Michael Blakemore, the only director in Tony Award history to win twice in one year, died Sunday, Dec. 10, following a short illness. He was 95.
His death was announced by the London-based United Agents literary and talent agency.
An acclaimed director of both West End and Broadway productions – his formidable credits include A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1968), Noises Off (1983), City of Angels (1989), Lettice & Lovage (1990) and The Life (1997), among many others – secured his place in the Tony Award record books by becoming the first, and to date only, director to win twice in one year: In 2000, he won the award for Best Director of a Play for Copenhagen and Best Director of a Musical for the revival of Kiss Me Kate.
Born June 18, 1928, in Sydney, Australia, Blakemore made his directing debut in 1966 at the Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre, where he served as Artistic Director. His international breakthrough came in 1967 when...
His death was announced by the London-based United Agents literary and talent agency.
An acclaimed director of both West End and Broadway productions – his formidable credits include A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1968), Noises Off (1983), City of Angels (1989), Lettice & Lovage (1990) and The Life (1997), among many others – secured his place in the Tony Award record books by becoming the first, and to date only, director to win twice in one year: In 2000, he won the award for Best Director of a Play for Copenhagen and Best Director of a Musical for the revival of Kiss Me Kate.
Born June 18, 1928, in Sydney, Australia, Blakemore made his directing debut in 1966 at the Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre, where he served as Artistic Director. His international breakthrough came in 1967 when...
- 12/13/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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Broadway theaters will dim their lights for one minute on Oct. 15 to honor the late Angela Lansbury.
Lansbury, a six-time Tony Award winner, died on Oct. 11 at the age of 96. Theaters will dim their lights for one minute Saturday at 7:45 p.m.
“Angela Lansbury was without a doubt one of Broadway’s most endearing leading actresses and her influence in the world of musical theatre will forever live on,” said Broadway League president Charlotte St. Martin. “It is impossible to think of Broadway and not be reminded of Ms. Lansbury and some of her most iconic roles — from Mame and Gypsy to Sweeney Todd — just to name a few.”
“We think of her as Broadway royalty and a member of our family, while recognizing that Hollywood thinks of her the same way. We’re just proud she’s ours too! Along with...
Broadway theaters will dim their lights for one minute on Oct. 15 to honor the late Angela Lansbury.
Lansbury, a six-time Tony Award winner, died on Oct. 11 at the age of 96. Theaters will dim their lights for one minute Saturday at 7:45 p.m.
“Angela Lansbury was without a doubt one of Broadway’s most endearing leading actresses and her influence in the world of musical theatre will forever live on,” said Broadway League president Charlotte St. Martin. “It is impossible to think of Broadway and not be reminded of Ms. Lansbury and some of her most iconic roles — from Mame and Gypsy to Sweeney Todd — just to name a few.”
“We think of her as Broadway royalty and a member of our family, while recognizing that Hollywood thinks of her the same way. We’re just proud she’s ours too! Along with...
- 10/13/2022
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Broadway will honor the legendary Angela Lansbury with the traditional dimming of marquee lights this Saturday evening.
“Angela Lansbury was without a doubt one of Broadway’s most endearing leading actresses and her influence in the world of musical theatre will forever live on,” said Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League in a statement. “It is impossible to think of Broadway and not be reminded of Ms. Lansbury and some of her most iconic roles — from Mame and Gypsy to Sweeney Todd — just to name a few.
“We think of her as Broadway royalty and a member of our family,” St. Martin continued, “while recognizing that Hollywood thinks of her the same way. We’re just proud she’s ours too! Along with her legendary career and outstanding talent, it will be her grace, charisma, and kindness that we will fondly remember of the great Angela Lansbury.”
Lansbury...
“Angela Lansbury was without a doubt one of Broadway’s most endearing leading actresses and her influence in the world of musical theatre will forever live on,” said Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League in a statement. “It is impossible to think of Broadway and not be reminded of Ms. Lansbury and some of her most iconic roles — from Mame and Gypsy to Sweeney Todd — just to name a few.
“We think of her as Broadway royalty and a member of our family,” St. Martin continued, “while recognizing that Hollywood thinks of her the same way. We’re just proud she’s ours too! Along with her legendary career and outstanding talent, it will be her grace, charisma, and kindness that we will fondly remember of the great Angela Lansbury.”
Lansbury...
- 10/13/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Theaters on London’s West End dimmed their lights Wednesday evening in memory of the late Angela Lansbury who passed away Tuesday at age 96. The London-born actress last appeared on the West End in 2014’s Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre, in which she reprised her Tony-winning role as Madame Arcati. She won the Best Supporting Actress Olivier Award for her turn.
Blithe Spirit marked Lansbury’s return to the West End for the first time in nearly 40 years. Other London performances included playing Gertrude in a 1975 National Theatre staging of Hamlet as well as appearances in 1973’s Gypsy and 1972’s All Over.
In a statement on Wednesday, Claire Walker and Hannah Essex, Co -Chief Executives of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, said, “The theatre world is a smaller place tonight after the passing of Dame Angela Lansbury whose work touched so many generations. She lit up every stage she graced,...
Blithe Spirit marked Lansbury’s return to the West End for the first time in nearly 40 years. Other London performances included playing Gertrude in a 1975 National Theatre staging of Hamlet as well as appearances in 1973’s Gypsy and 1972’s All Over.
In a statement on Wednesday, Claire Walker and Hannah Essex, Co -Chief Executives of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, said, “The theatre world is a smaller place tonight after the passing of Dame Angela Lansbury whose work touched so many generations. She lit up every stage she graced,...
- 10/13/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
When news of Angela Lansbury’s death broke on Tuesday, less than a week before her 97th birthday, a major link to the entertainment world of the past was severed. A legend of the stage, television, and cinema, the London-born Lansbury’s career began in 1944 with the George Cukor-directed thriller “Gaslight” starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, and Joseph Cotton. Revolutionary theater work followed, including the first Broadway production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” and then, of course, the 264 episodes of “Murder, She Wrote.”
Over the years she had three Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and was presented with an Honorary Oscar in 2013. She won five competitive Tony Awards and received a Lifetime Achievement award in 2020. She was nominated for 18 Primetime Emmys, but never nabbed the statue, and also was nominated for one Grammy, for the “Beauty and the Beast” soundtrack.
Many notables were...
