Proud to be a Gay Icon: Angela Lansbury's Life & Legacy
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- Опубліковано 29 жов 2022
- You probably know Angela Lansbury as the sweet grandmotherly Jessica Fletcher from Murder She Wrote. ... Or you might know her as a sexy seductress from her early film roles. ... Or as a scheming villainess. But in real life, Dame Angela's life has been nearly as tumultuous as those of her characters. From fleeing the Nazis as a child, to marrying young only to discover her husband was gay, to rescuing her cat from a fire and her children from a gang of serial killers, to proudly accepting her status as a gay icon, Angela Lansbury lived a nearly century-long life of adventure, upheaval, and constant reinvention.
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Murder she wrote was the first "grown-up" show I ever got invested in. Seeing this smart, powerful, older woman exhibit so much agency and wit left a huge impact on me. Also, love of this show was about the only thing my late grandmother and I ever had in common. Angela is missed, dearly
Such a lovely comment❤️
Had a similar experience but with my mother. She introduced me to all the great Golden Girls, Dynasty. 😊
Murder she wrote was one of the first also grown-up shows I saw when I was a kid gave me good memories because I would watch it with my parents before my falling out with them
One of the first shows my granny got me into when I was really small.
My favorite show of all time
I too would watch MSW with my grammy. That memory always gives me a great sense of comfort 🙏
Every single thing I learn about Angela Lansbury makes me adore the woman even more. Few people can claim a legacy like hers. Her mother named her well, because she truely was an angel.
It's interesting that you say that. It has taken me a lifetime of not just knowing her work and being alive during the later part of her career...watching her in "The Manchurian Candidate" and then to "Beauty and the Beast" and then taking THAT moment when you know you've poured your all into something and seeing that Angela did that in EVERY aspect of her work. She is truly a legend. She will forever be missed and I am so thankful there are so many memories to be had via media these days.
she lived only a couple of miles from me in ballycotton, and she used to occasionally come into the shop i worked in in the city back in the 90`s, and i can tell you this she was one of the most down to earth, considerate and kind people that ever came into us! she was lovely
My mom and I both cried when we heard. Mom still watches murder she wrote almost daily, and I’ll always love her as mrs. Potts! A true icon
I cried too! She was a wonderful actress but more importantly a very caring, sympathetic woman...
I did also. I know she live a long life but it was still painful to know that she was gone. I loved Murder She Wrote and still enjoy looking at it.
Her version of "beauty and the beast" will never be surpassed in my heart.
when i saw the headline, i stopped everything and called my mother, we reminisced our favourite Murder She Wrote episodes for about half an hour. It was a formative show in my life and certainly a bonding time with my mom. Good memories.
I've always loved her but never realized how beautiful she was!
As a kid, I loved Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
As a teen, watched every episode of Murder, She Wrote.
Even in college, I sung along with every lyric in Beauty and the Beast.
Its difficult to explain to my younger friends just how much joy she brought to the screen with her character, charm and presence. She will be missed.
Around the time the Christopher Reeve version of Superman was released, there was a re-release of "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" and Disney paraphrased the tagline "You'll Believe a Man Can Fly."
FYI, two years after "The Manchurian Candidate," she was Valerie Boyd's mom in "The World of Henry Orient."
Well said :)
Matt eulogizes Angela so thoroughly, thoughtfully, & beautifully. He does her memory credit.
HEAR !!! HEAR !!!
Thank you for confirming to me that Angela was a wonderful person. Her work has been a big part of my life.
What made you doubt?
@@ah-nononoo there was that time that she said women are responsible for experiencing sexual harassment...
As a baby boomer, my introduction to Dame Angela was when I was a kid watching her play Princess Gwendolyn in “The Court Jester” on TV, and then seeing “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” in the theater. So I’ve been a lifelong fan of this wonderful lady. RIP Angela. 😢
I'm a very late Gen-X. I grew up watching her in Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Beauty & the Beast, and Murder She Wrote. As a teen I borrowed The Court Jester from the library. When I watched it and saw her on screen I yelled "Oh My God!" which caused my mom to come running. I just pointed at the screen and said, "Mom! It's Mrs Potts!" My mom just laughed and walked away.
