Angela Lansbury dies at 96, Know more

By Naveen October 12, 2022

According to a statement from her children, Angela Lansbury died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles.

[{"selector":"#anim-a65f53fa-cca8-48ac-8d35-01e91c9889ba","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-123.1579%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-43c75046-4c3a-423a-9e6d-770eb62c5466","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1be5aa6d-1956-4f4f-b4b1-7acbb0f91d14","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Images: Unsplash

Angela Lansbury died five days short of her 97th birthday.

[{"selector":"#anim-db116178-12d3-40d3-b219-c02506269b67","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-123.1579%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-056647c3-4656-4bab-9b63-ddac65f7349c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1682970a-e15a-4652-801d-0506a4b21bea","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Images: Unsplash

She won five Tony Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award for her Broadway performances.

[{"selector":"#anim-2eed7bad-299f-4c37-b91c-392b8fc597b6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-123.1579%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-eb686126-1f29-4459-9463-5a69f182872a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ed353d04-04e2-44b4-82b2-d00ad5b3c38f","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Images: Unsplash

She received Academy Award nominations for supporting actress in two of her first three films, “Gaslight” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

[{"selector":"#anim-b0cb90dd-9166-4880-9270-6eec60dad4a0","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-123.1579%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d57e8d10-bd23-4cb5-9962-5fce1780d7d8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3e461725-a037-49ae-81bc-0d1c2805c3f6","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Images: Unsplash

Also nominated again in 1962 for “The Manchurian Candidate” and her deadly role.

[{"selector":"#anim-b92b1138-dbff-4b65-9603-341c1e2b9216","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-123.1579%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9db92306-d5a0-4bc1-ba75-07754bb47dbc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-94b1f8eb-096a-475b-a89e-5c92ba15d5c1","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Images: Unsplash

Lasbury's mature demeanor prompted the producers to cast her much older than her actual age.

[{"selector":"#anim-359868df-e031-496d-aa6c-28a56bdd58e9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-123.1579%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-141fe90e-8a40-4d40-9422-d8128475134c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-531907fe-97f5-4a00-8715-76026b24b020","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Images: Unsplash

Lansbury hit the middle of her stardom when she hit New York theater.

[{"selector":"#anim-8648746b-7e17-49f0-aad8-f928fe0c199e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-123.1579%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-15be11d8-11ed-4b7b-91a3-76ba4beb4987","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a10b1005-b1e3-4d06-8c72-b0005ac988f5","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Images: Unsplash