Highlights of Angela Lansbury’s career on stage and screen
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Angela Lansbury, 17, who came to the United States three years ago with a group of child refugees from England, had a court approve her film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio at Los Angeles, California, August 19, 1943. Lansbury, the big-eyed, scene-stealing British actress who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday. She was 96.2/24
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Actress Angela Lansbury in 1945. Lansbury, the big-eyed, scene-stealing British actress who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday. She was 96.3/24
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Bing Crosby shows off a Christmas present to Angela Lansbury during time off at their studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Jan. 7, 1949.4/24
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Angela Lansbury arrives in town to appear on television’s “Show of Shows on Saturday, Jan. 26, 1951 in Idlewild Airport, New York.5/24
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Angela Lansbury, the star of Broadway's newest musical "Mame," appears at a party following the opening of the show in New York, on May 24, 1966.6/24
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Princess Grace, left, with Angela Lansbury, center, and Prince Rainer III in dressing room after performance of “Mame”, in which Lansbury stars, in New York on Sept. 22, 1966.7/24
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Ginger Rogers, left, star of the Broadway musical “Hello, Dolly” crowns Angela Lansbury, who’s starring in “Mame,” with the crown of Miss Ziegfeld 1967 on Dec. 2, 1966, at the 29th Ziegfeld charity ball. Miss Rogers was the 1966 Miss Ziegfeld.8/24
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Angela Lansbury, right, star of "The King and I," greets Carol Channing, star of "Hello Dolly" in New York City on Monday, May 1, 1978. The two Broadway musical stars were attending a dinner in their honor held by composer Jerry Herman.9/24
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Angela Lansbury, right, star of Broadway's "Sweeney Todd," and Maxine Andrews, center, of the singing Andrews Sisters, visit Patti Lupone backstage at the Broadway Theatre in New York City on Oct. 22, 1979.10/24
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Actresses Angela Lansbury, left, and Glynis Johns are shown together, Sept. 11, 1982.11/24
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Actress Angela Lansbury holds her Golden Globe award for best actress of a dramatic TV series for her role in the mystery series, "Murder, She Wrote," at the 42nd annual presentation of the awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 26, 1985.12/24
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Angela Lansbury, Pierce Brosnan, and Phylicia Ayers-Allen of People’s Choice Awards, March 14, 1985.13/24
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Veteran actress Angela Lansbury, star of the CBS-TV series "Murder, She Wrote," cuts a huge cake Feb. 13, 1989, in celebration of the show's 100th episode.14/24
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Angela Lansbury displays her Golden Globe Award for best actress in a television drama series for "Murder She Wrote" at the 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 21, 1990, in Beverly Hills, Calif.15/24
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Actress Angela Lansbury displays the insignia of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire that she received from His Royal Highness the Prince Charles at the residence of the British Consul in Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 31, 1994.16/24
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Actress Angela Lansbury reacts to the standing ovation by her peers after she was honored with a lifetime achievement award during the 3rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 1997.17/24
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Angela Lansbury arrives as a guest to the premiere of the new film "The Queen" in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006.18/24
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Angela Lansbury accepts her Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her role in "Blithe Spirit" at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards in New York on June 7, 2009.19/24
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Woody Allen and Angela Lansbury attend the opening night after party for Broadway's "Relatively Speaking", three one act comedies by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.20/24
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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 were the year's honorees for contributions they made to a nation of immigrants.21/24
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Actors James Earl Jones, left, and Angela Lansbury discuss their rolls in the play "Driving Miss Daisy" in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Jones and Lansbury, were in Australia to star in a touring production of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer-Prize winning play "Driving Miss Daisy."22/24
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Angela Lansbury poses for a portrait during press day for "Blithe Spirit" in Los Angeles on Dec. 16, 2014.23/24
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Angela Lansbury poses for a portrait during press day for "Blithe Spirit" in Los Angeles on Dec. 16, 2014.24/24
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Angela Lansbury attends a photocall during the PBS Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Jan. 16, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif.
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