She was a treasure.
The Court Jester is such an underappreciated gem. I love it
@@dlvnmedia it is.
I love Court Jester and Bedknobs
She was on the Man from UNCLE.
Angela Lansbury was like a phoenix, always rising from the ashes. She will always live on in my heart as Mrs Potts and Jessica Fletcher :,)
She dropped her career temporarily to get her children away from drugs & most importantly from the Manson family her career would've taken a bit of a hit had her son been there when Charley & his cult murdered Sharon Tate. This woman was a superhero.
Her part in the Manchurian Candidate is one of the best (and most chilling) villain roles of all time. Amazing!
and that's coming from the Penguin!!!
Stunning performance, she was amazing! and such a clever movie x
ROLES, not rolls.
@@revmiguel2000 Thanks for the correction. That could have followed me for the rest of my life.
This video made me want to watch the earlier version of the film
Angela Lansbury was ageless, it's hard to picture a world without her. I had no idea she started her career so young! This was yet another excellent video, and made me curious to find Angela's old movies and watch them.
You definitely should check out gaslight and the manchurian candidate
@@angelaholmes8888Yes, definitely! After discovering she was in Gaslight many years ago, and finding out how very young she was in it, I got a whole new respect for the woman and the longevity of her career. ❤😊
Me,too. Heading to Google to look up her movies.
You can hear he smiling so large when she sings 'It's a guest, it's a guest!" and i literally cannot stop smiling whenever i hear it. She was a 1 in a 10000 talent who worked hard to help everyone she could.
I watched the Gaslight film from 1944 like last year and was SHOCKED to see her as a teenage maid. That's when I (now 26) realized I only knew her as an at least elderly lady and also how long she must've been in the business already
She was good in that film she was nominated for an academy award for gaslight
I was devastated when I found out Angela passed away. This is so beautiful and respectful to Angela. You’re such a bright light in this terrible time matt thank you for everything you do!
That woman was truly the aunt that you entrusted with everything and the shoulder you needed to lean on. I hope she is always remembered for her struggles and support she gave so many in her life time and beyond.
It's so weird to think we live in a world without Lansbury. She was so embedded in pop culture for so long it seemed like she was always there and always would be there. Heck I remember my mother taking me to go see Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Then there was Murder She Wrote - a show that was so incredibly good it's still watchable. I'll miss her.
I bawled the last few minutes of this video. She was amazing and always seemed to put her best effort into all of her projects. It is good to hear that someone who meant a lot to me growing was such a good and strong woman.
Me too ❤❤
im crying now
She was lovely!
Yes, I also was brought to tears.
Wow! I had no idea she was such a badass! She seems to be someone with her priorities straight, and that is very aspirational. But also, I can't imagine ANYONE else playing Mrs. Potts and there's no way it would have been such a success without her. RIP
My grandma was a big fan of Murder, She Wrote. Unfortunately it wasn't until a few years after she passed that I got into the show myself. I feel more connected with my grandma because of that show, and it wouldn't be without Angela Lansbury. ♥
I used to watch every episode with my grandmother. We would see who could guess the ending first.
That's who I associate Murder, She Write with, too, my grandmother. ❤😢❤😊
She was also amazing as Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance! That's the incredible thing about Angela Lansbury; no matter how many roles you mention, you're still going to leave out someone's favorite.
She looked so much like my grandma and my grandmother was always tickled when I insisted we watch my “grandma movie” which was Bedknobs. Every day while my mother would go to work my grandmother would sit with me and we’d watch Murder She Wrote together that she had recorded for me. I honestly can’t remember a point in my life where I wasn’t watching Angela and her passing was like losing my grandma all over again. I still mourn this lady I have never met but always wanted to. I’m very happy to see you did a video on this amazing woman. Between losing Betty, Gilbert, Angela and just recently Leslie, the world just seems a lot darker than it used to. I’m going to really miss her and I think because of my personal imprint of her it will always hurt
I understand completely. It feels like these kinds of people don't exist anymore. The ones who have such bright light inside of them. I think they do still exist. It's just that now Hollywood is hiring actresses based on how they look and or their popularity online rather than true talent. They don't seek true talent like they used to. Back in the day actresses were hired because of their talent and if they didn't look the part then a makeup artist would be hired to make them look the part. Now it's more about appearances and visuals than anything else. No more talent no more stage presence.
