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You've been the stage mother, you know, throughout your life. She held out gallantly, but the material didn't. She held out gallantly . Angela Lansbury, one of the most beloved and acclaimed actors of stage, film and television, who had a nearly 75-year career, died October 11in her sleep at her Los Angeles home, just five days. "Liaisons" from A Little Night Music At the 2011 Olivier Awards, Lansbury performed Mme. Business never better using only pussycats and toast. And he says, with no disrespect to Merman, it's the first time that the number "Rose's Turn" was done the way it should be. Do you remember getting lit for the film and what that process was like? I know of no one else in the musical theater who can sing as well as she does and be the actress that she is. And I stopped smoking 30 years ago. While working with MGM she'd watched musical actors like Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in rehearsal, yearning to be a part of it all. "There was an incredible thrill walking into that studioand have this full orchestra and this full chorus performinglive," "Beauty and the Beast" director Kirk Wise remarked. The actress continued appearing on screen well into her eighties and nineties. He was a great friend of Joan Crawford's and, oh, Bill Holden and Zachary Scott and all kinds of actors and actresses of that era. So when it turned out that he was, I never blamed him for it in any way. She also left behind. Joseph Ruttenberg was the DP on that. GROSS: Who has solved God knows how many murders. Did you come here for a pie, sir? NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. The actress, who is 96 years old, is scheduled to appear at next month's Tony Awards and be presented with a special lifetime achievement award. I dreamed it for you, June. She was a serious actress. Photo by Getty Images. And - but I don't regret it because I learned so much during my - the short time that we were together, which was probably less than a year. She was a great recitalist, as they used to call them in Victorian days - or Edwardian days, I should say. The speech is short. What's your rush? I mean, it seems like it would be so emotionally depleting. GROSS: Well, I thank you so very much for talking with us. And when we first arrived, we used to do readings together. And I was being paid, good heavens, you know? "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the BeastLansbury joined the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in 2001 to re-create her performance as Mrs. Potts, singing the title song from the 1991 blockbuster Disney film. Watch just a few of the highlights from the over 70-year career of the six-time Tony recipient. The award. The production arrives in New York after a world premiere at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Angela Lansbury, a celebrated actress whose career spanned eight decades, has died at the age of 96. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. In 1991, Lansbury starred in the Disney classic, "Beauty and the Beast" as Mrs. Potts, the former castle cook who turned into a teapot after the curse was placed on the castle. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Angela Lansbury at her apartment in New York on April 16, 2007. I'm David Bianculli, and this is FRESH AIR. The screen legend also starred in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and Sweeney Todd. I do remember very well. I really do. And in this movie, a terrific movie, you're a manipulative, domineering mother and wife who's trying to promote the political career of your husband. He also had a tremendous classical repertoire of music in his collection. But it's the most rousing speech I've ever read. Thank you, Nancy. (Singing) Wait. He's piling up bodies, and she offers a uniquely advantageous means of disposal. The Tony Award-winning actor starred in the Broadway musicals Mame, Gypsy and S weeney Todd, as well as the TV series Murder, She Wrote. For years, she tried to get out of playing the juvenile and grow up in a movie. BOYER: (As Gregory Anton) You know, Nancy, it strikes me that you're not at all the kind of girl that your mistress should have for a housemaid. The songs, "Be Our Guest," "Belle" and "Beauty and the Beast" were nominated in that category, and the last song, sang by Lansbury in the film, won the award. But part of me wanted to be like the girls who were under contract. She won her first Tony Award for that performance . Angela Lansbury, Screen and Broadway Icon, Dead at 96, Randy Marcus/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty, 'Glass Onion' Is Now on Netflix! "An absolute legend ," Johnson wrote. And congratulations on the Kennedy Center Honor. But nevertheless - I don't know if you remember, but I do smoke a rather long Cigarettello in the movie. I had known so many gay people in Hollywood. It is a technique. March 2, 2023, By And I just - it was a shock, but it wasn't a shock because I was so in love with Richard Cromwell when I married him that I was just - you know, I'd never had any kind of experience. Angela Lansbury, the effervescent actor and singer who entertained generations of fans on the stage and screen during