Editing Angela Lansbury (section)

==Honours and legacy==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Angela Lansbury}}
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In the 1960s, ''The New York Times'' referred to Lansbury as the "First Lady of Musical Theatre".{{sfn|Bonanno|1987|p=131}} She described herself as an actress who also could sing,{{sfn|Bonanno|1987|p=131}} although in her early film appearances her singing was repeatedly dubbed;{{sfn|Hischak|2008|p=417}} Sondheim stated that she had a strong voice, albeit with a limited range.{{sfn|Gottfried|1999|p=138}} In ''The Oxford Companion to the American Musical'', Thomas Hischak related that Lansbury was "more a character actress than a leading lady" for much of her career, one who brought "a sparkling stage presence to her work".{{sfn|Hischak|2008|p=417}} Gottfried described her as "an American icon",{{sfn|Gottfried|1999|p=xi}} while the BBC characterized her as "one of Britain's favourite exports,"<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite web |title=Obituary: Angela Lansbury |date=October 11, 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19884667 |website=BBC News |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216094847/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19884667 |url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[The Independent]]'' suggested that she could be considered Britain's most successful actress.<ref>{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Johnson|date=June 13, 2010|title=Is Angela Lansbury Britain's Most Successful Actress Ever?|website=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/is-angela-lansbury-britains-most-successful-actress-ever-1999190.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411070844/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/is-angela-lansbury-britains-most-successful-actress-ever-1999190.html|archive-date=April 11, 2014|access-date=January 3, 2016}}</ref> In ''[[The Guardian]]'', journalist [[Mark Lawson]] described her as a member of the "acting aristocracy in three countries" – Britain, Ireland, and the United States.<ref name="Lawson">{{cite web |last=Lawson |first=Mark |title=Angela Lansbury: The Scene-Stealing Grande Dame of Stage and Screen for 75 Years |date=October 11, 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/oct/11/angela-lansbury-the-smart-scene-stealing-grande-dame-of-our-screens-for-75-years |website=The Guardian |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102100243/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/oct/11/angela-lansbury-the-smart-scene-stealing-grande-dame-of-our-screens-for-75-years |archivedate=November 2, 2022}}</ref>

Gottfried noted that Lansbury's public image was "practically saintly".{{sfn|Gottfried|1999|p=xii}} A 2007 interviewer for ''The New York Times'' described her as "one of the few actors it makes sense to call beloved", noting that a 1994 article in ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine awarded her a perfect score on its "lovability index".<ref name=green/> The ''[[New Statesman]]'' commented that she "has the kind of pulling power many younger and more ubiquitous actors can only dream of."{{sfn|Crampton|2014|p=16}} Lansbury was a [[gay icon]].<ref name="gayicon"/><ref>{{cite news|first=Maev|last=Kennedy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jan/23/angela-lansbury-murder-she-wrote-west-end-blithe-spirit|title=Angela Lansbury Admits ''Murder, She Wrote'' Will Always Haunt Her|website=The Guardian|date=January 23, 2014|access-date=January 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103113453/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jan/23/angela-lansbury-murder-she-wrote-west-end-blithe-spirit|archive-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> She described herself as being "very proud of the fact", attributing her popularity among gay people to her performance in ''[[Mame (musical)|Mame]]'';<ref name="gayicon"/> an article in ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' suggested that ''Murder, She Wrote'' had further broadened her appeal with that demographic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/Who-knew-Murder-She-Wrote-character-was-a-gay-icon.html|title=Polaneczky: Who Knew ''Murder, She Wrote'' Character was a Gay Icon? |first=Ronnie |last=Polaneczky |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=March 15, 2017|access-date=July 18, 2021|archive-date=July 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718112847/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/Who-knew-Murder-She-Wrote-character-was-a-gay-icon.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the announcement of Lansbury's death, many figures in the entertainment industry praised her on social media.