🔥🔥😱
I saw her on Broadway in "Sweeney Todd." She was PERFECT. The next day she received a Tony for that performance. She EARNED it.
that must have been amazing, Broadway is the one thing that would appeal to me about living in NYC, that I know of anyway, and the Guggenheim is on my bucket list as well, everything else I've read, seen, or heard about it seems too hurried, small, dirty, and/or mean for me to want to live there, unless I were obscenely rich, in which case I'd want many acres in a forest beside a lake or fast running river somewhere warm
That's what I thought too, until I spent a couple of weeks here and realized it was NOTHING like what I'd been led to believe. Now I've lived here for 25 years and love it with all my heart. @@24get24give
My parents saw Angela in Sweeney Todd in Boston as well. I can only imagine how good it was!
Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote was the first character I adored as a kid. It brought me so much gratitude over the years to learn that many of the actors and actresses, singers etc that I was drawn to have been good people beyond their entertainment value. Angela truly among the best of them.
I knew she was great but didn't know she was this awesome of a person. To drop all of her dreams of acting and helping her kids with their addiction is just gold standard of mother behavior especially at that time.
Angela Lansbury is timeless, and at the same time, it felt like she'd just always be around because she'd always been around.
I'll definitely miss her.
Angela Lansbury always reminded me of my grandmother, and not just because we used to watch murder, she wrote together. We were lucky to have her for as long as we did ❤️💔
Yes. Me too
Matt I’m very glad you chose to do a show on Angela Lansbury. Thank you. Not only did she manage to outlast the Queen, passing away a short time after her Majesty, she also managed to be among us a little bit longer. She too was 96, but she died just a couple of days short of turning 97.
and hopefully that’s enough of comparing her to that colonialist wretched monarch
No I’m sorry to disappoint you @Hypatia Kovalevskaya Sklodoska, but after reading your thoughts on my post I felt I needed to respond to it. I don’t think it would be a great stretch of the imagination to suspect that it might generate some degree of offense, but you might be interested by what it was specifically about it that I found not very nice.
First I want to point out that while granted, it was me who introduced the Queen into my post, I think most people reading it would have discerned that my reason for doing so was to draw a comparison between two women of similar ages, both of whom had recently died. That through their long careers in very different spheres, they touched the lives of countless people. And really that’s about it. In the circumstances the Queen was the yardstick I chose to measure Lansbury’s life, achievements and significance, because it made sense to me. But the post is really just about Angela Lansbury.
The Queen was probably the best known person in the world when she died. And I know that like any topic, most people hold an opinion of her, like her, love her, hate her, etc. Everyone has a right to their view and my purpose in bringing her up has nothing to do with changing the views of anyone about who she was.
That’s why your post took my breath away. I was gobsmacked by the sheer arrogance of your grossly patronising comment, ‘And now hopefully that’s enough of that comparing her to that colonialist wretched monarch.’
To which my question is did Matt Baume appoint you to moderate his comment threads? Did UA-cam? Maybe God? Just who are you to decide what’s suitable to appear in this thread or any other UA-cam thread? What views. Or how much or how many times a particular person is suitable to be brought up in it?
I will venture to say, maybe I’m wrong, but based on what the video was about I don’t think many people responding to this video are that interested in turning the comments section into a forum on their views about the British monarchy, or European colonialism.
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Truly more of (and a better) queen than ermaj, Brenda, ever was!
@@alexrafe2590 They why did you bring her up lol
Apply your own statements to yourself
I remember being so utterly enchanted with Bedknobs and Broomsticks as a child and finding Angela Lansbury so magical and special as a kid. Honestly I still think that.
When you said that you weren’t exaggerating that Angela Lansbury saved lives, I believe that.
