Actress Angela Lansbury, star of ‘Murder, She Wrote’, has passed away

The series, which aired for 12 consecutive years, was an international success and boosted the popularity of Lansbury, whom most viewers remember as the writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher, a character who perfectly combined a taste for costumbrismo with the adrenaline rush of the crimes. which he researched.

With this role, Lansbury continued to increase his honors until he received 18 Emmy nominations, although the real performance of “Murder, She Wrote” would last for consecutive decades. Even today, the series is part of the programming rosters of television channels all over the world.

“We found our audience and they were faithful to the end,” he explained in 1998, just as the series was saying goodbye, during an interview on the emmy awards in which he also highlighted the triumph that led to a female character starring in a prime time series.

The respect that the American public felt for the British actress led to her being awarded the Medal of Arts at the Kennedy Center Honor.

Among other popular works, Lansbury brought the sensitive Mrs. Pott came to life in the animated version of “Beauty and the Beast” (1991) and joined Disney titles such as “Anastasia” (1997) and “Mary Poppins Returns” (2018). ).

During his extensive acting career, he took part in thirty films, fourteen plays and two television series.

In the family, she had a long marriage to fellow actor Peter Shaw, from 1949 until he died in 2003, and had three children.

Although she settled in California, she remained linked to the United Kingdom, as Queen Elizabeth II – with whom she shared the year of birth – awarded her the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2014 at a ceremony in Windsor. castle.

“I am proud to be recognized in the country where I was born, and to meet the Queen under these circumstances is a beautiful and special occasion,” she said at the time.