Angela Lansbury: What appealed to me about Jessica Fletcher is that I could do what I do best and have little chance to play - a sincere, down-to-earth woman. Mostly, I've played very spectacular bitches. Jessica has extreme sincerity, compassion, extraordinary intuition. I'm not like her. My imagination runs riot. I'm not a pragmatist. Jessica is.
Angela Lansbury: I'm in a very enviable position, being able to work like this 45 years later. It's always beginning! I never have a sense of finishing up, just new things beginning. When I die, they're going to carry me off a stage.
Angela's brother, Bruce Lansbury, has participated as a writer in 10 episodes on the her now famous TV series Murder, She Wrote and the TV movie Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle in 2003.
She has two brothers, Edgar Lansbury and Bruce Lansbury.
Angela's co-star in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Hurd Hatfield, guest-starred on three episodes of Murder, She Wrote. The two became lifelong friends during the filming of the movie.
Angela has performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in their annual public Christmas concerts at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Angela actually appeared on screen with her mother, actress Moyna MacGill, in the 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Even though she played his mother in the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate, Angela was barely 3 years older than actor Laurence Harvey.
Angela was longtime friends with Bob Hope and even gave a speech at his memorial service on August 27th, 2003.
Angela was offered the role of "Nurse Ratched" in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but turned it down because she didn't think she could handle the role.
On July 14, 2005, Angela had to have knee replacement surgery after falling at a Stephen Sondheim tribute at the Hollywood Bowl.
Angela's father, Edgar Lansbury, was a British lumber merchant.
Angela and her family moved to America in the 1940s because of World War II.
Angela is the only actress to go undefeated in a Tony Awards competition, having won all 4 for which she was nominated.
Angela was awarded an honorary C.B.E. from the British Government through Queen Elizabeth II.
Angela holds the record for the most Emmy nominations without a win.
Angela won the role of Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote after fellow actress Jean Stapleton turned it down.
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