I always remember her as the Princess in _The Court Jester._ How she managed to keep a straight face while Danny Kaye was pulling his insane shenanigans, I'll never know. (Glynis Johns was in that one, too.)
Ah, yes! Who can forget that "the vessel with a pestle has the pellet with the poison, but the chalice with a palace has a brew that is true"!😄
Being a gay ally/icon seems to be the secret to a long, happy, well -loved life
some of our enemies live long unhappy lives tho!
@@mariecait I think that's true. I have known many gay men in my life and they are always drawn to strong, powerful, successful women.
@@mariecait your mother sounds amazing and wonderful, and yes I am a gay man!
We very often are. In general, we appreciate strength, resilience, determination, intelligence and compassion in women.
at one of my lowest points, murder she wrote was (& still is) a great comfort. it was only recently that i found out she voiced mrs. potts, & then took a little trip down her filmography. angela lansbury was a national treasure; one of the coolest ladies to ever exist ❤️
I delayed watching this because I didn't think I was ready to deal with her death yet. She's been a part of our childhoods for so many years, from Bedknobs and Broomsticks to Beauty and the Beast, it's hard to imagine a world without her. It's like when we lost Robin Williams.
This was such a lovely tribute to her legacy, so thank you for that 💙. I'll be rewatching Murder She Wrote for the 5 gazillionth time.
Seems unlikely to me anyone else is ever going to upload a better biography of Angela Lansbury than this. A+
Blithe Spirit is so good!
Pleasantly surprised to see you here.
right?
I mean, I could see a more comprehensive one being uploaded, but being a big ol queerdo AND a fan of Matt's style & content, it is probably the best one I'm going to encounter...
About the only other realistic option I see for a better biography is from Pushing Up Roses, but that because Angela meant A LOT to Roses personally, and so if she makes a biography/ tribute, it's likely to just be a very personal piece. (She does a series on YT informally called "That Time on Murder She Wrote..." Well worth checking out!)
@@EmeraldLavigne I was thinking of Roses while watching this. Glad to see someone giving her a shout out. She's a big Angela Lansbury fan - I found out about Mrs. Santa Claus through her channel.
Oh my Ms. Landsbury was stunning. If she was considered average or ordinary, then god help me! She will always be remembered for her classy appeal and talent.
I always knew she was an astounding woman and I loved every bit of cinema and theatre I ever saw of her, but I had no idea how remarcable her life actually was. Thank you for shining a bright light on the life of this wonderful woman. She will be dearly missed.
Matt, you're a masterful storyteller. I don't know how you do it, but you always manage to make me shed a few tears, and end with a smile. Thanks for what you're doing.
When I was a kid in the late 90s they were running "Murder She Wrote" reruns on TV here in Spain. And I got really into it. I guess in part because the show was really good (I remember watching it with my mom, trying to figure out the mystery before the end), but I also think it was in large part because of Angela Lansbury and how good she was in it. Thanks for this video because I knew nothing about how awesome her life was and my appreciation for her has gone through the roof now. What an icon she was.
I'm not crying, you're crying! That "Mame" finale brought tears to the eyes of this old theatre kid. Thanks for another great video, Matt.
From Beauty and the Beast, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Murder She Wrote, Sweeny Todd, the Court Jester, and Mary Poppins Return; she inspired me from a young age to not only love Broadway but to have passion for what I love to do as well as be patient and kind. I'll miss her witty comebacks, singing, and overall English charm.
RIP Angela Lansbury, you will never be forgotten
MSW is ALL Angela. She made it what it was (remember that talk of a remake a few years ago?). That character is a role model - quietly confident, often travelling alone, having a meet new people. Never lowering herself when people insulted her books. Angela is excellent in The Manchurian Candidate. I was pretty much blown away by performance when i saw it a couple of years ago. RIP.
I had NO idea about her work to fight HIV/AIDS. My God, what an incredible person.
You’ve made me love Angela Lansbury all over again! What a remarkable woman and a beloved gay icon deserving of that status!!
One of my favorite stories about my maternal grandmother is when she told the hair stylist she wanted her hair to look exactly like Angela Lansbury’s on Murder She Wrote. She was SO proud of her hair after that!!