Over the years she had three Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and was presented with an Honorary Oscar in 2013. She won five competitive Tony Awards and received a Lifetime Achievement award in 2020. She was nominated for 18 Primetime Emmys, but never nabbed the statue, and also was nominated for one Grammy, for the “Beauty and the Beast” soundtrack.
Many notables were...
- 10/12/2022
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Angela Lansbury, who has died aged 96, once had to step in after her daughter fell in with Charles Manson.
The Murder, She Wrote actor revealed in an interview that, while based in LA, her daughter Dierdre fell in with a crowd that was led by the cult leader.
In 1969, Manson orchestrated a string of killings that were carried out by his “family” of young followers.
Manson ordered his followers to kill nine people, including actress Sharon Tate, who was pregnant at the time.
Speaking to MailOnline in 2014, Beauty and the Beast voice star Lansbury said that her daughter, who is now 69, was “fascinated” by Manson.
“There were factions up in the hills above Malibu that were dedicated to deadly pursuit,” Lansbury said, adding: “It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson.”
The actor continued: “She was one of...
The Murder, She Wrote actor revealed in an interview that, while based in LA, her daughter Dierdre fell in with a crowd that was led by the cult leader.
In 1969, Manson orchestrated a string of killings that were carried out by his “family” of young followers.
Manson ordered his followers to kill nine people, including actress Sharon Tate, who was pregnant at the time.
Speaking to MailOnline in 2014, Beauty and the Beast voice star Lansbury said that her daughter, who is now 69, was “fascinated” by Manson.
“There were factions up in the hills above Malibu that were dedicated to deadly pursuit,” Lansbury said, adding: “It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson.”
The actor continued: “She was one of...
- 10/12/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
Angela Lansbury, whose 75-year career in entertainment spanned big screens, small screens and the stage, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 96.
The London-born actress’ career included three Oscar-nominated supporting performances – for Gaslight in 1944, The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1946 and again in 1963 for probably her most famous movie role, as Eleanor Shaw Iselin in John Frankenheimer’s The Manchurian Candidate. She never won, a fact the Academy rectified with an Honorary Oscar in 2014.
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Lansbury also saw 15 Emmy nominations (again without a win) in her career – including 12 in consecutive years for her most well-known role as sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote.
She did win Tonys,...
The London-born actress’ career included three Oscar-nominated supporting performances – for Gaslight in 1944, The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1946 and again in 1963 for probably her most famous movie role, as Eleanor Shaw Iselin in John Frankenheimer’s The Manchurian Candidate. She never won, a fact the Academy rectified with an Honorary Oscar in 2014.
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Lansbury also saw 15 Emmy nominations (again without a win) in her career – including 12 in consecutive years for her most well-known role as sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote.
She did win Tonys,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Celebrities and fans alike are mourning the death of Angela Lansbury after the actor's family confirmed the news on Oct. 11. In a statement to Variety, they said, "The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 Am today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday."
Lansbury, a Broadway icon and five-time Tony-winning actor, was best known for her iconic roles in 1991's "Beauty and the Beast" and "Murder, She Wrote." Some of her other notable work included starring in "Mame," "Dear World," "Sweeney Todd," "Gypsy," "Blithe Spirit," "Gaslight," "The Picture of Dorian Gray," and "The Manchurian Candidate." During her career, Lansbury was nominated for three Oscars and awarded a lifetime achievement honor from the Academy in 2013.
In the wake of Lansbury's death, stars have been sharing tributes to the late actor on social media.
Lansbury, a Broadway icon and five-time Tony-winning actor, was best known for her iconic roles in 1991's "Beauty and the Beast" and "Murder, She Wrote." Some of her other notable work included starring in "Mame," "Dear World," "Sweeney Todd," "Gypsy," "Blithe Spirit," "Gaslight," "The Picture of Dorian Gray," and "The Manchurian Candidate." During her career, Lansbury was nominated for three Oscars and awarded a lifetime achievement honor from the Academy in 2013.
In the wake of Lansbury's death, stars have been sharing tributes to the late actor on social media.
- 10/11/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
One of the world’s most popular and enduring actresses died today, and tributes to Dame Angela Lansbury are raining down like a closing-night curtain call. Here is just a sampling that spans the worlds of film, television and theater:
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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher:
“I was fortunate to have seen Dame Lansbury twice on Broadway, and she was even more captivating on stage as she was on television and film. What an amazing presence. She was an inspiration both on and off stage, and I was personally a huge fan. Thank God she lived a good, long life as we were all blessed to bask in her light. I’m grateful that her body of work lives on to inspire generations to come. I will miss you terribly, Angela, you were one in a mil!”
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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher:
“I was fortunate to have seen Dame Lansbury twice on Broadway, and she was even more captivating on stage as she was on television and film. What an amazing presence. She was an inspiration both on and off stage, and I was personally a huge fan. Thank God she lived a good, long life as we were all blessed to bask in her light. I’m grateful that her body of work lives on to inspire generations to come. I will miss you terribly, Angela, you were one in a mil!”
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- 10/11/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
What role you remember first when you think of Angela Lansbury speaks to how old you are — with an extraordinary career spanning more than 80 years, Lansbury brought indelible performances to generations of filmgoers, stage fans, and TV watchers.
Perhaps your go-to is Jessica Fletcher, the TV sleuth she played from 1984-1996. Or maybe you get a shiver of delight thinking of her Broadway turns as the madcap Mame Dennis of “Mame” or the duplicitous Mrs. Lovett of “Sweeney Todd.” Some fans embrace her as the loving mother-turned-teapot in the animated “Beauty and the Beast” while others get a cold sweat recalling her ruthless mommy in the original “The Manchurian Candidate.”
There are no wrong answers here; for most of the 20th century and a decent chunk of the 21st, Angela Lansbury did it all — drama, comedy, musical, stage, screen, warm, terrifying — and she did it brilliantly.
Born in London in...
Perhaps your go-to is Jessica Fletcher, the TV sleuth she played from 1984-1996. Or maybe you get a shiver of delight thinking of her Broadway turns as the madcap Mame Dennis of “Mame” or the duplicitous Mrs. Lovett of “Sweeney Todd.” Some fans embrace her as the loving mother-turned-teapot in the animated “Beauty and the Beast” while others get a cold sweat recalling her ruthless mommy in the original “The Manchurian Candidate.”
There are no wrong answers here; for most of the 20th century and a decent chunk of the 21st, Angela Lansbury did it all — drama, comedy, musical, stage, screen, warm, terrifying — and she did it brilliantly.
Born in London in...
