In 1980, Angela Lansbury played Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd ( EMI, directed by Guy Hamilton ), based on Christie's 1962 novel.

Angela Lansbury, who had played Miss Marple in the movie, The Mirror Crack'd, directed by Guy Hamilton, went on to star in the TV series Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher, a mystery novelist who also solves crimes.

This production transferred to Broadway on December 13, 2009, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree and Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt.

The original cast starred Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt and, in her Broadway debut, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree.

The 2009 Broadway revival with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury recorded a cast album on January 4, 2010 which was released on April 6.

Eager to work with both Laurents and Sondheim, Angela Lansbury accepted the lead role as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper, despite her strong misgivings about the script and her ability to handle the score.

* Balancing Act, The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury by Martin Gottfried, published by Little, Brown and Company, 1999

Past winners have included Angela Lansbury ( 1988 ), Ray Charles ( 1991 ), Mel Tormé ( 1994 ), Bernadette Peters ( 1995 ), Frank Sinatra ( 2000 ), Stevie Wonder ( 2002 ), k. d.

The characters that he played onscreen during this period ranged from a serial killer in Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt ( 1943, opposite Teresa Wright ) to an eager police detective in Gaslight ( 1944, with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Angela Lansbury in her film debut ).

The story of a Korean War veteran, brainwashed by the Communist Chinese to assassinate a candidate for President, co-starred Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury as Harvey's evil mother.

He continues to appear in live stage shows, including Barbra Streisand's memorable birthday party for Stephen Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl, in which he appeared with Angela Lansbury, performing selections from Sweeney Todd.

The Empress was voiced by Angela Lansbury in the 1997 Fox Animation Studios feature film Anastasia.

* 1925 – Angela Lansbury, English-born actress

Anyone Can Whistle ( 1964 ) was a 9-performance flop, although it introduced Angela Lansbury to musical theatre and has developed a cult following.

Wong, Claybourne Elder, Alexander Hanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Raul Esparza, Sutton Foster, Nathan Lane, Michele Pawk, the original cast of Into the Woods ; Kim Crosby, Chip Zien, Danielle Ferland, & Ben Wright, Angela Lansbury, and Jim Walton.

* Special Award, Olivier Award, 2011, " in recognition of his contribution to London theatre "; the award was presented at the ceremony by Cameron Mackintosh and Angela Lansbury.

The 2010 honoree was Angela Lansbury, with Peters and Catherine Zeta-Jones as honorary hosts for the Gala Benefit held on April 12, 2010.

A Musical Thriller ( 1979 ), the acclaimed musical adaptation of Bond's play by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler starring Len Cariou as Sweeney Todd ( here christened Benjamin Barker ) and Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett.

* 1983: Angela Lansbury sings the song live on the CD A Stephen Sondheim Evening, with Sondheim accompanying her on the piano.

* October 16 – Angela Lansbury, English actress

Angela Lansbury, who worked with the pair on State of the Union, later said: " We all knew, but nobody ever said anything.

Julie Harris, Angela Lansbury, and Audra McDonald tie for the most performance Tony Awards with five each.

Angela Lansbury was the third performer to be nominated for all four performance awards.

* Gaslight ( 1944 film ), directed by George Cukor, starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer and Angela Lansbury, based on the play

Angela Lansbury summed up the feeling of those of the Hollywood community who attended her memorial service, commenting after a sample from Davis's films were screened, that they had witnessed " an extraordinary legacy of acting in the twentieth century by a real master of the craft ", that should provide " encouragement and illustration to future generations of aspiring actors ".

Women have also played key roles in the genre, including such actresses as Kathy Long, Michelle Yeoh, Angela Mao, and Cynthia Rothrock.

As Ambassador he also played a critical role in establishing robust relations with then opposition leader Angela Merkel and in the construction of a new United States Embassy in the heart of Berlin next to the Brandenburg Gate.

The game is played at the suggestion of Angela, the disabled daughter, who plays on the opposite side from her mother.

In 1987, Burton played Dave Robinson, a journalist ( sports writer ), in the third season of Murder, She Wrote, episode 16 " Death Takes a Dive " starring Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher.

While scenes for Murder, She Wrote were being filmed in Mendocino, residents say that it was not uncommon to see Angela Lansbury, who played Jessica Fletcher, stop to speak with a toddler, or for Tom Bosley to sign his autograph on a Glad Bag box presented by a shopper stepping out of the local grocery store.

In 2012 Howard's early songs were played live as a tribute in Melbourne: a four-piece band played consisting of Harvey, Calvert, Ron Rude and Rowland Howard's sister Angela.

In 2011 she acted in Telemundo's Aurora, where she played Angela Amenabar.

Original actors Elspeth Ballantyne ( Meg Morris ) and Patsy King ( Erica Davidson ) reprised their original characters, while Glenda Linscott ( Rita Connors ) played a new character, Angela Mason.

The character had romantic involvements with two of the other principal characters, Joanna ( played by Suzanna Hamilton ), and later Angela ( played by Zara Turner ).

* In a BBC interview, Tricia Stewart said she and Angela Baker never experienced the tension exhibited by the characters based on them, Chris ( played by Mirren ) and Annie ( Waters ).

Smaller roles ( some only a few seconds ) were played by Michael Ansara, Ina Balin, Carroll Baker, Robert Blake, Pat Boone, Victor Buono, John Considine, Richard Conte, Jamie Farr, David Hedison, Van Heflin, Russell Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Mark Lenard, Robert Loggia, John Lupton, Sal Mineo, Nehemiah Persoff, Sidney Poitier, Gary Raymond, Marian Seldes, David Sheiner, Paul Stewart, John Wayne and Shelley Winters.

U. S. TV stations produced series such as 77 Sunset Strip ( 1958 – 1963 ); The Streets of San Francisco ( 1972 – 1977 ), starring Karl Malden and a young Michael Douglas ; Kojak ( 1973 – 1978 ), with Telly Savalas playing the lollipop-addicted police lieutenant ; Switch ( 1975 – 1978 ), with Eddie Albert playing the retired bunco cop to Robert Wagner's role as a former con man ; Charlie's Angels ( 1976 – 1981 ); Murder, She Wrote ( starting in 1984 ), about the adventures of Cabot Cove-based mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, played by Angela Lansbury.

Like her twin sister Angela, Maria Eagle is a very able chess player having played for England, and a keen cricketer.

She played the corrupt mayor ( Angela Lansbury's role ) in a concert performance of Anyone Can Whistle that was released on CD.

MacDonald also played the lead in her next two plays: Sunny Days ( 1928 ), her first show for producers Lee and J. J. Shubert, for which she received rave reviews, and Angela ( 1928 ), which the critics panned.

Other signatories from the entertainment world included actor Ray McAnally, who played left-wing Prime Minister in the TV film A Very British Coup, whilst other famous names included novelists Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes, A. S. Byatt, Margaret Drabble, and Angela Carter.

* Angela Brown, played by Ann Marshall, first season, Mrs. Brown's teen-aged daughter

The same year she played Angela in the film Snapshot directed by Simon Wincer in which she appeared topless and for which role she was nominated for Australian Film Awards Best Actress in a Feature Film in 1979.

Abby Dalton's character, Julia, was called Dorcas, Jane Wyman wore a grey wig as Angela, and Chase and Maggie were played by Clu Gulager and Samantha Eggar respectively.