Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury has entertained audiences for decades on stage and screen, including her 12-year stint as Jessica Fletcher on the 1984 series 'Murder, She Wrote. ' Lansbury has also won several Tony Awards for her work in projects like Mame, Gypsyand Sweeney Todd. Angela Lansbury was born on October 16, 1925, in the neighborhood of Poplar London, England. Her mother, Moyna MacGill, was a stage actress as well. Her father, Edward Lansbury, was a noted politician. Unfortunately, Angela’s father died when she was 9 years old, which had a huge impact on what the rest of her life would be like.
Lansbury received a scholarship to study drama at the Lucy Fagan school in New York City. Her mother later than advised Lansbury