Angela Lansbury’S’s legacy still lives on.
The legendary actress passed away on October 11 at the age of 96. However, in 2010, she sat down with The New York Times for what she intends to be her final interview. “She spoke to us with the understanding that the interview would only be published after her death,” she said. NYT tweeted on October 11. 12 years later, in accordance with her wishes, the store released the video.
In it, the 6-time Tony Award winner admitted: “I’m too good an actress. I’m mainly an actress, not a pretty face.”
In the end, the legacy Lansbury wants to leave behind is simple. “Through my acting, I hope to be able to help people get out of their own lives and into other areas of their lives that they would never have otherwise,” she said. “Life is hard for a lot of people.”
While she is known for her role as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, Lansbury had a career that spanned seven decades and went from the silver screen, the stage to the television. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in 1944 . Gaslight and in 1946 for Painting by Dorian Gray.
She lost the trophy both times, but saw the bright side in her last interview: “Owning an Academy Award too soon is a deterrent because you don’t know what to do next. .”