<ref name="skynews">{{cite web |title=Tributes Pour in for Dame Angela Lansbury After Her Death Aged 96 |publisher=[[Sky News]] |date=October 12, 2022 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/tributes-pour-in-for-dame-angela-lansbury-after-her-death-aged-96-12718430#:~:text=Jason%20Alexander%2C%20who%20appeared%20in,my%20darlings%2C%20was%20EVERYTHING!%22 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018030439/https://news.sky.com/story/tributes-pour-in-for-dame-angela-lansbury-after-her-death-aged-96-12718430 |archivedate=October 18, 2022}}</ref> The actor [[Jason Alexander]] called her "one of the most versatile, talented, graceful, kind, witty, wise, classy ladies" he had ever met.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Lexy |last2=White |first2=Abbey |title=''Beauty and the Beast'' Stars, Viola Davis Pay Tribute to Angela Lansbury: "She Touched Four Generations" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/angela-lansbury-dead-hollywood-tributes-1235239255/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 11, 2022 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128093158/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/angela-lansbury-dead-hollywood-tributes-1235239255/ |archivedate=November 28, 2022}}</ref> Actor [[Uzo Aduba]] called her an "icon of the stage", while actor [[Josh Gad]] noted that it was rare that "one person can touch multiple generations, creating a breadth of work that defines decade after decade. Angela Lansbury was that artist".<ref name="skynews"/> Screenwriter and actor [[Mark Gatiss]] praised Lansbury as "the very definition of a pro," while Douglas C. Baker, the producing director for [[Center Theatre Group]], stated that "Angela was a titan of show business, but at the same time she was one of the most kind and approachable people you would ever meet [...] Impeccably professional, genuine and deeply hilarious."<ref name="LAT">{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-11/angela-lansbury-dead-celebrity-reactions|title=Hollywood Pays Tribute to Angela Lansbury: 'She, my Darlings, was EVERYTHING!'|website=Los Angeles Times |first=Alexandra |last=Del Rosario|date=October 11, 2022|access-date= October 30, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101093432/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-11/angela-lansbury-dead-celebrity-reactions |archivedate=November 1, 2022}}</ref> Former [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Studios]] CEO [[Robert Iger]] described her "a consummate professional, a talented actress, and a lovely person."<ref name="huff2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angela-lansbury-tributes_n_6346ca13e4b08e0e607eed14 |title=Viola Davis, George Takei And More Pay Tribute To Angela Lansbury: 'An Absolute Legend' |website=HuffPost |first=Marco |last=Margaritoff |date=October 12, 2022 |access-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030133347/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angela-lansbury-tributes_n_6346ca13e4b08e0e607eed14 |url-status=live}}</ref> Others who posted in remembrance of Lansbury included [[Kristin Chenoweth]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Jesse Tyler Ferguson]], [[Harvey Fierstein]], [[Kathy Griffin]], [[Jeremy O. Harris]], [[Brent Spiner]], [[George Takei]], and [[Rachel Zegler]].<ref name="huff2022"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/angela-lansbury-death-celebrity-reactions-1235154349/|title= Kathy Griffin, Jason Alexander & More Stars Mourn the Death of 'Fabulous' Angela Lansbury|magazine=Billboard|first=Rania|last=Aniftos|date=October 11, 2022|access-date= October 30, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012073319/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/angela-lansbury-death-celebrity-reactions-1235154349/|archivedate=October 12, 2022}}</ref><ref name="LAT"/> On October 12 [[West End theatre|theatres across the West End]] of London, dimmed their lights for two minutes to mark Lansbury's passing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/west-end-dame-joan-collins-broadway-catherine-zetajones-b2201431.html|title=West End to dim lights in honour of 'immensely talented' Dame Angela Lansbury|date=September 27, 2024|work=[[WhatsOnStage.com]]|accessdate=October 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/west-end-dame-joan-collins-broadway-catherine-zetajones-b2201431.html|title=West End to dim lights in Maggie Smith's memory|date=October 12, 2023|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=October 6, 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Walk of fame, angela lansbury.JPG|thumb|left|Lansbury's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in Los Angeles|alt=A five-point star set in the ground; the name "Angela Lansbury" is written in the centre of it in gold lettering]]

