TOngela Lansbury strikes again. For her, a Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award (the Lifetime Achievement Award), delivered virtually this Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York. It sure would have been great if Murder, she wrote showed up to pick it up, but at 96 the great actress stayed at her home in Malibu.
Angela Lansbury, the last public appearance in 2019
His absence, however, has aroused concern in fans, who would have liked to see her in flesh and blood. Instead, no trace of Lansburydespite the announcement of the award dating back to about a month ago. Its last public appearance dates back to 2019, when he attended the Robert Osborne Celebration of Classic Film in Beverly Hills. While in 2020 she was immortalized with a mask and sunglasses in that of Malibu.
The Tony Award 2022 is the sixth obtained by the English actress. Born in 1925, the first prize came in 1966 thanks to the musical Mame with which he conquered Broadway. She subsequently won it as Best Actress in a Musical three more times: in 1969 for Dear Worldin 1975 for Gypsy: a musical fable and in 1979 for Sweeney Todd: the demo Barber of fleet street. Added to these is the victory in 2009 as Best Supporting Actress in Blithe spirit.
For Angela Lansbury it is theyet another recognition since the beginning of his career. A career that began very young, alone 19 years. It was the 1944the film was titled Anguish and it was worth it the first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Two more nominations came in 1946 and 1963 with The portrait of Dorian Gray And Go and killbut the figurine comes alone in 2014, for his career.
Angela Lansbury in 2019 in Beverly Hills. (Getty)
The consecration on tv with Murder, she wrote
In addition to the Academy awards, in over seventy years it has been awarded 6 Golden Globes, 1 SAG Award, plus 18 Emmy nominationsmainly for Murder, she wrote. And it is precisely the show to consecrate her also on the small screen, in the role of the famous Jessica Fletchera successful writer who, thanks to her intuition, manages to solve complicated murder cases.
From the 40s to today, Angela Lansbury has alternated between cinema and televisionpassing through the theater, alternating always different registers. The last work dates back to 2018 with the film The Return of Mary Poppinsin which she played the balloon lady.
Angela photographed by her grandson outside a restaurant in 2019.
Self at work Lansbury has lived a thousand lives, thanks to the dozens of characters he playsin the private sector he has led a much more regular existence. She got married twice. The first in 1945 with actor Richard Cromwell, the second nin 1949 with actor and producer Peter Shawwho passed away in 2003. The couple had two children: Anthony Pullen, born in 1952, and Deirdre Angela, born in 1953. The eldest son became a director and directed his mother in several episodes of The Lady in Crime.
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