Actors are not made

"Actors are not made, they are born."

"Bringing humour and bringing happiness and joy to an audience is a wonderful opportunity in life, believe me."

It is the centenary today of one of our most-missed Patron Saints, Dame Angela Lansbury!

All hail.

By way of a little tribute, here she is at her most camp portraying one of our most favourite characters...

Death on the Nile - "The Salome Otterborn Tango"

...and again, but this time with an "old pal":

Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur - Bosom Buddies

Lordy, how we miss her...

An icon departs...

RIP Our ultimate Patron Saint, Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (16th October 1925 – 11th October 2022)

THE Dame

"I've never been particularly aware of my age. It's like being on a bicycle - I just put my foot down and keep going."

It is our supreme Patron Saint Dame Angela Lansbury's 96th birthday today.

All hail!

Genuflect, genuflect

"I think of myself as a journeyman actress. I will attempt almost anything that I think that I can bring off. It could be almost anything."

"I had the ability, but I didn't have the name. They could have built me, which is what they did with Deborah Kerr, but I don't think I was quite hot enough in the looks department, quite frankly. I was all talent and no looks."

"Better to be busy than to be busy worrying."

"Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides."

Our Patron Saint Supreme Dame Angela Lansbury is 95 years old today!

All Hail.

I'm the bionic woman

"Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides."

"I'm the bionic woman; I've got knees, hips, everything is new and that has made a tremendous difference to me; replacements are high on my list of goodies."

"I'm not one of those people who sits in the dark, looking at their work from 70 years earlier. I'm really not."

"I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples' mothers. I have only a few more years to kick up my heels!"

"Providing I can put one foot in front of the other, I will continue to act."

Our Patron Saint Dame Angela Lansbury is 90 years old today.

All hail!

Just rewards

“"All these years of waiting. I am so infinitely grateful to have this baby in my hands.

"Here I am creeping up to 90 and feeling like a million dollars because I'm in London in this magnificent hall with all you - my roots, where I began.”



Congratulations to Dame Angela Lansbury, who won her first ever Olivier Award (Best Supporting Actress, for her role as "Madam Arcati" in Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre last year) today at the grand old age of 89.

Olivier Awards official website

I am Angela Lansbury!

"I've never been particularly aware of my age. It's like being on a bicycle - I just put my foot down and keep going."

"I'm eternally grateful for the Irish side of me. That's where I got my sense of comedy and whimsy. As for the English half–that's my reserved side... But put me on stage, and the Irish comes out. The combination makes a good mix for acting."

"Actors are not made, they are born."

"Bringing humour and bringing happiness and joy to an audience is a wonderful opportunity in life, believe me."

As "Salome Otterborn" in Death on the Nile (1978):

Death on the Nile - "The Angela Lansbury Tango"

Performing at the Oscars:

Angela Lansbury, Joan Collins and Dana Wynter performing at the Oscars

Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born 16th October 1925)