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Angela Lanceberry, star of the American TV series “The Detective”, died at 96

British actress Angela Lanceberry, who has become a household name for her role as a writer and detective on the TV series “The Detective,” has passed away at the age of 11, British actress Angela Lanceberry’s family has announced.

FILE - Angela Lansbury poses for a portrait during press day for

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Angela Lansbury has achieved fame and fortune for being one of the most memorable roles on television, and is also a very successful and award-winning actress in theater and film.

“It is with sadness that Dame Angela Lansberry’s children announce that their mother died peacefully as she slept in their Los Angeles home … five days before her 97th birthday.”

Celebrities from around the world expressed their condolences after the news of Angela Lansberry’s death. Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull posted a photo with his cousin Angela Lansberry on Twitter.Twitter) wrote: “Thank you, Angela, for spreading joy and love in the world throughout your life”.

NASA (NASA) also uploaded photos of the space galaxy “Cosmic Rose” in memory of Angela Lansberry.

Angela Lansberry was around 60 when she landed the role that made her famous: the heroine of the mystery writer and amateur detective in the hit TV series “Murder, She Wrote”.

In a career spanning over 70 years, he has starred in around 60 films and starred in some of Broadway’s most popular musicals.

She also dubbed the benevolent Mrs. Potts in Disney’s hit animation “Beauty and the Beast” and sang the acclaimed theme song.

Angela Lansberry has won 6 Golden Globes and 5 Tony Awards for her outstanding contributions to the American theater scene, and was awarded the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 2013.

But what most audiences remember most is her role as Jessica Fletcher, a pragmatic middle-aged widow who finds criminals in the TV series “The Detective,” which aired on American television from 1984-1996. and exported to dozens of countries, making it a household name worldwide.

Angela Lansberry said in 2016: “I was pleasantly surprised that Fletcher was known almost everywhere in the world. They treated me like a rock star.”

The 264-episode series earned her four Golden Globes and amassed a fortune, earning up to $ 300,000 per episode.

British media reported that in 2017, at the age of 91, still full of energy Angela Lansberry said she wanted to play Fletcher again.

(Editor in chief: Zhuang Yanyu)

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