{"id":3309,"date":"2017-05-31T18:50:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2018-08-23T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T18:45:37","slug":"diva-alert-11-angela-lansbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/diva-alert-11-angela-lansbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Diva Alert #11: Angela Lansbury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diva Alert #11: Angela Lansbury<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by Jackson Upperco<\/p>\n

May 23, 2017<\/p>\n<\/font>

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Welcome back to Diva Alert, Performer Stuff\u2019s series on Great Dames from the Golden Age of Broadway. In these posts, we\u2019re taking a look at some of the American Musical Theatre\u2019s most legendary ladies, along with their seminal stage triumphs. <\/em><\/p>\n

This dame ain\u2019t only a dame\u2026 she\u2019s a crazy aunt, a cannibalistic baker, and a good-humored teapot. She can do it all \u2013 and has <\/em>done it all. She\u2019s a living legend. She is\u2026 Angela Lansbury.<\/p>\n

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The daughter of an actress and a politician, London-born Angela Lansbury was inspired to perform at a young age following the devastating death of her father. When war erupted, 15-year-old Angela moved to New York and studied acting. Her big break came when she was signed to a seven-year contract at M-G-M, where she appeared in classics like Gaslight <\/em>(1944), National Velvet <\/em>(1944), and The Picture Of Dorian Gray <\/em>(1945).<\/p>\n

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By the time her contract ended in the early \u201850s, Lansbury had settled down with her second husband and two kids. Now a free agent, she continued to appear in films and starred in several Broadway plays. Her greatest success during this time was The Manchurian Candidate <\/em>(1962), <\/em>for which she earned her third Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n

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Lansbury\u2019s star continued to rise in 1984 when she took the role of an author and amateur sleuth in the CBS television series Murder, She Wrote<\/em>, which ran for twelve seasons and earned its leading lady twelve consecutive Emmy nods. In the meantime, she also voiced the role of Mrs. Potts in Disney\u2019s beloved Beauty And The Beast <\/em>(1991).<\/p>\n

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In the past decade, Lansbury has earned a Tony for her work in Blithe Spirit <\/em>(2009) and nominations for both Deuce <\/em>(2007) and the revival of A Little Night Music <\/em>(2009). Well into her tenth decade, this dame never quits. She\u2019s currently set to appear in Disney\u2019s sequel to Mary Poppins<\/em> \u2013 as if<\/em> this dame\u2019s immortality wasn\u2019t already assured.<\/p>\n

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DID YOU KNOW? <\/strong>This diva holds the record for the most Emmy losses ever \u2013 18 total nominations without a win! (Don\u2019t cry though \u2013 her five Tonys are impressive enough!)<\/p>\n

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Lansbury (Musical Theatre)\u00a0Roles You Should Know<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Cora Hoover Hooper in Anyone Can Whistle <\/em>(1964)<\/h4>\n