favourite films.
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Yes! That’s a fantastic one (forgot about it for whatever reason above).
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I watched a lot “murder she wrote”. She played very good the drunken author in the film “Death on the Nil” with Peter Ustinov, too. I loved her humour.
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Yes — that was a truly memorable film in so many ways (and so much better than the Branagh version).
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Barely 20 in ” The Gaslight”, but stood her own against Bergman and Boyer with her trade mark saucy insolence. . Practically no one left from the golden era of cinema . I ‘d forgotten Ustinov was her brother- in- law and her daughter got caught up in the Manson family / drugs so Angela had to semi retire to Ireland to save her children from further harm only to make comeback on stage
Her life was as interesting as her career. RIP Dame Lansbury
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Did not know that about her daughter. Interesting the turns life takes.
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