Lansbury was recognised for her achievements in Britain on multiple occasions. In 2002, the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA) gave her a Lifetime Achievement Award.{{sfn|Edelman|Kupferberg|1996|p=261}} She was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1994 Birthday Honours]],{{sfn|Edelman|Kupferberg|1996|p=261}} and subsequently was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the [[2014 New Year Honours]] for services to drama, charitable work, and philanthropy.<ref name="Dame">{{cite web|date=December 31, 2013|title=New Year's Honours: Lansbury and Keith become Dames|website=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25550751 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317074019/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25550751 |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=January 3, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> On being made a dame by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] at [[Windsor Castle]], Lansbury stated: "I'm joining a marvellous group of women I greatly admire like [[Judi Dench]] and [[Maggie Smith]]. It's a lovely thing to be given that nod of approval by your own country and I cherish it."<ref name="Dame"/>

Lansbury won six Golden Globe Awards and a [[People's Choice Awards]] for her television and film work.<ref>{{cite news |last=Reid |first=Joe |date=October 12, 2022 |title=Angela Lansbury Refused to Be Defined By Her Lack of an Emmy |website=Primetimer |url=https://www.primetimer.com/features/angela-lansbury-emmy-defeats |access-date=January 26, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012155915/https://www.primetimer.com/features/angela-lansbury-emmy-defeats |archivedate=October 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>[http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/angela-lansbury "Angela Lansbury Golden Globe History – 15 Nomination(s), 6 Win(s)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005024347/http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/angela-lansbury |date=October 5, 2016}}, goldenglobes.org. Retrieved April 15, 2011.</ref> She never won an Emmy Award despite 18 nominations. As of 2009, she held the record for the most unsuccessful Emmy nominations by a performer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Can Emmy's Biggest Loser Bill Maher Ever Win?|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/07/will-emmys-biggest-loser-bill-maher-ever-win.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=July 20, 2009|access-date=October 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713022901/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/07/will-emmys-biggest-loser-bill-maher-ever-win.html|archive-date=July 13, 2015}}</ref> She was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, but never won. Reflecting on this in 2007, she stated that she was at first "terribly disappointed, but subsequently very glad that [she] did not win" because she believed that she would have otherwise had a less successful career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lansbury Pleased Not to Have Won Oscars |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/lansbury-pleased-not-to-have-won-oscars_1030934 |website=[[Contactmusic.com|Contact Music]] |date=May 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722153555/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/lansbury-pleased-not-to-have-won-oscars_1030934 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |access-date=January 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2013, the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] Board of Governors voted to bestow upon Lansbury an [[Honorary Academy Award]] for her lifetime achievements in the industry. The actors [[Emma Thompson]] and [[Geoffrey Rush]] offered tributes at the Governors Awards where the ceremony was held, and [[Robert Osborne]] of [[Turner Classic Movies]] presented her with the Oscar, stating that "Angela has been adding class, talent, beauty, and intelligence to the movies" since 1944.<ref name="Kilday">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-academy-honor-angela-lansbury-620000|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first1=Gregg|last1=Kilday |last2=Ford |first2=Rebecca |title=Oscars: Academy to Honor Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin, Piero Tosi and Angelina Jolie|date=September 5, 2013|access-date=January 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610205819/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-academy-honor-angela-lansbury-620000|archive-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> The Oscar statue is inscribed: "To Angela Lansbury, an icon who has created some of cinema's most memorable characters inspiring generations of actors".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tqK8NFvEYM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/3tqK8NFvEYM| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title= Robert Osborne Honours Angela Lansbury at the 2013 Governors Awards | date=November 17, 2013|via= YouTube|access-date= December 28, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>