British actress Angela Lansbury, known for her role as a detective writer in the series “Arabesque”, died at the age of 96, her family announced Tuesday to American media.
The actress “died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles (…), just five days before her 97th birthday”, explained her relatives.
The American series “Arabesque”, in which she portrayed a bubbly author of detective novels capable of becoming an amateur detective in her spare time, had earned her four of her six Golden Globes.
More than sixty films to his credit
The actress, who had appeared in numerous musicals and in more than sixty films since the 1940s, also received an honorary Oscar for her career in 2014.
She had also lent her voice to Mrs. Samovar (the teapot) in The beauty and the Beast. In 1992, she performed the title song of the cartoon at the opening of the first Eurodisney park in Europe, in Paris.
She leaves behind three children, three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, as well as her brother according to the press release. Her husband, British actor Peter Shaw, died in 2003.
“A private ceremony for the family will be held on a date yet to be determined,” his family added in the statement.