My favorite role of hers was of the murder-happy Princess Gwendolyn in The Court Jester, which she played with Glynnis Johns! She was going to have her happy ending or SOMEONE was gonna be thrown from the highest turret of the tallest tower! "Get it? Got it. GOOD!"
I grew up never missing an episode of murder she wrote and while pregnant I would revisit every episode. Bed knobs and broomsticks was a big deal, too. I watch it w my kids now. Thank you for everything, Angela. ❤
Bedknobs and broomsticks was one of my absolute favourite movies as a kid, and I think it's why I love witches so much now! Rip Mrs lansbury, an absolute icon.
Marvellous video. Angela’s death hit me hard. My nan passed away earlier this year and both she and my late grandad were blitz evacuees so Bedknobs and Broomsticks has a very special place in my heart.
She’s so lovely, and I’m so glad you’re covering her. I really like how you cover positive and cool people in history, especially queer icons and allies. It’s so inspiring and reminds me we can make positive differences in the lives of others
Thanks to you Matt, I understand now so much more of why gay icons are who they are. Their iconic roles and personalities but also loyalty to and activism for the community. More to love about them. Thanks for breaking it down so succinctly and entertainingly each time. Murder, She Wrote was a favorite of my grandmothers and we watched together. What a warm, no bullsh*t kind of woman Angela seemed. So talented and tenacious.
She did damn good for a glad girl. 😉👌💗
I lost my job and had to move back home at the beginning of Covid. Every week night my mom and I would watch Murder, She Wrote with a bag of popcorn. It was one of the things that pushed back depression, reconnecting with a childhood favourite. We even got my nine year old niece into the ‘old lady crime show’ too.
I’ve since gotten another job and moved out, but I still owe that show a lot.
Matt, you out-did yourself! This was a thorough and thoughtful tribute to Angela Lansbury. I was touched toward the end with your compliments of the great Dame Angela.
Well put together. I saw her in Melbourne Australia in Driving Miss Daisy on stage. I think she was about 89 years old and didn’t miss a beat. A true legend
A gorgeous woman who still was given good, meaty roles, Angela Lansbury was an inspiration to ask for more. Even when the roles she played weren't written as well as men's roles were, she filled in the gaps so the women she played seemed fully fleshed out, real human beings. What a brilliant actor. We lost a great artist.
The greatest and most versatile actress of my lifetime. I spent so much money seeing her on stage every chance I could - every penny well spent. Even in the late 2010s she was still doing stage as she entered her 90s. The woman even toured Australia at 88 with her name above the title. Unbelievable. What’s more? Her talent and durability were completely intact until her last performance at age 94.
She missed her husband Peter deeply, but fought her way out of her depression, set her mourning aside, and continued onward to yet more success. Because of that, my generation had a chance to see her do *sumptuous* work on the stage.
We can all learn a lesson from that.
Absolutely loved her! Still watch at least one "Murder, She Wrote" daily. Invariably, Ms. Landsbury's kindness and empathy shines through. Who didn't want to live in Cabot Cove?
She was a treasure, this tribute was amazing. I’m sobbing right now
I did not expect to get teary over this. I never felt she was old enough to be "grandmotherly" for me, so I thought of her like that famous auntie-type person. She was important to me in my early years for that reason. I grew up watching Murder, She Wrote and loved it. I didn't realize she had just passed away. I didn't realize (due to being "protected" by my very conservative family) how much she fought for LGBT folk. Thank you for sharing her history.
I'm crying, I loved her my entire life and this was a beautiful video getting to learn to love her even more!
I'm not crying. I'm not crying. Oh, who am I kidding? What a consummate performer, what a lovely soul.
Definitely glad you mentioned Mrs. Santa Claus. Out of all the Angela Lansbury performances my mom and I shared a love for, that one is definitely one of the most underrated. The anniversary of my mom's death happened right before Angela Lansbury's death, so her death definitely hit me hard. I still remember mom having Murder, She Wrote for binge marathons growing up. She was such a huge part of my relationship with my mom (along with a few other actresses, but Lansbury was one of the biggest) and I definitely love your video on her. She was such an amazing woman
I've lived my life completely unaware of her existence (well I guess I did know of Beauty and the Beast but I didn't know it was her) and I never watched an episode of her shows, but I am gonna start now! Thanks for an amazing video in celebration of her for someone who didn't grow up in the West!
