Actress Angela Lansbury, protagonist of the Arabesque series, has died

He played one of most famous female detectives television inside Arabesque. the October 11thAngela Lansbury died at the age of 96.

Angela Lansbury, star of TV, film and theater

Angela Lansbury “She died peacefully in her sleep in her Los Angeles home […]just five days before his 97th birthday “, According to the announcement of his family to the press October 11th.

The naturalized American English actress was a familiar face small screen fans. Between 1984 and 1996, Angela Lansbury played detective writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. Arabesque it was a spectacular success. The series aired on Worldwide and particularly in France years after her arrest in the late 1990s. The heroine had been awarded four Golden Globes for her performance.

Although his role in Arabesque remains the most famous, in which Angela Lansbury also starred plays, musicals and in about sixty films since 1940. Among these are in particular The portrait of Dorian Gray, by Albert Lewin in 1946, Harvey’s ladies And The Three Musketeers by Giorgio Sidney. His career was rewarded with a Honorary Oscar in 2014.

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