The funny thing about her career is that her greatest work easily happened years before Murder She Wrote, yet she became a household name with the latter. Also, young Angela Lansbury was one stunning woman.
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10-11-2022, 03:51 PM #2731DC/Collected Editions Mod
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10-11-2022, 03:57 PM #2732Invincible Jersey Ninja
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10-11-2022, 04:03 PM #2734Ultimate Member
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I never cared for Murder She wrote. But I can spend hours watching the video of her on stage. She was a force. 5 Tony Awards is no small feat.
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10-11-2022, 04:12 PM #2735Ultimate Member
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I’ve actually been binge watching Murder She Wrote. I never watched it as a kid, apart from the crossover w. Magnum PI.
She was a cool lady.
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Movie-wise, I don't think anything she did topped her role in The Manchurian Candidate. That was just a marvelous bit of acting. I have to say, though, that I love looking at her the most in The Court Jester. Between her and the equally lovely Glynis Johns (who will hopefully make it to the century mark next year), Danny Kaye must have enjoyed that making that film. Originally Posted by babyblob
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She had a mom who was a movie and TV actress for decades before dying in 1975. She was even in things people who come her actually might have at least heard of, mostly TV stuff. I don't know, did she live to see her daughter's big role on Murder She Wrote? No idea when that one hit the screens. Originally Posted by The Darknight Detective
Movie-wise, I don't think anything she did topped her role in The Manchurian Candidate. That was just a marvelous bit of acting. I have to say, though, that I love looking at her the most in The Court Jester. Between her and the equally lovely Glynis Johns (who will hopefully make it to the century mark next year), Danny Kaye must have enjoyed that making that film.
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10-11-2022, 06:49 PM #2738Uncanny Member
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Murder, She Wrote started airing on TV in September 1984. Originally Posted by achilles
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10-11-2022, 08:40 PM #2739Extraordinary Member
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Ah, so unless she was a vampire or zombie, she likely didn't get that chance... Originally Posted by MajorHoy
Ah well, she at least knew her daughter was a success.
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That was amazing. RIP Angela and Bea. Originally Posted by Tami
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10-12-2022, 03:47 PM #2741Latverian ambassador
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I never watched Murder She wrote but I've seen George Cukor's Gaslight with her debut several times. To see her in that role you would never guess that she was 18 and she would get at Oscar nominatin for Best Supporting Actress. But my all time favorite role of hers is that of Mrs Lovett from her Tony winning performance in Sweeney Todd. I even bought the filmed performance on DVD of it as soon as I could find one. I had remembered seeing it on PBS.
Video on TCM "A Little Priest" https://www.tcm.com/video/469616/swe...little-priest/Last edited by Iron Maiden; 10-12-2022 at 04:13 PM.
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10-14-2022, 10:49 AM #2742Ultimate Member
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https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainme...s-63261204.amp
Hagrid actor Robbie Coltrane passed away.
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Never watched Harry Potter, but I thought he was cool as thuggish Russian mob boss Valentin Zukovsky from Goldeneye (Pierce Brosnan's debut as 007) Originally Posted by Riv86672
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I liked him in everything he did going all the way back to Nuns on the Run. Originally Posted by WestPhillyPunisher
Never watched Harry Potter, but I thought he was cool as thuggish Russian mob boss Valentin Zukovsky from Goldeneye (Pierce Brosnan's debut as 007)
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He started in comedy, and his big break through role in drama was arguably in Cracker on tv…he won BAFTA award for best actor for that three years in a row. Originally Posted by WestPhillyPunisher
Never watched Harry Potter, but I thought he was cool as thuggish Russian mob boss Valentin Zukovsky from Goldeneye (Pierce Brosnan's debut as 007)
Apparently J K Rowling was very insistent he played Hagrid. He said something like “It made contract negotiations for the films very easy”.
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