I grew up watching Mrs arris goes to Paris and bed kind and broomsticks on a loop! I sobbed when she was on Mary Poppins Returns. She was fabulous. So lovable.
Thanks, Matt! What an amazing, impactful life Ms. Lansbury led. She was both aspirational and inspirational.
Angela saw something in us, many of us still struggling to see in ourselves. As a trans woman, transitioned as a preteen in the 90s when It was a taboo to even talk about it in public, so beside my loving parents I had no one no siblings... yet I found myself surrounded by the small local gay community. I grew up loving myself knowing how beautiful, confident and kind I am from my gay brothers and sisters. I felt happy & secure despite the brutal world we were living in unlike now... Yes our community is suffering less now but there’s less compassion for each other.
Rest In Peace my one and only Mrs. Potts, I’ll always love you. ;(
I loved Angela so much that as a child I wore out multiple tapes of Bedknobs and Broomsticks and one point had the movie memorized. :) she was an amazing person and I hope her work still inspires future generations
I remember watching "Murder She Wrote" when I was about ten years old. I already liked murder mysteries at that age, and the main character was just so damn likable that the series was a joy to watch. Angela is also my favourite mrs. Lovett and always will be! Rest in peace auntie Angela! You will be missed!
We do remember her the way she wished. During the hardest point of my life, I found solace in watching Murder She Wrote with my own mother. It quite possibly saved my life. She was a gem, and the world is a little less bright without her luminous shine.
Matt Baume, you did so amazingly with this video, and I'm so happy you honoured this incredible woman. Thank you.
I was too young to watch murder she wrote in its running but my mom and her sisters loved it. It was one of the few things on tape that the whole family would enjoy! I didn't know much about her though and smiled for the majority of this. Thank you for telling us her story! 💙
I literally just clicked and am leaving a comment sight unseen. I loved her in The Court Jester. She was as old as my grandma in real life (and actually looked a lot like her) but she will always be that iconic beauty to me. Watching Murder She Wrote with my Grandma was a huge part of my childhood, and I'll always be grateful for the example she set for me as a young afab in the 90's. She's probably formative to my being gay, I'm fairly sure I had a crush on her as a kid. So knowing she's a gay icon now, as a fully formed adult queer, makes me all the more grateful for her. God bless Angela Lansbury.
This was a BEAUTIFUL Tribute - I wish other Actors would look toward the Angelas and Betty Whites of the screen for lessons in integrity.
I am repeatedly taken aback listening to all of the badass things Angela did throughout her life... I had no idea, I absolutely love this video and all of the work you put in here. Thank you
❤ Angela lives on. ❤
She taught us to love, fight, understand with grace, boldness and passion.
I always loved her, and I have watched all the murder she wrote episodes more than once. What a charismatic and lovely person and actress she was. She made lots and lots of people smile. Rest in peace, Angela.
Thanks for this nice video.
I ran into Angela Lansbury one Saturday morning in a West LA Hardware store the morning after I had seen The Manchurian Candidate in a special re-release screening. I told her how impressed i was with her performance, the movie hadn't been seen anywhere in 10 years and she was very gracious. We wished each other well and continued shopping.
This woman was a cornerstone of my childhood. Now, I love her even more because there were a lot of things you mentioned that I didn't know.
An icon, a legend, and an amazing woman.
She will be missed for so long, thank you for making this video!
Fantastic tribute! I never knew anything about her. When you showed her performance in Gypsy...her passion and deliverance brought me to tears...thank you.
Maybe I’m exhausted or just need a little emotional release, but by the time they were singing “Mame” at the end of the video, I was quietly sobbing on the couch. Such a wonderful video and an even more wonderful woman. Thank you so much. I really needed this tonight. My Amazon cart is now full of Angela Lansbury cast albums. Take care!
