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SPEAKER_01: read an ad for a company that I've seen grow since inception. I'm so excited to tell you about Bev. Bev is breaking norms and changing drinking culture to empower women. 80% of adult beverage companies are still male-owned and operated, while 60 to 70% of the consumer is female. Bev is trying to change that. Bev has three canned wines that are crisp, dry, and a little fizzy. The fact that the wine is in cans makes it so easy to transport and take wherever you are. Get yours by going to drinkbev.com and use the promo code JENNY to get 15% off your order. Check it out. I promise it's really worth it. And you're supporting someone I love. Hello. From Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Encyclopedia Wamanica. Today's leading lady has been performing professionally for 78 years. She's been rated a perfect 100 on People Magazine's Lovability Index. Let's talk about Dame Angela Lansbury. Angela was born in 1925 in central London to wealthy parents. Her father, Edgar, was a merchant and politician who served as a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. When Angela was nine, Edgar died from stomach cancer, a tragedy that she later described as life-defining. Growing up, Angela followed in the footsteps of her mother, Irish actress Mona McGill. Angela was fascinated by the arts and often went to the movies. As World War II broke out, the Lansbury's moved to New York, where Angela attended theater school on scholarship. She got her first job in a Canadian nightclub by pretending to be 19 at the age of 16. Soon thereafter, Angela's mother moved to Hollywood, and Angela followed. There, she met playwright John Van Druten, who had co-written the script for Gaslight and suggested Angela audition. Angela signed with MGM and at 17 was cast as Nancy Oliver, though they had to wait until she was 18 to film scenes in which she smoked. Angela's debut performance was universally praised, and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Angela's career began with lots of love from critics. She appeared in National Velvet and became lifelong friends with Elizabeth Taylor. What does it feel like to be in love with a horse?
SPEAKER_03: In 1945, Angela married artist Richard Cromwell. It was a troubled relationship, and their marriage
SPEAKER_01: ended less than a year later after Angela came home to find a note that said, sorry, I can't go on. Then, in December of 1946, Angela met the love of her life, English actor and producer Peter Pullinshaw. They married in 1949 after she proposed to him and remained in the family for 53 years. By 1950, Angela had made a name for herself in the film industry, but she was unhappy with the roles that she played. Though Angela was in her mid-20s, MGM repeatedly cast her as older, manipulative women. Angela later said, Hollywood made me old before my time. In 1952, Angela terminated her contract with MGM. She then appeared in box office hits like The Long Hot Summer and The Reluctant Debutante before pivoting to Broadway. In 1957, Angela made her Broadway debut in the short-lived Hotel Paradiso. She then appeared in A Taste of Honey as an emotionally abusive mother to an actress just four years younger than herself. Angela returned to film in 1960 in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, where her performance garnered overwhelming praise. The following year, Angela appeared in The Manchurian Candidate, where she, once again, played the mother of an actor only a few years her junior. You are to shoot the presidential nominee through
SPEAKER_03: the head, and Johnny will rise gallantly to his feet and lift Ben Arthur's body in his arms, stand in front of the microphones, and begin to speak. Angela received her third Academy Award
SPEAKER_01: nomination and second Golden Globe for the role. It's considered one of her most memorable pictures. After 20 years in show business, Angela was finally cast in her first leading role in the Broadway musical, Mame. In it, Angela changed into more than 20 costumes and incorporated rigorous dancing and singing into the part of fabulous bohemian Mame Dennis. Mame ran for 1,508 performances and won Angela her first Tony Award. The role made her a household name. While her career thrived, her personal life was marked by serious challenges. Her children became involved in the LA counterculture, her son Anthony became addicted to cocaine and heroin, and her daughter Deirdre was briefly involved with the Manson family. In 1970, Anthony entered a coma from an overdose and their home in Malibu burnt down. Angela moved the family to Ireland, where Anthony recovered. Still, Angela kept acting. In the 1970s, she appeared in her first Disney movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
SPEAKER_03: She received her third Tony for her role as Rose in a revival of Gypsy
SPEAKER_01: and her fourth for originating the role of Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd. In 1983, Angela was offered the lead in a sitcom and a mystery series. Against her agent's advice, she chose to star as detective novelist Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote. Angela was given creative input over Jessica and eventually became the show's executive producer. Murder, She Wrote ran for 12 years and was one of the longest-running crime dramas on television. Though she was nominated for an Emmy every year the show aired, Angela never received one. It was during Murder, She Wrote that Angela was cast in her highest-profile film since The Manchurian Candidate, Mrs. Potts in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. After her husband's death in 2003,
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SPEAKER_01: Angela said she would take only cameo roles. She starred in Nanny McPhee, Little Women and Mary Poppins Returns as well as four Broadway shows. She's since won her fifth Tony for Blythe Spirit. Angela has been given a number of formal honors. She was appointed as Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in addition to receiving Kennedy Center honors and multiple lifetime achievement awards. Though she wasn't given a lead role until she was 41, Angela Lansbury continues to wow audiences. Her life is a tale of resilience and reinvention. All month we're talking about leading ladies. For more on why we're doing what we're doing, check out our Encyclopedia Wamanica newsletter, Wamanica Weekly. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Encyclopedia Wamanica and you can follow me directly on Twitter at Jenny M Kaplan. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow.
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