her eight decades in show business, has died. In 1966, Angela Lansbury got her first big break on Broadway with her performance in Mame. More after a break. BIANCULLI: Angela Lansbury speaking to Terry Gross in 2000. You play the maid that he hires. Advertisement GROSS: Do you remember any of the more helpful or interesting directions that Cukor gave you? Angela Lansbury, a beloved star of stage, film and television, was honored on Sunday night with a special Tony Award for lifetime achievement. "But what it meant for me, besides just how special it is to have both of them in the movie, it meant that I just got to spend 10 minutes with each of them to film this little moment." GROSS: "Gaslight" is one of those movies with really nice black-and-white lighting. Market data provided by Factset. It was - I was in love with love. "Substitutionary Locomotion" from Bedknobs and BroomsticksLong before she sang a tale as old as time, Lansbury starred in another Disney musical, the 1971 hit Bedknobs and Broomsticks, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. Angela Lansbury, famous for role as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series 'Murder, She Wrote,' has died at age 96. "She. Angela Lansbury is being remembered. According to Slant Magazine, Lansbury makes an appearance as herself in "Glass Onion." GROSS: It's funny because your situation was the opposite of Judy Garland. To me, when it's over, it's over, you know? She died in her sleep on Tuesday, just. Lansbury, a formidable actress who captivated Hollywood in her youth, became a Broadway musical sensation in middle age and then . The Murder, She Wrote star previously won Tonys for her performances in Gypsy and Sweeney Todd. And a pussy's good for maybe six or seven at the most. So I had to marry those two rather carefully. And I was making 500 a week or 750 a week, which in those days was an enormous amount of money. Paige Gawley. His name was Michael Dyne. And people don't really always believe this. I would go to the studio heads and say, look; don't make me play this part. BIANCULLI: Angela Lansbury speaking to Terry Gross in 2000. In 1984, renowned British film and stage actress Angela Lansbury, known for movies like The Manchurian Candidate, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks, began her first major. They are such pros. She was Cabot Cove's treasured murder solver. Angela Lansbury, Screen and Broadway Icon, Dead at 96 Lansbury, whom mystery fans know best as dauntless novelist Jessica Fletcher from the CBS series Murder, She Wrote, "died peacefully in. And we had no - she also was in the middle of a rather unproductive and unsuccessful love affair. Serena Williams! Obituary for Angela Lansbury (1925-2022), whose Broadway, film, and TV career spanned seven decades, from 'Gaslight' to 'Mame' to 'Sweeney Todd' to 'Beauty and the Beast' to, of . When's it your turn to be onstage and to be before the lights? Actress Angela Lansbury and director Michael Wilson arrive for the opening night performance of "Grey Gardens" The Musical at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, in . In the '60s, she was nominated again for her terrific performance as a manipulative mother in "The Manchurian Candidate." . It was the kind of role she'd always dreamed of having. I'm going to sing the scene. GROSS: Was that your bit of business, singing that vaudeville kind of song, "Up In A Balloon?". You - and I picked up a tremendous amount at MGM, working with Kay Thompson and Judy and Andy Williams, all those. ", As it turns out, "Buttons, A New Christmas Film" may not have been the last acting endeavor of Lansbury's after all, as the veteran actor reportedly shows up in none other than a highly anticipated film Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," the follow up to 2019's acclaimed murder mystery film "Knives Out.". March 3, 2023, By So she played a variety of roles, actually. What's your hurry? In 2014 she returned to a London stage for the first time in almost 40 years to star in a West End production of Noel Cowards Blithe Spirit. So my career in movies was jump-started by my being accepted for the role of Nancy in "Gaslight.". This is what I do, and this is what I always maintained throughout my career - was that I had that ability to take direction and also to understand what the - what was required of the character. Angela Lansbury married twice. And in this movie, Charles Boyer plays a husband who's trying to drive his wife mad. And when you're a student and you are given a role, something is assigned to you. It's been nearly sixty years since she made her stage debut here in town at the National Theatre. Dame Angela Lansbury smiled for the camera and posed with fellow veteran actors at a red carpet event, in the last public pictures taken of the actress before her death. I never allow the emotion of a scene, if possible, to get to me. "A tale old as time, our beloved Mrs. Potts will sing lullabies to us now from the stars. Lansbury died at 1:30 a.m. on October 11, 2022, while asleep in her home in Los Angeles, California, her family confirmed in a statement to People. 