Photos: ‘Murder, She Wrote’ star Angela Lansbury honored
December 31, 2013
English actress Angela Lansbury poses for a portrait on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, in New York. In her 60+ year career, Angela Lansbury has been a star in films, on stage and on TV. Now the "Murder, She Wrote" actress has a new role: spokeswoman for the ALS Association. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( AP on TV Angela Lansbury )
Actors and directors from front left, Sylvester Stallone, Tippi Hedren, George Lucas, Kirk Douglas, Angela Lansbury, Jack Nicholson, background left, Clint Eastwood, Rob Reiner, Billy Crystal, Warren Beatty, and Julie Andrews are seen at AFI's 40th Anniversary presented by Target Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( AFI 40th Anniversary )
Angela Lansbury arrives as a guest to the premiere of the new film "The Queen" in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) ( THE QUEEN )
This 1992 photo released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shows actress Angela Lansbury arriving at the 65th Academy Awards ceremony, in Los Angeles. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Honorary Awards to Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Angelina Jolie. All four awards will be presented at the Academy's 5th Annual Governors Awards on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Copyright A.M.P.A.S.) ( Oscars-Governors Awards )
Angelina Jolie and Angela Lansbury seen on the red carpet at the 2013 Governors Awards, on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013 in Los Angeles (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP) ( 2013 Governors Awards - Arrivals )
Actress Angela Lansbury, center, poses with actor-author Harvey Fierstein, left, and composer-Lyricist Jerry Herman, Sunday, August 21, 1983 in New York at the Broadway opening party for the play "La Cage Aux Folles." Fierstein wrote the book "La Cage Aux Folles", and Herman authored the music and Lyrics for the Broadway musical "Mame". (AP Photo/Rene Perez) ( Broadway Opening Party for La Cage Aux Folles )
Actress Angela Lansbury, speaks to members of the audience during the 57th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, March 25, 1985 after accepting an Oscar on behalf of Dame Peggy Ashcroft for Best Supporting Actress. (AP Photo) ( Actress Angela Lansbury )
From left to right: actors George Peppard, Angela Lansbury, Linda Carter, and John Hillerman hold their Golden Globe awards, Jan. 26, 1985 in Beverly Hills, California. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon) ( Golden Globes 1985 )
Angela Lansbury will host the 42nd Annual Tony Awards special, to be broadcast live from the Minskoff Theater in New York City, Sunday, June 5, 1987 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. (AP Photo) ( Angela Lansbury )
Actress Angela Lansbury pays tribute to Broadway and television actor Jerry Orbach during "A Celebration of Jerry Orbach" at the Richard Rogers Theatre, Thursday, March 24, 2005 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ( JERRY ORBACH CELEBRATION )
Angela Lansbury sings during a rehearsal for the 42nd Annual Tony Awards at New York's Minskoff Theatre in New York, Sunday, June 5, 1988. The competition for the 1988 awards reflects the fact that this was Broadway's best season in several years. (AP Photo/Charles Wenzelberg) ( Angela Lansbury )
Actress Angela Lansbury, left, and her daughter Deirdra arrive, Sunday, August 25, 1991 at the 43rd Annual Emmy Awards at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena. Lansbury is nominated for best lead actress in a dramatic series for the CBS series "Murder She Wrote." (AP Photo/Julies Markes) ( Angela Lansbury with Deirdra Lansbury )
In a Sunday June 7, 2009 photo, Angela Lansbury poses with her trophy for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for "Blithe Spirit" at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards in New York. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) ( People Angela Lansbury )
In this theater publicity image released by Jeffrey Richards Associates, Angela Lansbury portrays Madame Arcati in the Broadway revival of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit," running through July 19 at the Shubert Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Richards Associates, Robert J. Saferstein) ( Broadway Tix )
Angela Lansbury star of "Murder She Wrote" in 1992. (AP Photo) ( Angela Lansbury )
Angela Lansbury in an undated photo. (AP Photo) ( Angela Lansbury )
Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta Jones appear at the curtain call for the Broadway opening performance of 'A Little Night Music' in New York, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) ( A Little Night Music Opening Night )
In this theater publicity image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Angela Lansbury portrays Madame Armfeldt in a scene from the Broadway revival of "A Little Night Music," playing at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus) ( Broadway Tix )
Angela Lansbury, actress of "Murder She Wrote" in 1992. (AP Photo) ( Angela Lansbury )
FILE--After 12 seasons, Angela Lansbury's "Murder, She Wrote", will air its final original episode May 19, 1996. Lansbury is shown in this 1989 file photo celebrating the show's 100th episode. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac,file) ( MURDERS CLOSE )
Angela Lansbury arrives at the 61st annual Tony Awards in New York, Sunday, June 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) ( Tony Awards Arrivals )
Angela Lansbury star of "Murder She Wrote" in 1992. (AP Photo) ( Angela Lansbury )
