This person died in 2022 at age 96. She once said “I wasn’t very good at being a starlet. I didn’t want to pose for cheesecake photos and that kind of thing.” She received two Oscar nominations before the age of 25. In the mid-1950s she found herself cast as either one of two types: as she put it, “bitches on wheels and people’s mothers.” She was nominated for a Tony Award at age 83, a testament to her extraordinary stamina and range. She captured the biggest audience of her career in the 1980s and 90s, when she played the role of mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on the CBS series “Murder, She Wrote.” Today’s dead celebrity is Angela Lansbury.

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New York Times Obituary for Angela Lansbury

Angela’s incredible speed singing in the musical “Gypsy”

Angela Lansbury’s full length fitness video

“Cozy Cup of Tea” article from the New Yorker

Clip of her first movie appearance in ‘Gaslight’ at age 17

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This episode of Famous & Gravy considers how Angela Lansbury shaped public consciousness as part of a obituary-based storytelling and known for biographies from a different point of view, by spotlighting values, performance, and transformation. This episode offers a layered look at how we remember — and reinterpret — famous lives. This show explores legacy podcast and contributes to rethinking celebrity legacies.

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