ANGELA LANSBURY – 95 YEARS OLD

Angela Lansbury is one of the few actors that younger generations can still recognize. And it may be because of her credit role as Jessica Fletcher in the long-time running hit TV detective series. For her performance in the drama, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Most Disney fans will also recognize her voice as that of Mrs. Potts in the 1991 animated musical film, Beauty and the Beast. Her career earned her credits in many successful film and television projects, which was the result of her childhood dream to pursue Hollywood no matter the highs and lows of life. From her first mystery-thriller film in 1944, Gaslight, to her most recent project, she gave the audience her all.

Lansbury belonged to an upper-middle-class family. She was born in Regent’s Park, London. Her mother, Moyna MacGill, was an actress who regularly made appearances on the West End stage. Her father, Edgar Lansbury, was a well-off English businessman who sold timber. He was also a politician. Though she was an actress, Lansbury considered herself a homebody.