Whenever someone says the words consummate professional and staying power, I immediately think of Angela Lansbury. The Grand Dame has been acting since the 40’s and is still going in her 90’s. Now that’s what I call a killer work ethic. With her dedication to her work, she has been seen in movies, television and stage. To many people of different ages, she can be remembered for countless roles. And adulation for her is well-earned. So which role of her illustrious career is your favourite?
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Love everything, but some of her roles in the Agatha Christie books turned into movies with Poirot are my favorite. Plus a stage performance of a political play I saw two years ago. And Murder, She Wrote. And, I’ll shut up. Great post idea.
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I’ve never seen her on stage but I can imagine she’s sensational. And who doesn’t love Murder, She Wrote?
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haha! true, it is a fan favorite.
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Indeed it is. And you can’t imagine anyone else in her role.
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I can’t stand ‘Murder She Wrote’, so I hope nobody says that!
My choice is ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ (1945). I much prefer her acting roles in her younger days, as you can tell from my selection.
Cheers, Pete.
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I need to see that film. And I am going to watch The Manchurian Candidate soon.
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The modern version of ‘Dorian Gray’ is quite good too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_Gray_(2009_film)
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Thanks, are you a fan of The Manchurian Candidate? I’m very much looking forward to seeing it.
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The original was good in its day. Trouble is, Lawrence Harvey is a bit ‘gay’ to play a tough-guy role, to be honest. I have seen the remake too, and it’s not bad.
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It’s the original I am going to watch. Heard Lansbury is great in it.
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There is just no way I can list just one, so here are my top 5:
Gaslight
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sweeney Todd
Beauty and the Beast
The Manchurian Candidate (You’re going to love this Vinnie!)
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Gaslight was her debut and I loved her as the impudent maid. Got to love her as Mrs Potts, she’s so motherly. And I very much look forward to see The Manchurian Candidate. I’ve heard she’s pretty chilling in it.
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Her Nancy practically stole the whole movie!
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She was great, alongside Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer.
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She was one of those actresses that was not so memorable with me, although Murder she Wrote probably stick in my mind. Can’t thhhhhhhhink of anything else. 🙂
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She made Murder, She Wrote special.
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Yes she did
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It’s impossible to imagine the show without her.
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Yes she was good in that role.
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Absolute screen legend. I love her in Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
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I adored that movie as a kid and still do now.
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It’s such fun!
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Magical and seriously entertaining.
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Beauty and the Beast as Mrs. Potts, and Murder, She Wrote.
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You can’t beat her voice work in Beauty and the Beast. Simply lovely.
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Bedknobs & Broomsticks.
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That’s a classic film. Can never grow tired of it.
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It’s funny, I always find myself going back to her first film, Gaslight. She’s so good there.
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Considering it was her first film and she was still a teenager, she made an impact.
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She is my mum’s favourite actress!!! (Her favourite series is Murder, She Wrote).
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You mother has some fine taste. I think for a lot of people, she will be remembered for Murder, She Wrote.
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She does!! And yes agreed!
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She just embodies Jessica Fletcher wonderfully. I honestly wonder how much of her is actually like the character?
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I wonder that too!! Yes she plays Jessica beautifully!!
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I just saw The Manchurian Candidate where she plays a sociopathic political mother. It’s a really chilling performance.
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I will check it out! Thank you
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It’s a real departure from the image many have of her.
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I’d go with Manchurian Candidate. Enjoy it!
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I saw it last night. Man she was chilling and calculating in it.
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It has to be bed knobs and broomstick. I was mesmerised by the movie as a child; going to see it at the cinema four times 😎
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It boasts so much magic and I love the parts where live action is mixed with animation.
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Me too, truely magical!
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I can never get bored of that film.
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Jessica Fletcher in murder she wrote my favorite series
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I knew that would be a popular answer. She’s sharp, funny and very warm in that show. Someone you’d want to be your grandma.
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I’ll always love her singing teapot character, but her role in The Manchurian Candidate was really more my cup of tea. 😉
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I watched that movie last night and it was a really unnerving performance. Watching as she manipulated everyone and showing that she would stamp on anyone to get there, she was chilling.
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Yes!!! She was so clever in that role.
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Definitely, my review is now up if you’re interested.
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Oh yes definitely!!
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I actually feel quite ashamed when saying this, but I actually haven’t seen much from her work. That’s why I don’t have a lot of choices, so I’m going to go with Manchurian Candidate. A great movie, but also a great role from this lady 😊
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I watched The Manchurian Candidate last night for the first time and was enthralled. Lansbury particularly stole the show as the scheming mother. Even when she wasn’t on screen, her influence was there as she was pulling all of the strings.
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Tough question for a lady with over 100 acting credits!
Like several before me I’ll go for Gaslight!
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She’s been in so much. Ah, Gaslight is a good one and shows her in a great debut.
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Nothing tops Jessica Fletcher!
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She completely owned that role.
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Great read!
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https://theindianindiehead.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/sacred-hearts-club-by-foster-the-people-a-review/
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I promise to view it soon.
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Mrs. Potts in Beauty & The Beast, and the song of the movie which she sang too.
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That’s a classic, her voice is simply marvellous to listen to.
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Boy do I feel out of the loop mate. I have never heard of her, nor have I ever heard of Party of Five!
*crawls back under the rock under which he belongs….
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You must have seen Beauty and the Beast and Bedknobs and Broomsticks as a child. They were what introduced me to her.
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Hehe, nope, have only even heard of the first one. I suck!
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You don’t suck in the slightest. You’re a bad ass.
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Lots of great answers in the comments here. I’d say lots of them. All of them. Something like that.
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Haha, she does have so many fine performances in the bag. And it’s astounding how long her career has ran for.
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For me Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher (Murder She Wrote) is a classic. In a certain sense Angela did with the East Coast small town feeling what director John Avildsen did filming The Karate Kid 1 in San Fernando Valley -CA. Fans started visiting the filming sites even 30 years after KK was lunched. In Murder she Wrote we see a similarity, fans interested in visiting a town where Angela portraits Jessica Fletcher. them.
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Thanks for the trivia, I love discovering new things each day. She made Murder, She Wrote special with her personality.
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Well Vman, I’ll tell u, everyone else in a while I’ll We an old move
I.e., and I’m surprized at what a beauty she was. Ur my favorite was her week series …Murder She Wrote, we never missed it/)
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She was really beautiful when she was younger. Murder, She Wrote has unsurprisingly been a popular choice.
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Wow… my words are really messed up here… glad u could make sense of it all V;)
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It happens to me all the time. No need to worry.
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Thanks B, I should read b4 I send:) .. I pad is faster than me;))))
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My I Pad is the exact same.
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Fresh, it happened again.. I know your name, and I even looked and my V went to a B:( sorry Vman
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Never apologise.
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I loved Murder,She wrote. And she had a part on Law & Order cross over event (Special victims ) playing Alfred Molina’s overbearing cruel mother. I loved her in that role. As well as in Nanny McPhee
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Ah, Murder, She Wrote is so good. I had no idea she was in Law and Order.
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Yes she played a socialite whose son is a sexual predator.
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Thanks for telling me. I recently saw her in The Manchurian Candidate, where she was superb as the mother from hell.
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