EPISODE · Oct 18, 2022 · 52 MIN
Murder she wrote - The life of Angela Lansbury
from Conversations · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Recorded in 2013, celebrate the seven-decade long stage and screen career of the remarkable actor (R)The late Angela Lansbury has taken on a wildly diverse range of roles since she began working as an actor more than 70 years ago.She played the conniving cockney maid in Gaslight, and a terrifying spy in The Manchurian Candidate.She was the voice of the singing teapot in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.For many years Angela played a detective novelist in TV series Murder She Wrote.When she was in Australia to perform the lead in a stage production of Driving Miss Daisy in 2013, Angela opened up to Richard about her childhood in pre-war London, coming to America, and her starring roles in Broadway musicals.To binge even more great episodes of the ‘Conversations podcast’ with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.Further informationAngela Lansbury died in October 2022, aged 96Originally broadcast in February 2013Presenter: Richard FidlerProducer: Michelle Ransom-HughesExecutive Producer: Carmel Rooney
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Recorded in 2013, celebrate the seven-decade long stage and screen career of the remarkable actor (R) The late Angela Lansbury has taken on a wildly diverse range of roles since she began working as an actor more than 70 years ago. She played the conniving cockney maid in Gaslight, and a terrifying spy in The Manchurian Candidate. She was the voice of the singing teapot in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. For many years Angela played a detective novelist in TV series Murder She Wrote. When she was in Australia to perform the lead in a stage production of Driving Miss Daisy in 2013, Angela opened up to Richard about her childhood in pre-war London, coming to America, and her starring roles in Broadway musicals. To binge even more great episodes of the ‘Conversations podcast’ with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities. Further information Angela Lansbury died in October 2022, aged 96 Originally broadcast in February 2013 Presenter: Richard Fidler Producer: Michelle Ransom-Hughes Executive Producer: Carmel Rooney
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