- 10/11/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
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Robby Benson, Viola Davis and Josh Gad were among the list of Hollywood stars and entertainment industry members who shared tributes and expressed their condolences following the news of the passing of actress Angela Lansbury.
The celebrated performer and iconic star of Murder, She Wrote was a five-time Tony Award winner, recipient of an honorary Oscar, multiple Golden Globe winner and a 12-time Emmy nominee — one for each season she starred in the hit CBS procedural. Known for her memorable and acclaimed roles in films like 1945’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1962’s The Manchurian Candidate and 1944’s Gaslight — for which she received her first Oscar nomination at 19 — Lansbury passed away in the early hours of Tuesday at her L.A. home just five days shy of turning 97.
The actress was also a legendary stage talent, winning her first Tony for her role...
Robby Benson, Viola Davis and Josh Gad were among the list of Hollywood stars and entertainment industry members who shared tributes and expressed their condolences following the news of the passing of actress Angela Lansbury.
The celebrated performer and iconic star of Murder, She Wrote was a five-time Tony Award winner, recipient of an honorary Oscar, multiple Golden Globe winner and a 12-time Emmy nominee — one for each season she starred in the hit CBS procedural. Known for her memorable and acclaimed roles in films like 1945’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1962’s The Manchurian Candidate and 1944’s Gaslight — for which she received her first Oscar nomination at 19 — Lansbury passed away in the early hours of Tuesday at her L.A. home just five days shy of turning 97.
The actress was also a legendary stage talent, winning her first Tony for her role...
- 10/11/2022
- by Lexy Perez and Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Star of stage and screen earned three Oscar nominations and multiple Tony Awards.
Angela Lansbury, the London-born star of stage, film and TV who earned three Oscar nominations and will perhaps be best remembered for her long-running role in TV hit Murder, She Wrote, has died. She was 96.
Lansbury was born on October 16, 1925, in central London to Irish actor Moyna Macgill and MP Edgar Lansbury, whose father George Lansbury led the Labour Party in the 1930s.
She was nine when her father died. Aged 14 Lansbury, her mother and two siblings were evacuated from the Blitz. The family sailed from Liverpool to New York,...
Angela Lansbury, the London-born star of stage, film and TV who earned three Oscar nominations and will perhaps be best remembered for her long-running role in TV hit Murder, She Wrote, has died. She was 96.
Lansbury was born on October 16, 1925, in central London to Irish actor Moyna Macgill and MP Edgar Lansbury, whose father George Lansbury led the Labour Party in the 1930s.
She was nine when her father died. Aged 14 Lansbury, her mother and two siblings were evacuated from the Blitz. The family sailed from Liverpool to New York,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Angela Lansbury, the revered actor who won five Tony Awards and anchored the long-running smash TV series Murder, She Wrote, died on Tuesday, Oct. 11, The New York Times reports. She was 96.
Lansbury’s family confirmed her death in a statement, though a cause was not given. Lansbury was just five days away from her 97th birthday.
A star on both the stage and screen, Lansbury picked up multiple Oscar nominations and won five Tony awards over the course of her remarkable career. Lansbury began acting professionally when she was a teenager,...
Lansbury’s family confirmed her death in a statement, though a cause was not given. Lansbury was just five days away from her 97th birthday.
A star on both the stage and screen, Lansbury picked up multiple Oscar nominations and won five Tony awards over the course of her remarkable career. Lansbury began acting professionally when she was a teenager,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Legend of the stage and screen Angela Lansbury has died at the age of 96. Lansbury's family said in a statement, "The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 Am today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday."
Lansbury was a Broadway icon and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning five. She debuted now legendary roles in "Mame," "Dear World," "Sweeney Todd," and also won for her turns in "Gypsy" and "Blithe Spirit." On screen, she was Oscar nominated for roles in "Gaslight," "The Picture of Dorian Gray," and "The Manchurian Candidate," and she received a lifetime achievement award from the Academy in 2013. Lansbury was one of the last stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
But perhaps Lansbury's two most iconic roles were as Jessica Fletcher in "Murder, She Wrote,...
Lansbury was a Broadway icon and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning five. She debuted now legendary roles in "Mame," "Dear World," "Sweeney Todd," and also won for her turns in "Gypsy" and "Blithe Spirit." On screen, she was Oscar nominated for roles in "Gaslight," "The Picture of Dorian Gray," and "The Manchurian Candidate," and she received a lifetime achievement award from the Academy in 2013. Lansbury was one of the last stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
But perhaps Lansbury's two most iconic roles were as Jessica Fletcher in "Murder, She Wrote,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Dame Angela Lansbury, star of stage and screens both big and small, has died at the age of 96. According to a statement released by her family, Lansbury passed away peacefully just five days short of her 97th birthday. The performer was known for something different by each generation, as she was a near-constant presence on Broadway, was practically omnipresent our TVs as crime writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher on "Murder, She Wrote," and starred in a number of films that range from the darkly dramatic to beloved family favorites.
Lansbury could truly do it all. She was funny, charismatic, capable of carrying a dramatic scene with gravitas, and my god, could she sing! Lansbury has five Tony awards for her performances on stage, perhaps most famously for playing the people-cooking pie maker Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" in 1979. That performance was a far...
Lansbury could truly do it all. She was funny, charismatic, capable of carrying a dramatic scene with gravitas, and my god, could she sing! Lansbury has five Tony awards for her performances on stage, perhaps most famously for playing the people-cooking pie maker Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" in 1979. That performance was a far...
- 10/11/2022
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
After the news broke of Angela Lansbury’s death aged 96 on Tuesday (11 October), tributes from fellow celebrities poured in.
The Murder, She Wrote and Beauty and the Beast star died “peacefully in her sleep”, just five days shy of her birthday, her family have announced.
Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson led tributes on Twitter, recalling the moment he sat “next to Angela Lansbury at an opening night”.
“Even though I had to pee I refused to leave my seat during intermission. I spent the 15 minutes chatting with her instead. She was incredibly lovely and I’m so glad I had that brief time with her. Rip Angela,” he shared.
Kathy Griffin posted: “I cannot tell you how many ladies and gays are crushed, moved and feeling nostalgic about something in the past with the news of the passing of the fabulous Dame Angela Lansbury.”
Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander remembered...
The Murder, She Wrote and Beauty and the Beast star died “peacefully in her sleep”, just five days shy of her birthday, her family have announced.
Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson led tributes on Twitter, recalling the moment he sat “next to Angela Lansbury at an opening night”.
“Even though I had to pee I refused to leave my seat during intermission. I spent the 15 minutes chatting with her instead. She was incredibly lovely and I’m so glad I had that brief time with her. Rip Angela,” he shared.
Kathy Griffin posted: “I cannot tell you how many ladies and gays are crushed, moved and feeling nostalgic about something in the past with the news of the passing of the fabulous Dame Angela Lansbury.”
Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander remembered...
- 10/11/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Film
Actress Angela Lansbury, whose 75-year career encompassed triumphs on the big screen, in musical theater and on television, died at her Los Angeles home on Tuesday, her family announced in a statement obtained by Variety. She was 96 — five days shy of her 97th birthday.
Nominated for three Oscars, she won seven Tony Awards and holds the record for Emmy actress nods with 12 for her role on “Murder, She Wrote.”
As honored as she was in film and on stage, Lansbury achieved her greatest popularity on the small screen. In 1984 she stepped into a role originally offered to Jean Stapleton: the flinty crime-solving mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ “Murder, She Wrote.” The show became appointment TV for its fans on Sunday nights, and ran for 12 highly rated seasons. The actress captured four Golden Globe Awards for her turn. Between 1997 and 2003, she reprised the role in four telepics.
Discovered while...
Nominated for three Oscars, she won seven Tony Awards and holds the record for Emmy actress nods with 12 for her role on “Murder, She Wrote.”
As honored as she was in film and on stage, Lansbury achieved her greatest popularity on the small screen. In 1984 she stepped into a role originally offered to Jean Stapleton: the flinty crime-solving mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ “Murder, She Wrote.” The show became appointment TV for its fans on Sunday nights, and ran for 12 highly rated seasons. The actress captured four Golden Globe Awards for her turn. Between 1997 and 2003, she reprised the role in four telepics.
Discovered while...
- 10/11/2022
- by Chris Morris
- Variety Film + TV
Angela Lansbury, one of the most beloved and acclaimed actors of stage, film and television, who had a nearly 75-year career, died at her Los Angeles home today in her sleep, just five days short of her 97th birthday.
The three-time Oscar nominee and Murder, She Wrote star’s death was announced by her family.
“The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 Am today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday,” the statement reads.
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She is known to television fans as the star of the long-running smash Murder, She Wrote — she was Emmy-nominated...
The three-time Oscar nominee and Murder, She Wrote star’s death was announced by her family.
“The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 Am today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday,” the statement reads.
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She is known to television fans as the star of the long-running smash Murder, She Wrote — she was Emmy-nominated...
- 10/11/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Angela Lansbury, the London-born actress whose career spanned eight decades and included hits in film (“The Manchurian Candidate”), TV and theater (“Mame” and “Sweeney Todd”), has died at age 96.
Her family announced her death, saying she died early Tuesday morning “peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles.”
A private family ceremony will be held at a date to be determined for Lansbury, who would have turned 97 on Sunday.
One of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Lansbury first rose to fame as an MGM player who nabbed Academy Award nominations for her first films roles, in 1944’s “Gaslight” and 1945’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
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In 1962, she earned another Oscar nomination for “The Manchurian Candidate” playing the scheming mother of a war hero — played by an actor,...
Her family announced her death, saying she died early Tuesday morning “peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles.”
A private family ceremony will be held at a date to be determined for Lansbury, who would have turned 97 on Sunday.
One of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Lansbury first rose to fame as an MGM player who nabbed Academy Award nominations for her first films roles, in 1944’s “Gaslight” and 1945’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
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Angela Lansbury’s 10 Best Film and TV Roles, From ‘Gaslight’ to ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Photos)
In 1962, she earned another Oscar nomination for “The Manchurian Candidate” playing the scheming mother of a war hero — played by an actor,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Dame Angela Lansbury has died aged 96.
The Murder, She Wrote and Beauty and the Beast star died “peacefully in her sleep” on Tuesday (11 October), her family have announced.
“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,” her family said in a statement.
“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 preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw.”
A private family ceremony will be held at a later date.
Across her career, the London-born actor won five Tony Awards. Most recently, she was feted with the accolade in 2009 for her performance as Madame Arcati in Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit.
The Murder, She Wrote and Beauty and the Beast star died “peacefully in her sleep” on Tuesday (11 October), her family have announced.
“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,” her family said in a statement.
“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 preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw.”
A private family ceremony will be held at a later date.
Across her career, the London-born actor won five Tony Awards. Most recently, she was feted with the accolade in 2009 for her performance as Madame Arcati in Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit.
- 10/11/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Film
Click here to read the full article.
Angela Lansbury, the irrepressible three-time Oscar nominee and five-time Tony Award winner who solved 12 seasons’ worth of crimes as the novelist/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ Murder, She Wrote, has died. She was 96.
Lansbury, who received an Emmy nomination for best actress in a drama series for each and every season of Murder, She Wrote — yet never won — died in her sleep at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, her family announced. She was five days shy of her birthday.
Lansbury went 0-for-18 in career Emmy noms but did get some love from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who gave her an honorary Oscar in 2013 for her career as “an entertainment icon who has created some of cinema’s most memorable characters, inspiring generations of actors.”
The London-born Lansbury, then 19, received a best supporting actress...
Angela Lansbury, the irrepressible three-time Oscar nominee and five-time Tony Award winner who solved 12 seasons’ worth of crimes as the novelist/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ Murder, She Wrote, has died. She was 96.
Lansbury, who received an Emmy nomination for best actress in a drama series for each and every season of Murder, She Wrote — yet never won — died in her sleep at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, her family announced. She was five days shy of her birthday.
Lansbury went 0-for-18 in career Emmy noms but did get some love from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who gave her an honorary Oscar in 2013 for her career as “an entertainment icon who has created some of cinema’s most memorable characters, inspiring generations of actors.”
The London-born Lansbury, then 19, received a best supporting actress...
- 10/11/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The tedious zombie comedy “The Loneliest Boy in the World” joins a number of recent faux-retro satires that — like “Psycho Goreman” (2020), “Turbo Kid” (2015), and “Kung Fury” (2015) before it — re-present pop culture artifacts from the 1980s as knowingly kitschy comfort food.
In “The Loneliest Boy in the World,” an emotionally disturbed orphan digs up and befriends a quartet of mysteriously re-animated corpses, who then inexplicably act like his surrogate family members. The kid, Oliver, has no friends and no social intelligence, because he’s addicted to TV. Oliver also lives alone in a pink house whose interior design seems to have been partly inspired by Barbie’s Dreamhouse playset.