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Angela Lansbury, 2018 Emmy contender for Masterpiece Theater's adaptation of "Little Women," has one of the most unique awards histories of any performer. LANSBURY: Well, simply that he felt that she was a naughty, rather dirty girl, and that was the way he saw her. LANSBURY: (As Mrs. Iselin) You are to shoot the presidential nominee through the head. And he arranged that the casting director would see me, this young English girl, who at that time was - I think I was 17. Not counting next month's Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, she already has five Tonys for both musicals and dramas. I would be drinking a glass of water and breathing a big sigh of relief. The film was a huge success, grossing $331 million at the box office worldwide. The Lansbury family . GROSS: Did you learn a different style of singing from being exposed to all the singers in his collection? And in "Sweeney Todd," Mrs. Lovett was running an unsuccessful bakery in London in the Victorian era, when she was inspired to team up with a local barber named Sweeney Todd. He felt she was - and when I gave him that, he thought it was terribly funny. So I said yes. Shortly after news broke on Tuesday that the celebrated actress died in her sleep at her Los Angeles home, tributes . The actress died on October 11 at age 96. - I forget the name; I should remember - and also some of the great prep schools outside of the city, and for $25, which in those days was quite a lot of money. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. GROSS: Angela Lansbury, doing that number must have been exhausting. But when it extended and I realized the deep inroads it had made into family life in America, I couldn't stop. "The Worst Pies in London" from Sweeney Todd Lansbury won four of her five Tony Awards for performances in musicals, but the only musical performance preserved on film is her spectacularly original work as Mrs. Lovett in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. GROSS: Well, you were still a minor when you were making "Gaslight." But, in 2010, she sat down with The New York Times and reporter Mervyn Rothstein to record an extraordinary final interview that was not to be published until after her death.. Lansbury was born in London on October 16, 1925, to actress Moyna Macgill, and timber merchant and politician . But they only let me puff it. Days after Lansbury's death, Johnson was in disbelief at how lucky they were to have worked with the two legends. "She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw. BOYER: (As Gregory Anton) Oh, now, you know, Nancy - don't you? Lansbury, whom mystery fans know best as dauntless novelist Jessica Fletcher from the CBS series Murder, She Wrote, "died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 a.m" Tuesday, her family said in a statement. GROSS: Yes. Aged 93, and wearing a long red cardigan and cream trousers, the Broadway star attended the Robert Osborne Celebration of Classic Film event at The Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills. Lansbury also was first to play Cora Hoover Hooper in Anyone Can Whistle, portrayed Rose in the first Broadway revival of Gyspy as well as Madame Armfeldt in a Broadway revival of A Little Night Music all of which are Sondheim musicals. GROSS: Well, I should mention that in Craig Zadan's book about Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents really praises your interpretation of this role. (Getty Images), This is magical. Born in London, she won five Tony Awards for her Broadway performances, was nominated for three Oscars, and in 2013 she received an honorary Academy Award for her lifetime achievement in film. It enabled me to help my family. Angela Lansbury on January 1, 1990 in Los Angeles, Calif. Credit - CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images. "Open a New Window" from Mame At the 1971 Tony Awards, Lansbury got the chance to re-create one of the Jerry Herman classics from her Tony-winning performance in the 1966 musical. Must have been pretty heady to be nominated your first time out. What are you doing with your evening out? Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Fox News Digital's Lori Bashian contributed to this report. Legal Statement. Her first role in a movie came at age 17, playing the maid in the 1944 film "Gaslight." She was nominated. I just want to get everything, just them talking,' because it was just so exciting and such a historical moment for me, in my life. But in that case, I was doing it eight performances a week, you have to understand. Here, she joins the cast in the Sherman Brothers song "Substitutionary Locomotion.". Get the best of Fox News' entertainment coverage, right in your inbox. Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines of Oct. 12, Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves take bumpy second flight after 'CHAOS' on Lufthansa plane: 'Wish me luck', Kelsey Grammer wont apologize for the 'difference' that Jesus has made in his life, Person roaming in 'Scream' Ghostface costume prompts multiple police calls, Kelsea Ballerini kisses Chase Stokes after criticizing ex amid nasty divorce, Why Kevin Bacon refuses to share the secret to his 35-year marriage to Kyra Sedgwick. And on Broadway, she's won five Tony Awards for such performances as her starring roles in the musicals "Gypsy," "Mame" and "Sweeney Todd." The Private Affairs of Bel Ami. We would do scenes from "Romeo And Juliet," and she would do scenes as Desdemona. Always so kind & generous when I met her. I was still enough of an adolescent in my heart. It's hair-raising, and it's because Angie's an actress. LANSBURY: When I first started "Murder, She Wrote," I thought it would last maybe two, three years, you know, or maybe a year if we were lucky. You see; we all have different problems as youngsters. GROSS: Well, I feel a song queue coming on. March 2, 2023. I was playing Frank Morgan's wife as the Queen of France in "The Three Musketeers." And I sort of realized that. Her movie credits include "Gaslight," "The Manchurian Candidate" and Disney's animated version of "Beauty And The Beast." I wanted to play the game, you know? You might get it from Nina Simone, or you might get it from Judy, or you might get it from Merman. So you're doing it, in other words. GROSS: You made "The Manchurian Candidate" in 1962. You thought you were auditioning for - you thought you thought your first role would be in "The Picture Of Dorian Gray." LANSBURY: Absolutely. Well, someone tell me, when is it my turn? TERRY GROSS: Angela Lansbury, welcome to FRESH AIR. She died just five days short of her 97th birthday. And I sort of felt that, although I didn't get big-headed about it, but I felt it - gave me tremendous confidence. He said, sort of whispered in the ear of Mr. Ballerino, the man I was seeing, you know, you should suggest that this young lady meets George Cukor, who's trying to cast the role of the maid in "Gaslight." But do you feel beloved? I want the nominee to be dead about two minutes after he begins his acceptance speech - depending on his reading time under pressure. GROSS: Your first marriage was to Richard Cromwell, who you later found out was actually gay. And you were asked to do this in England by Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book and directed the British production. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is streaming on Netflix Dec. 23. | Her first role in a movie came at age 17, playing the maid in the 1944 film "Gaslight." And I tried hard. For 12 seasons, from 1984 to 1996, she portrayed motherly mystery writer and amateur sleuth. And in that instance, I think that woman had so many layers and so many personas in a sense, she was riveting and so interesting to play. And so, well, the rest, as they say, is history. LANSBURY: Oh, I thought it was very telling (laughter), very telling. LANSBURY: (As Nancy Oliver) Gentleman friend, sir. And I fought it. So to be able to play that gave me tremendous sort of pleasure, and I'm so glad I've done it. And so I was a working actress. This archival press footage is somewhat grainy, but the performance is tremendous. Actress Angela Lansbury has died at 96 years old. She was a comedy - musical comedy actress. And anything else you want to say about it before we hear it? "Lansbury is joined by late actor Jerry Orbach, who voiced Lumiere the candlestick in "Beauty and the Beast," in the dynamic performance. LANSBURY: No, nothing was my idea in that movie. And - but your school was moving, so you weren't able to go to school. Coming up, I review "Keeping Company With Sondheim," a new PBS "Great Performances" documentary about the new version of one of Stephen Sondheim's classic Broadway musicals. You never know. I wouldn't want to let go of that lady. Let's get back to Terry's 2000 interview with Broadway, movie and TV actress Angela Lansbury. And I must say, when people would come backstage after the performance, they would be in tears. You know, that green-eyed monster sort of crept in from my mother's side. So I was never going to get to play the girl next door. The production of the classic musical will play Leicester's Curve and London's Sadlers Wells before embarking on a U.K. tour. Dame Angela was known for playing crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long running TV series Murder, She Wrote, Broadway musicals Mame and Gypsy, and for voicing Mrs Potts in the Disney animation Beauty and the Beast. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE WORST PIES IN LONDON"). This is FRESH AIR. LANSBURY: So - but in fact, I had been smoking for a couple of years. Even just in my first year, I was assigned a role of a lady in waiting in "Mary Of Scotland." This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, And whom are you going to the musical with? And she wanted to have a career. A death notice for Angela Lansbury (last October) and appreciation of her achievements: in The New Yorker, "Angela Lansbury Shimmered Through the Decades: The actress, who died this week at ninety-six, revealed every facet of her talents" by Michael Schulman on 10/12/22 which I reproduce here so that I can refer to it in a separate posting I'm doing on an AL performance from 1973. So it was - there was an unevenness, shall we say, in our approach to the - to work. I say that without any sense of pride at all. Starting now it's going to be my turn. October 11, 2022, 4:28 PM. GROSS: Well, if this isn't an example of singing the scene, as the way you put it, I don't know what it is - what is. I always remember that. A lthough the late Angela Lansbury played a huge variety of roles over the course of her long career, she was perhaps most associated with benign characters, thanks to the enduring Eglantine Price in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and detective Jessica Fletcher in TV series Murder, She Wrote. Next month, she'll receive yet another Tony, a special Lifetime Achievement Award. 