Her role in The Manchurian Candidate was brilliant and chilling, one of the best ever. I still get the willies watching it to this day. And her role in the wonderfully menacing Gaslight enhanced the suspense, and and I got to see her on Broadway in Gypsy, one of the highlights of my life. So awesome to know that such a tremendous actress was also a tremendous person. ❤
Angela Lansbury seems to have been such a classy person throughout her life. 😍😍😍
I don't know if it is flue jab, but I kept on tearing up throughout this video. Wonderful work, Mr Baume.
What an amazing woman. Thank you for telling her story so beautifully.
What a legend, and an icon, and a remarkable talent. Imagine getting Angela Lansbury in a film and dubbing her singing. What a world.
I was almost afraid to watch. I don't need any additional justification to start sobbing, I assure you. I am grateful, however, for your lovely portrait of one of our finest, fiercest allies. Thank you.
I shall forever miss Dame Lansbury! From when I first saw her, as Mrs.Potts to the final time I saw her in a cameo as herself in Glass Onion on Netflix. Alongside the playwright who wrote the Sweeney Todd . It’s been a beautiful legacy she’s left behind!
I was too young for a long time to truly appreciate Dame Angela, but I remember her fondly from Beauty and the Beast and Anastasia. Both voice roles, but her face just appeared in my early memories (possibly from Fantasia 2000)
Truly, just a wonderful little iconic woman & such an ally to our community. ❤
We really didn’t deserve her…it’s hard when your childhood hero’s die…it’s even worse when they go from childhood hero to just…hero.
I had seen Angela Lansbury, in my youth, on TV watching movies filling space less TV programs on weekends and later when Turner Classic Movies started. It was the movie “National Velvet”, with the young Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney, I found how lovely, then the teen, Ms. Lansbury was in her youth and talented. I cannot believe she did not become a star after that movie. I had never thought Ms. Angela was not a star the movie “Gaslight” that seem she was one of the main stars, till now. I would watch every movie shown on TV, as when I was around movie theaters she was starring in “Murder She Wrote”. The one thing I did not like was going to theater stage lacking imagination for such, as my brother took me to a few. She was a great actress, a person, and mother these I knew not knowing, till now, completely all the bad she had in life. Thanks, for this vid.
This was the best review of Dame Angela I have ever seen. Kudos to you for such a wonderful tribute of her life. I learned all kinds of info from this and I had seen interviews with her before. 😀👏👏👏👏
I have grown to love Angela. Her career wasn't recognized for so long but seeing her in her varrious roles, you get to see her range. I continue to regularly watch reruns of Murder She Wrote. It's now like putting on a warm comfy sweater.
She’s marvellous woman! I love her roles. When I was a kid I always couldn’t waited until the Murder she wrote series to start on TV. I thought that would be so cool to have that much fun when I’ll be hitting that age. ❤ she was wonderful and strong woman ❤ ❤❤❤ She’s always in my heart ❤️
This video made me laugh, cry and gasp. Angela was a revelation but so are u Mr Baume. Thank u for your work.
I saw Angela Lansbury in the original 1980 Sweeney Todd on Bdwy. No one could ever forget that performance. Savagely brilliant. Btw, Lansbury's request for a 2nd song resulted in "Have a Little Priest," one of the wittiest lyrics Sondheim ever wrote. All hilarious puns. With her comedy chops, Angela Lansbury knew the play needed that song. That's a legacy.
one of your best vids so far, this is such a lovely tribute to Angela Lansbury who deserved nothing but the best.
Man... that last clip... beautiful. It really plucks the heartstrings.
Beautifully and lovingly told tribute to an amazing woman.
A very fine tribute to a lovely human, Matt.
Many thanks for taking us on a walk down memory lane with the incomparable Angela Lansbury. She was and always will remain one of my favourite entertainers.
That was a beautiful tribute, and so well narrated. Thank you. What a lady, RIP.
I don’t know how, but each of your videos has me in tears.
The love And respect you show is just beautiful.
Thank you for ensuring the work of our queer and queer supporting army never goes forgot.