Unfortunately, director Martin Owen (“The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud”) and screenwriter Piers Ashworth (co-writer of “Blithe Spirit”) don’t challenge or really highlight anything funny about Oliver’s delusional, media-poisoned nostalgia. The gags in “The Loneliest Boy in the World” also...
In “The Loneliest Boy in the World,” an emotionally disturbed orphan digs up and befriends a quartet of mysteriously re-animated corpses, who then inexplicably act like his surrogate family members. The kid, Oliver, has no friends and no social intelligence, because he’s addicted to TV. Oliver also lives alone in a pink house whose interior design seems to have been partly inspired by Barbie’s Dreamhouse playset.
Unfortunately, director Martin Owen (“The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud”) and screenwriter Piers Ashworth (co-writer of “Blithe Spirit”) don’t challenge or really highlight anything funny about Oliver’s delusional, media-poisoned nostalgia. The gags in “The Loneliest Boy in the World” also...
- 10/10/2022
- by Simon Abrams
- The Wrap
Moretensen also stars in the film with Lance Henriksen and Laura Linney.
This week, Viggo Mortensen is heading to London to begin the editing process on Falling, his directorial debut. The film, in which Mortensen stars with Lance Henriksen and Laura Linney (see an exclusive first look above), is about a conservative father who moves from his rural farm to live with his gay son’s family in Los Angeles. The project is a very personal story, as Mortensen reveals in a catch-up with Screen.
“Both of my parents were ill. When my mother passed away, I was flying across...
This week, Viggo Mortensen is heading to London to begin the editing process on Falling, his directorial debut. The film, in which Mortensen stars with Lance Henriksen and Laura Linney (see an exclusive first look above), is about a conservative father who moves from his rural farm to live with his gay son’s family in Los Angeles. The project is a very personal story, as Mortensen reveals in a catch-up with Screen.
“Both of my parents were ill. When my mother passed away, I was flying across...
- 5/15/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Film is based on Noel Coward’s 1941 play.
Judi Dench, Dan Stevens and Isla Fisher will lead the cast of Edward Hall’s Blithe Spirit, based on Noel Coward’s 1941 play.
London-based Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights on the project and has inked a series of early pre-sales on the title including Australia and New Zealand (Transmission), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Airlines (Echo Lake Distribution), South Africa (Empire Entertainment), Middle East (Front Row), and Greece (Tanweer).
The feature will be a re-imagining of Coward’s comedy stage play, in which a best-selling crime novelist suffering from writer’s block...
Judi Dench, Dan Stevens and Isla Fisher will lead the cast of Edward Hall’s Blithe Spirit, based on Noel Coward’s 1941 play.
London-based Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights on the project and has inked a series of early pre-sales on the title including Australia and New Zealand (Transmission), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Airlines (Echo Lake Distribution), South Africa (Empire Entertainment), Middle East (Front Row), and Greece (Tanweer).
The feature will be a re-imagining of Coward’s comedy stage play, in which a best-selling crime novelist suffering from writer’s block...
- 5/15/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
The Cannes Film Festival competition began today with the premiere of Jim Jarmusch’s “The Dead Don’t Die,” but top North American distributors can’t afford to be distracted. They serve a market in which only the most carefully calibrated selections will thrive — and those who hesitate will almost certainly lose to the streaming buyers. With some of the best stuff already bought, theatrical distributors are forced to to look toward films that have yet to be shot.
Before the festival, HBO Sports scooped up “Diego Maradona,” British documentarian Asif Kapadia’s follow-up to Oscar-winning Cannes hit “Amy.” And after a 20-year symbiotic relationship, Spc acquired Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain & Glory” at the script stage two years ago, which now looks like an early contender for top prizes. Spc now has rights to all his films, and will book repertory Almodovar tributes in many cities around the film’s October opening.
Before the festival, HBO Sports scooped up “Diego Maradona,” British documentarian Asif Kapadia’s follow-up to Oscar-winning Cannes hit “Amy.” And after a 20-year symbiotic relationship, Spc acquired Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain & Glory” at the script stage two years ago, which now looks like an early contender for top prizes. Spc now has rights to all his films, and will book repertory Almodovar tributes in many cities around the film’s October opening.
- 5/14/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Cannes Film Festival competition began today with the premiere of Jim Jarmusch’s “The Dead Don’t Die,” but top North American distributors can’t afford to be distracted. They serve a market in which only the most carefully calibrated selections will thrive — and those who hesitate will almost certainly lose to the streaming buyers. With some of the best stuff already bought, theatrical distributors are forced to to look toward films that have yet to be shot.
Before the festival, HBO Sports scooped up “Diego Maradona,” British documentarian Asif Kapadia’s follow-up to Oscar-winning Cannes hit “Amy.” And after a 20-year symbiotic relationship, Spc acquired Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain & Glory” at the script stage two years ago, which now looks like an early contender for top prizes. Spc now has rights to all his films, and will book repertory Almodovar tributes in many cities around the film’s October opening.
Before the festival, HBO Sports scooped up “Diego Maradona,” British documentarian Asif Kapadia’s follow-up to Oscar-winning Cannes hit “Amy.” And after a 20-year symbiotic relationship, Spc acquired Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain & Glory” at the script stage two years ago, which now looks like an early contender for top prizes. Spc now has rights to all his films, and will book repertory Almodovar tributes in many cities around the film’s October opening.
- 5/14/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Ahead of the World premiere of the stand-out period horror comedy Here Comes Hell at Arrow Video FrightFest Glasgow 2019, director Jack McHenry tells us about the challenges of a £22,000 budget. casting his mum and why nothing beats puppets and real blood.
Here Comes Hell is to receive its world premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest Glasgow. Excited or what?
It’s amazing! I made this movie for people like me, people who like horror movies and crazy genre films. It’s the perfect place to premiere this kind of movie, as horror audiences are the most open minded movie-goers, they’re not turned off by low budgets or films made by first time directors. They just want an exciting cinematic experience.
The film started life as a Kickstarter campaign. Were you pleased with the outcome?
We shot a short trailer and a pitch video. That was the worst part for me,...
Here Comes Hell is to receive its world premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest Glasgow. Excited or what?
