“I couldn’t help but notice the ‘No Smoking’ sign on your desk in the office.” “How much of Jessica Fletcher was Angela Lansbury?” “Well, not really any of her. Not really any of he ...

The first memory I have of seeing Angela Lansbury perform was on Broadway as the dazzling and outsized title character in the 1983 revival of “Mame.” She was glorious. A year later ...

Her role as the genteel Jessica Fletcher made Dame Angela Lansbury one of Britain's favourite exports. The success of the television series Murder She Wrote was a high point in a showbusiness ...