Three-time Oscar nominee Dame Angela Lansbury has died aged 96. The London-born actress, known for her roles as Jessica Fletcher in US crime series Murder, She Wrote, Miss Price in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and Mrs Pots in Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast, passed away "peacefully" at her home in Los Angles today, October 11.
According to a family statement, she died in her sleep just five days before her 97th birthday. The Hollywood starlet moved to the United States in 1940, aged 15, to escape the Blitz, studying acting in New York before moving to Hollywood.
READ MORE: Mum living in 'continuous nightmare' after son, 8, killed by drug driving dad in horror crash She was nominated for three Oscars as Best Supporting Actress for her work in Gaslight, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Manchurian Candidate.
She received an Academy Honorary Award for her life's work in 2013. A family statement posted by Sky News read: "The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1.30am today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday. "In addition to her three children, Anthony, Deirdre and David, she is survived by three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine and Ian, plus five great grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury. "She was proceeded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw.
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