It’s amazing! I made this movie for people like me, people who like horror movies and crazy genre films. It’s the perfect place to premiere this kind of movie, as horror audiences are the most open minded movie-goers, they’re not turned off by low budgets or films made by first time directors. They just want an exciting cinematic experience.
The film started life as a Kickstarter campaign. Were you pleased with the outcome?
We shot a short trailer and a pitch video. That was the worst part for me,...
- 2/4/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stage actor and director Brian Murray, who arrived in New York in 1964 with the Royal Shakespeare Company touring production of King Lear and would go on to earn three Tony Award nominations, died yesterday. He was 80.
His death was announced by a spokesperson, who attributed the death to natural causes.
An acclaimed stage actor for more than 50 years, Murray most recently appeared on Broadway in The Importance of Being Earnest with his lifelong friend Brian Bedford, Mary Stuart, Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter. His final stage credit was 2016’s Simon Says at the Lynn Redgrave Theater in 2016.
Murray made his Broadway debut in 1965 with All in Good Time. His Tony-nominated roles were in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968), Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes (1997) and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (2002).
His other notable stage credits, among many were 1977’s Mtc/Public Theater production of Ashes, and 1978’s Broadway production of Da.
His death was announced by a spokesperson, who attributed the death to natural causes.
An acclaimed stage actor for more than 50 years, Murray most recently appeared on Broadway in The Importance of Being Earnest with his lifelong friend Brian Bedford, Mary Stuart, Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter. His final stage credit was 2016’s Simon Says at the Lynn Redgrave Theater in 2016.
Murray made his Broadway debut in 1965 with All in Good Time. His Tony-nominated roles were in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968), Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes (1997) and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (2002).
His other notable stage credits, among many were 1977’s Mtc/Public Theater production of Ashes, and 1978’s Broadway production of Da.
- 8/21/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Just last night, the Acting Company held a one-night-only benefit reading of British drama The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold, starring Angela Lansbury. Completing the cast were Tedra Millan Present Laughter, The Wolves as Laurel, Patricia Conolly The Front Page, Michele Tauber Mint Theatre's The Charity That Began at Home, Holly Villaire Scapino, Francesca Faridany The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time as Miss Madrigal, Simon Jones Blithe Spirit, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as the Judge, David Lansbury War Horse as Maitland and Charlotte Parry The Importance of Being Earnest as Olivia.
- 6/20/2017
- by Jessica Fallon Gordon
- BroadwayWorld.com
Mubi's retrospective, Catherine Breillat, Auteur of Porn?, is showing April 4 - June 3, 2017 in Germany.Sex Is ComedyThroughout her career, Catherine Breillat has provided viewers with a long-form meta-cinema experience. While metacinema is as old as the medium itself, since her debut feature A Real Young Girl in 1976, Breillat has developed a distinct form of it: one that collapses ‘autobiographical’ material, various artistic sensibilities, and the process of filmmaking itself.Like dozens of other English words—such as ‘aesthetic’ or ‘abject’—the word ‘meta’ has been largely misused or misapplied with regard to the film and literary criticism. Regarding the consumption of fiction, the appropriate use of the term 'metafiction,' 'metafilm,' et cetera, has its basis in the Greek meta, which does not translate directly into English but can be understood as a preposition similar to the English word ‘about’ (‘having to do with,’ or ‘on the subject of’). Metafiction is therefore,...
- 4/24/2017
- MUBI
Angela Lansbury has joined the cast of Mary Poppins Returns, the all-new sequel to Disney’s 1964 film “Mary Poppins” currently filming at Shepperton Studios. She will feature as the Balloon Lady, a treasured character from Pl Travers’ series of Mary Poppins children’s books. The film is scheduled for release December 25, 2018.
A five-time Tony Award winner and the recipient of an honorary Academy Award, three Academy Award nominations and bestowed with numerous other accolades, Angela Lansbury’s career encompasses more than 70 years. She is a beloved member of the Disney family and starred in “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” and voiced Mrs. Potts in the animated classic “Beauty and the Beast.”
Her roles in film, television and theater range from “Gaslight,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “The Manchurian Candidate” and “Death on the Nile” to “Murder, She Wrote,” “Mame,” “Blithe Spirit,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and “Gypsy.”
Directed...
A five-time Tony Award winner and the recipient of an honorary Academy Award, three Academy Award nominations and bestowed with numerous other accolades, Angela Lansbury’s career encompasses more than 70 years. She is a beloved member of the Disney family and starred in “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” and voiced Mrs. Potts in the animated classic “Beauty and the Beast.”
Her roles in film, television and theater range from “Gaslight,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “The Manchurian Candidate” and “Death on the Nile” to “Murder, She Wrote,” “Mame,” “Blithe Spirit,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and “Gypsy.”
Directed...
- 2/17/2017
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Dan Sallitt has published his extensive companion on the films of Mikio Naruse.
A lost Marx Brothers musical has found its way back on stage, The New Yorker reports.
Watch a video on Pedro Almodóvar‘s obsession with the color red:
Los Angeles Plays Itself director Thom Andersen names his 10 favorite films of the last 10 years at Grasshopper Film.
Vox‘s Aja Romano on the strange story of how a machine was trained to “watch” Blade Runner:
Broad’s goal was to apply “deep learning” — a fundamental piece of artificial intelligence that uses algorithmic machine learning — to video; he wanted to discover what kinds of creations a...
Dan Sallitt has published his extensive companion on the films of Mikio Naruse.
A lost Marx Brothers musical has found its way back on stage, The New Yorker reports.
Watch a video on Pedro Almodóvar‘s obsession with the color red:
Los Angeles Plays Itself director Thom Andersen names his 10 favorite films of the last 10 years at Grasshopper Film.
Vox‘s Aja Romano on the strange story of how a machine was trained to “watch” Blade Runner:
Broad’s goal was to apply “deep learning” — a fundamental piece of artificial intelligence that uses algorithmic machine learning — to video; he wanted to discover what kinds of creations a...
- 6/6/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
It’s time to gear up for a spooky summer. The Conjuring 2 slinks into theatres on June 10th, followed by Ghostbusters on July 15th and, while they both address the idea of people trying to rid the living of the dead, these films could not be more different. As a pair, they demonstrate beautifully the vast range of tone and creativity contained within the ghost story genre – a category of film that holds universal appeal, and encompasses everything from horror to comedy; thriller to family drama.
