Angela Lansbury, , Star of ‘Murder She Wrote,’, Dead at 96.<br />Angela Lansbury, , Star of ‘Murder She Wrote,’, Dead at 96.<br />NBC News reports the beloved actress died on Tuesday according to an announcement from her family.<br />The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 AM today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday, Family, via statement .<br />Lansbury amassed a total of five Tony Awards, 11 Emmy Nominations and an honorary Oscar in her decorated career.<br />The London native’s mother was an actress and her father was a politician. .<br />After her father died when she was only nine years old, her family moved to the U.S.<br />She landed her first breakthrough role in the 1944 film, “Gaslight,” starring Ingrid Bergman.<br />She is known for her iconic roles in the Broadway plays “Mame,” “Gypsy” and “Sweeney Todd.” .<br />Landsbury’s standout role as Jessica Fletcher in CBS’s “Murder She Wrote” made her a household name. .<br />The show ran for 12 seasons and was one of CBS’s biggest hits of the 1980s. .<br />She is also known for voicing Mrs. Pott in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.”