Actress Angela Lansbury gestures as she is honored at the Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards on Ellis Island on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Along with Lansbury, baseball player and manager Tony La Russa and architect Richard Meier are this year's honorees for contributions they have made to a nation of immigrants. The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation's database of ship's passenger records documents the arrival of more than 17 million immigrants, travelers and crew members who came through Ellis Island and the Port of New York between 1892-1942. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Ellis Island Heritage Awards )
Actress Angela Lansbury, center, sits near architect Richard Meier, right, before they are honored at the 2012 Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards on Ellis Island Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( New Jersey Daily Life )
Angela Lansbury attends the 78th Annual Drama League Awards in New York, Friday, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) ( Drama League Awards )
Actor Angela Lansbury poses for photos in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) ( Australia Jones Lansbury )
In this undated theater publicity image released by Jeffrey Richards Associates, Eric McCormack, center, Kerry Butler, left, and Angela Lansbury are shown in a scene from Gore Vidal's "The Best Man," in New York. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Richards Associates, Joan Marcus) ( Theater Review-Gore Vidal's The Best Man )
This 1961 photo released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shows actress Angela Lansbury at the 34th Academy Awards ceremony, in Los Angeles. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Honorary Awards to Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Angelina Jolie. All four awards were presented at the Academy's 5th Annual Governors Awards on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Copyright A.M.P.A.S.) ( Oscars-Governors Awards )
Actress and honoree Angela Lansbury accepts her award at the 2013 Governors Awards on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP) ( 2013 Governors Awards - Show )
Honoree Michael Douglas, right to left, Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones attend the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 12th Annual Monte Cristo Awards in New York, Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) ( Monte Cristo Awards )
Comedian Jonathan Winters accepts Oscar won by Peter Ustinov as best supporting actor of the year, presented by actress Angela Lansbury, April 5, 1965. Ustinov won for his role in "Topkapi." (AP Photo)
Actress Angela Lansbury and her son Anthony Shaw go over the script of a play in New York, August 30, 1982, they will be doing in the fall. Anthony's father is Peter Shaw, Angela's husband and manager. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm) ( Angela Lansbury and Anthony Shaw )
Angela Lansbury relaxes in her hotel suite, Nov. 24, 1982 after rehearsals for a new comedy she is returning to Broadway on December 15, called "A Little Family Business." Miss Lansbury has won four Tony Awards, the last one as the human pie-maker of "Sweeney Todd." She feels that this new play is not exactly high art. "It's a little bit of fluff? that only asks the audience to have a good time and laugh themselves silly." (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine) ( Angela Lansbury )
Actress Angela Lansbury, left, and Goldie Hawn chat together at New York discoteque, Sunday, Dec. 1, 1980 during a party marking the opening of "Per Frank," a musical revue of Frank Lo songs. They were among the celebrities attend the opening night party for members. (AP Photo/Sands) ( Actress Angela Lansbury and Goldie Hawn )
Angela Lansbury, right, chats with the starts of the new Broadway musical 42nd Street backstage at New Yorks Winter Garden Theater, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 1980, New York. The stars are, from left: Jerry Orbach, Wanda Richert, and Tammy Grimes. Miss Lansbury went backstage to congratulate the three or their performances. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett) ( Angela Lansbury 42nd Street 1980 )
The faces of "Aunt Mame," still playing on Broadway after 2 years, have varied for different times and locales: Angela Lansbury, left, was the first New York Mame and now portrays the role in San Francisco; Celeste Holm, center, played only two weeks in New York to prepare for the role in the national company now touring the country and Sheila Smith, right, was originally a stand-in for Miss Lansbury and now portrays one of Mame's rivals in the New York show on May 28, 1968. (AP Photo) ( Actress Angela Lansbury )
Mamie Eisenhower, wife of former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, visits backstage with the star of the Broadway musical "Mame," Angela Lansbury, after the evening performance at the Winter Garden Theater in New York, Oct. 25, 1966. (AP Photo) No Sales ( Mame And Mamie 1966 )
27th July 1949: British actress Angela Lansbury with Peter Shaw on their arrival at London Airport before their wedding. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 96b01/huch/3004/37 )
13th August 1949: British actress Angela Lansbury and her husband, Peter Shaw, cutting the cake at their wedding. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/Express/Getty Images) ( 98f/08/huty/10788/91 )
NEW YORK - MAY 14: Robert Sirota and Angela Lansbury receives an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the 2010 Manhattan School of Music commencement at Riverside Church on May 14, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Donna Ward/Getty Images) ( 60448676 )
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