International NewsWest End Theatres Dim Lights for Angela Lansbury October 12
The stage and screen legend died October 11 at 96.
By
Logan Culwell-Block
October 12, 2022
Angela Lansbury in Mame
Theatres in London's West End will mark the passing of stage and screen legend Angela Lansbury, who died October 11 at the age of 96. The ceremony is set to take place October 12 at 7:00 PM with lights dimming for two minutes.
"The theatre world is a smaller place tonight after the passing of Dame Angela Lansbury, whose work touched so many generations," shared Co-Chief Executives of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre Claire Walker and Hannah Essex in a statement. "She lit up every stage she graced, and her extraordinary talent will be very much missed."
Born in London, Lansbury famously played Mama Rose in the original London production of Gypsy in 1973, a production that later transferred to Broadway as the work's first revival. Though she would spend most of her career working in American films and stage productions, the London-born Lansbury returned to the West End in 2012 to reprise her Tony-winning Broadway performance in Blithe Spirit, earning her first Olivier in the process.
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Angela Lansbury in 1945
Hotel Paradiso
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Angela Lansbury and Joan Plowright in A Taste of Honey, 1960
Angela Lansbury and Joan Plowright in A Taste of Honey, 1960
Angela Lansbury in A Taste of Honey, 1960
James Frawley, Angela Lansbury and Arnold Soboloff in Anyone Can Whistle, 1964
Angela Lansbury and company of A Little Family Business, 1982
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Angela Lansbury in A Little Family Business, 1982
Angela Lansbury and John McMartin in A Little Family Business, 1982
Angela Lansbury in Mame, 1966
Angela Lansbury in Mame, 1966
Angela Lansbury in Mame
Angela Lansbury in Mame.
Angela Lansbury and company in Mame
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Angela Lansbury and Anne Francine in Mame
Angela Lansbury and cast in Mame, 1966
Angela Lansbury, Jane Connell, Sab Shimono and Frankie Michaels in Mame, 1966
Milo O’Shea and Angela Lansbury in Dear World, 1969
Angela Lansbury and Kurt Peterson in Dear World, 1969
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