The concept of the ghost story has, historically, been used as a narrative device for a number of different types of plot. Sometimes, they are morality tales, and sometimes the ghost is a portent of doom. Often, the presence of a ghost is a catalyst for change in a character or in the story, and its actions propel the plot forward. There can...
The concept of the ghost story has, historically, been used as a narrative device for a number of different types of plot. Sometimes, they are morality tales, and sometimes the ghost is a portent of doom. Often, the presence of a ghost is a catalyst for change in a character or in the story, and its actions propel the plot forward. There can...
- 5/25/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Constance Cummings: Stage and film actress ca. early 1940s. Constance Cummings on stage: From Sacha Guitry to Clifford Odets (See previous post: “Constance Cummings: Flawless 'Blithe Spirit,' Supporter of Political Refugees.”) In the post-World War II years, Constance Cummings' stage reputation continued to grow on the English stage, in plays as diverse as: Stephen Powys (pseudonym for P.G. Wodehouse) and Guy Bolton's English-language adaptation of Sacha Guitry's Don't Listen, Ladies! (1948), with Cummings as one of shop clerk Denholm Elliott's mistresses (the other one was Betty Marsden). “Miss Cummings and Miss Marsden act as fetchingly as they look,” commented The Spectator. Rodney Ackland's Before the Party (1949), delivering “a superb performance of controlled hysteria” according to theater director and Michael Redgrave biographer Alan Strachan, writing for The Independent at the time of Cummings' death. Clifford Odets' Winter Journey / The Country Girl (1952), as...
- 11/10/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
'Saint Joan': Constance Cummings as the George Bernard Shaw heroine. Constance Cummings on stage: From sex-change farce and Emma Bovary to Juliet and 'Saint Joan' (See previous post: “Constance Cummings: Frank Capra, Mae West and Columbia Lawsuit.”) In the mid-1930s, Constance Cummings landed the title roles in two of husband Benn W. Levy's stage adaptations: Levy and Hubert Griffith's Young Madame Conti (1936), starring Cummings as a demimondaine who falls in love with a villainous character. She ends up killing him – or does she? Adapted from Bruno Frank's German-language original, Young Madame Conti was presented on both sides of the Atlantic; on Broadway, it had a brief run in spring 1937 at the Music Box Theatre. Based on the Gustave Flaubert novel, the Theatre Guild-produced Madame Bovary (1937) was staged in late fall at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre. Referring to the London production of Young Madame Conti, The...
- 11/10/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Constance Cummings: Actress in minor Hollywood movies became major London stage star. Constance Cummings: Actress went from Harold Lloyd and Frank Capra to Noël Coward and Eugene O'Neill Actress Constance Cummings, whose career spanned more than six decades on stage, in films, and on television in both the U.S. and the U.K., died ten years ago on Nov. 23. Unlike other Broadway imports such as Ann Harding, Katharine Hepburn, Miriam Hopkins, and Claudette Colbert, the pretty, elegant Cummings – who could have been turned into a less edgy Constance Bennett had she landed at Rko or Paramount instead of Columbia – never became a Hollywood star. In fact, her most acclaimed work, whether in films or – more frequently – on stage, was almost invariably found in British productions. That's most likely why the name Constance Cummings – despite the DVD availability of several of her best-received performances – is all but forgotten.
- 11/4/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Happy Birthday Angela Lansbury Lansbury - who returned to Broadway in this year's revival of The Best Man - has enjoyed an unprecedented career, first as a star of motion pictures, and then as an award-winning stage actor in New York and London. She appeared as Madame Armfeldt in the 2009 revival of A Little Night Music, and before that as Madame Arcati in the 2009 revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, for which she won her fifth Tony Award, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. She performed in 2006 in Terrence McNally's Deuce, for which she was also nominated for a Tony Award. She made her Broadway debut in 1957 as Bert Lahr's wife in Hotel Paradiso. In 1960, she returned to Broadway as Joan Plowright's mother in the season's most acclaimed drama, A Taste of Honey, by Shelagh Delaney. A year later, she starred in her first musical,...
- 10/16/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
The 1962 cult item Burn, Witch, Burn finally gets a Blu-ray transfer courtesy of Kino Lorber. Perhaps relegated to obscurity due to its unavailability for many years, and also widely known by the alternate title Night of the Eagle, this is one of two notable genre films from Sidney Hayers (the other being 1960’s Circus of Horrors), a director who mainly dabbled in television after the end of this decade.
Based on the novel Conjure Woman by Fritz Leiber, Jr. (an author whose works could be primed for future adaptations), which was also adapted into a 1944 Lon Chaney, Jr. vehicle, Weird Woman, as well as later comedic adaptation with the 1980 film Witches’ Brew, this is the most noteworthy version, a flavorful exercise in logic vs. belief. Cult author and screenwriter Richard Matheson (who wrote the original I Am Legend text, of which three film versions also exist, headlined by the likes of Vincent Price,...
Based on the novel Conjure Woman by Fritz Leiber, Jr. (an author whose works could be primed for future adaptations), which was also adapted into a 1944 Lon Chaney, Jr. vehicle, Weird Woman, as well as later comedic adaptation with the 1980 film Witches’ Brew, this is the most noteworthy version, a flavorful exercise in logic vs. belief. Cult author and screenwriter Richard Matheson (who wrote the original I Am Legend text, of which three film versions also exist, headlined by the likes of Vincent Price,...
- 9/8/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
In a novel effort to stress that film noir wasn’t a film movement specifically an output solely produced for American audiences, Kino Lorber releases a five disc set of obscure noir examples released in the UK. Spanning a near ten year period from 1943 to 1952, the titles displayed here do seem to chart a progression in tone, at least resulting in parallels with American counterparts. Though a couple of the selections here aren’t very noteworthy, either as artifacts of British noir or items worthy of reappraisal, it does contain items of considerable interest, including rare titles from forgotten or underrated auteurs like Ronald Neame, Roy Ward Baker, and Ralph Thomas.
They Met in the Dark
The earliest title in this collection is a 1943 title from Karel Lamac, They Met in the Dark, a pseudo-comedy noir that barely meets the criteria. Based on a novel by Anthony Gilbert (whose novel...
They Met in the Dark
The earliest title in this collection is a 1943 title from Karel Lamac, They Met in the Dark, a pseudo-comedy noir that barely meets the criteria. Based on a novel by Anthony Gilbert (whose novel...
