British actress Angela Lanceberry, who became a household name for her role as a writer and detective in the TV series “The Detective,” has passed away at the age of 11, the family of British actress Angela Lanceberry announced. 96 years old.
Angela Lansbury has achieved fame and fortune for being one of the most memorable roles in television, and she is also a hugely successful and award-winning actress in stage and film.
“It is with sadness that the children of Dame Angela Lansberry announce that their mother has passed away peacefully while asleep at their Los Angeles home…in Five days before her 97th birthday.”
Celebrities around the world expressed their condolences following the news of Angela Lansberry’s death. Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull posted a photo with his cousin Angela Lansberry on Twitter.Twitter) wrote: “Thank you, Angela, for spreading joy and love around the world all your life.”
NASA (NASA) also uploaded photos of the outer space galaxy “Cosmic Rose” in memory of Angela Lansberry.
Angela Lansberry was in her late 60s when she landed the role that made her famous: the heroine of the mystery writer and amateur detective in the hit TV series “Murder, She Wrote.”
In a career spanning more than 70 years, she has acted in some 60 films and starred in some of Broadway’s best-known musicals.
She also dubbed the benevolent Mrs. Potts in Disney’s hit animation “Beauty and the Beast,” and sang the acclaimed theme song.
Angela Lansberry has won 6 Golden Globes and won 5 Tony Awards for her outstanding contributions to the American theater scene, and was awarded the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 2013 .
But what most audiences remember most is her role as Jessica Fletcher, a pragmatic middle-aged widow who finds criminals in the TV series “The Detective”, which ran on American television from 1984 to 1996. aired on Netflix and exported to dozens of countries, making her a global household name.
Angela Lansberry said in 2016: “I was pleasantly surprised that Fletcher was known almost everywhere in the world. They treated me like a rock star.”
The 264-episode series has earned her four Golden Globes and amassed a fortune, earning her as much as $300,000 per episode.
British media reported that in 2017, at the age of 91, Angela Lansberry, still full of energy, said she wanted to play Fletcher ” once more”.
(Editor-in-Chief: Zhuang Yanyu)