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And it really doesn't matter. 2M views 6 years ago Accompanied by composer Alan Menken, Angela Lansbury surprised guests with a special performance of "Beauty & The Beast" in the 25th Anniversary screening at the Lincoln. GROSS: Wow (laughter). And that's what sells the song. We'd do Shakespeare. Margaret Hall 1, she recognised the fact that Britain was likely to be bombed, and that London really was no place for us to remain if we could possibly get away. And that was part of the business in the movie of "Gaslight." In 1991, Lansbury starred in the Disney classic, "Beauty and the Beast" as Mrs. Potts, the former castle cook who turned into a teapot after the curse was placed on the castle. Angela Lansbury died Tuesday, October 11, at the age of 96. And she loved doing it, but it put a tremendous strain on her, whereas I seem to do it with one hand tied behind my back. We can't wait to see Lansbury show up on screen once more when "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" is released to Netflix in December 2022. RIP to the legendary Dame Angela Lansbury, whose astonishing career spanned nine decades, from her debut Hollywood performance in GASLIGHT to her final role in the upcoming GLASS ONION.. And so right then and there, I was whipped off to meet George Cukor. LANSBURY: And John Van Druten, who was the screenwriter of that. March 3, 2023, By We want the role to be played by an actress, and we would really encourage you to do this. The Last Film Angela Lansbury Was In Before She Died. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . And as I say, I listen to your program all the time. And this is, you know, toward the end of "Gypsy." Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has a huge cast of stars announced as headliners, but the cameos are just as iconic, marking the final film for both the late Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim. "Beauty and the Beast" had a huge impact on the film industry and left a lasting legacy after being nominated for six Academy Awards, three of them being in the best original song category. She also won four Best Actress Emmys for her role as Jessica Fletcher in the long-running CBS mystery series "Murder, She Wrote." The . (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE"). Lansbury is perhaps best known for her 12-year stint as Jessica . Angela Lansbury, who enjoyed an eclectic, award-winning movie and stage career in addition to becoming America's favorite TV sleuth in "Murder, She Wrote," has died, according to a statement. 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 a.m. today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday, her family said in a statement obtained by Us Weekly at the time. In September, Netflix released a sneak preview of Glass Onion that featured writer-director Johnson introducing the film and its premise, which brings Benoit Blanc into a new mystery set in Greece with a new cast of suspects, including characters played by Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista and more. In the West End's Blithe Spirit, Angela Lansbury's past is always present --- Editor's note: I'm delighted to welcome London critic and reporter M If you are a fan of mystery crime solvers, chances are Angela Lansbury is a personal favorite. In a captivating video featured on the Disney+ original documentary "Howard," the talented singer and actress is seen stepping into a recording booth to work on the classic song "Be Our Guest. But it took me a year. Just listen and hear and do what I was told and asked to do. The director, 48, shared a clip of Lansbury performing the song "By The Sea" from the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd, for which she won a Tony in 1979 for best actress in a musical. Lansbury, who was most widely known for her work as . The actress took home a Tony for her performance in the musical Sweeney Todd. LANSBURY: (As Nancy Oliver) Oh, no, sir - not with me. In her over 75-year career she The evening will be directed and hosted by Tony nominee Kate Baldwin. But what I experienced at drama school was the fun and the excitement of being given a part. She also had a cameo part in the 2018 Mary Poppins sequel Mary Poppins Returns, in which she featured as an elderly colourfully-dressed balloon seller. In 1991, Lansbury starred in the Disney classic, "Beauty and the Beast" as Mrs. Potts, the former castle cook who turned into a teapot after the curse was placed on the castle. West End star Elaine Paige said Dame Angela was always so kind and generous when the pair had met, describing her as one of the last Golden Age of Hollywood stars. Next month, she's scheduled to be honored at the Tonys with a special Lifetime Achievement Award. I can take care of myself when I want to.