- 8/24/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Talent is currently being sought for the stage production of “Blithe Spirit.” “Blithe Spirit” is about a novelist who invites a medium to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book—but it all backfires when he ends up haunted by the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife. Several roles are being cast for this production, and auditions will be held August 23 and 24 in Irvine, Texas. This is a paid gig! For more details, check out the casting notice for “Blithe Spirit” here, and be sure to check out the rest of our Texas audition listings!
- 8/18/2015
- backstage.com
Dame Angela Lansbury wins her first ever Olivier Award after an absence of nearly 40 years on the London Stage. Her trophy given on Sunday is for Best Supporting Actress in "Blithe Spirit," the same role that brought her a 2009 Tony Award on Broadway. Best Play is "King Charles III," and Best Musical is "Sunny Afternoon." Other acting winners are Mark Strong ("A View From the Bridge"), Penelope Wilton ("Taken at Midnight"), Nathaniel Parker ("Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies"), John Dagleish ("Sunny Afternoon"), Katie Brayben ("Beautiful"), George Maguire ("Sunny Afternoon"), and Lorna Want ("Beautiful"). Playbill -Break- Action sequel "Furious 7" continues its hot pace adding another $60.6 million for this weekend's box office. That brings its domestic total in two weeks to $252.5 million for the Vin Diesel movie. Animated hit "Home" with ...'...
- 4/13/2015
- Gold Derby
Following the internationally acclaimed production with sold-out engagements on Broadway and London's West End, television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in an exciting North American tour of Nol Coward's smash-hit comedic play, Blithe Spirit. The tour made its Washington premiere on March 17 and celebrated its final curtain call on March 29 at the National Theatre, where Ms. Lansbury made her first pre-Broadway stage debut nearly 58 years ago to the day in Hotel Paradiso. Scroll down for photos from the curtain call...
- 4/8/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Following the internationally acclaimed production with sold-out engagements on Broadway and London's West End, television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in an exciting North American tour of Noel Coward's smash-hit comedic play, Blithe Spirit. The tour makes its Washington premiere Tuesday, March 17 through Sunday, March 29 at the National Theatre, where Ms. Lansbury made her first pre-Broadway stage debut nearly 58 years ago to the day in Hotel Paradiso. Scroll down for photos from the opening night festivities...
- 3/21/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Last year, As If celebrated 10 years since it came to an end on Channel 4. Digital Spy looks back on the cult series, speaking to several of the main cast about their memories of the show.
As If: 10 year retrospective of the cult Channel 4 teen drama - part 1
The sad fact with As If, is that it is almost impossible to track down today. The show has never been released on DVD, due to a copyright issue with the music. Without the music, it simply wouldn't be As If.
"Given the choice between no music so we can release the DVD, I'd choose the music," said Caroline Chikezie (Sasha). "They used to say the music was the seventh cast member, it was so important. It just took it to a whole new level. I guess it's worth not having a DVD release just to keep the music."
Jemima Rooper...
As If: 10 year retrospective of the cult Channel 4 teen drama - part 1
The sad fact with As If, is that it is almost impossible to track down today. The show has never been released on DVD, due to a copyright issue with the music. Without the music, it simply wouldn't be As If.
"Given the choice between no music so we can release the DVD, I'd choose the music," said Caroline Chikezie (Sasha). "They used to say the music was the seventh cast member, it was so important. It just took it to a whole new level. I guess it's worth not having a DVD release just to keep the music."
Jemima Rooper...
- 1/23/2015
- Digital Spy
Following the internationally acclaimed production with sold-out engagements on Broadway and London's West End, television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in an exciting North American tour of Noel Coward's smash-hit comedic play, Blithe Spirit. Performances for Blithe Spirit have begun at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and officially opened last night, December 14.
- 12/15/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Following the internationally acclaimed production with sold-out engagements on Broadway and London's West End, television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in an exciting North American tour of Noel Coward's smash-hit comedic play, Blithe Spirit. Performances for Blithe Spirit have begun at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles with an official opening tonight, December 14.
- 12/14/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Following the internationally acclaimed production with sold-out engagements on Broadway and London's West End, television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in an exciting North American tour of Noel Coward's smash-hit comedic play, Blithe Spirit. Performances for Blithe Spirit have begun at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles with an official opening on Sunday, December 14. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...
- 12/12/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Following the internationally acclaimed production with sold-out engagements on Broadway and London's West End, television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in an exciting North American tour of Noel Coward's smash-hit comedic play, Blithe Spirit. Performances for Blithe Spirit begin today, December 9th at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles with an official opening on Sunday, December 14. Following the closing of the La engagement on Sunday, January 18th, the tour will continue on to Shn's Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco from Tuesday, January 20th through Sunday, February 1st Mirvish Productions' Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto from Tuesday, February 10th through Sunday, March 15th and concludes in Washington D.C. from Tuesday, March 17th through Sunday, March 29th at the National Theatre where Lansbury made her first pre-Broadway stage debut nearly 58 years ago to the day. For more information,...
- 12/9/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Happy Birthday Angela Lansbury Lansbury - who returned to Broadway in this year's revival of The Best Man - has enjoyed an unprecedented career, first as a star of motion pictures, and then as an award-winning stage actor in New York and London. She appeared as Madame Armfeldt in the 2009 revival of A Little Night Music, and before that as Madame Arcati in the 2009 revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, for which she won her fifth Tony Award, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. She performed in 2006 in Terrence McNally's Deuce, for which she was also nominated for a Tony Award. She made her Broadway debut in 1957 as Bert Lahr's wife in Hotel Paradiso. In 1960, she returned to Broadway as Joan Plowright's mother in the season's most acclaimed drama, A Taste of Honey, by Shelagh Delaney. A year later, she starred in her first musical,...
- 10/16/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Best British movies of all time? (Image: a young Michael Caine in 'Get Carter') Ten years ago, Get Carter, starring Michael Caine as a dangerous-looking London gangster (see photo above), was selected as the United Kingdom's very best movie of all time according to 25 British film critics polled by Total Film magazine. To say that Mike Hodges' 1971 thriller was a surprising choice would be an understatement. I mean, not a David Lean epic or an early Alfred Hitchcock thriller? What a difference ten years make. On Total Film's 2014 list, published last May, Get Carter was no. 44 among the magazine's Top 50 best British movies of all time. How could that be? Well, first of all, people would be very naive if they took such lists seriously, whether we're talking Total Film, the British Film Institute, or, to keep things British, Sight & Sound magazine. Second, whereas Total Film's 2004 list was the result of a 25-critic consensus,...
- 10/12/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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