She was an icon, a legend, a gem, and about the nicest lady you’d ever want to meet. RIP Dear Angela. 🙏🏾 https://t.co/ZUJNoDsjvZ
— Audra McDonald (@AudraEqualityMc) October 11, 2022
Angela Lansbury – She, my darlings, was EVERYTHING! pic.twitter.com/MLKlRNjxhA
— Harvey Fierstein (@HarveyFierstein) October 11, 2022
Not Angela!!!
— THEE ACADEMY Playwright Jeremy O Harris (@jeremyoharris) October 11, 2022
RIP ANGELA LANSBURY THE ABSOLUTE GOAT! You shaped so much of my childhood and adolescence!
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Angela Lansbury received her first Oscar nomination before World War II was won, and today, there are children who know who she is. It’s hard to imagine anyone matching the historical sweep of that career. Here she is at 91 if you feel like a little cry.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) October 11, 2022
To the ultimate thespian who hosted the Tony Awards more than anyone else and earned six #TonyAwards including a Special Tony for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre this past June, we're deeply grateful. We'll miss you, Dame Angela Lansbury. pic.twitter.com/GKlfY5GG0O
— The Tony Awards (@TheTonyAwards) October 11, 2022
This iconic performance is forever one of my favourite Angela moments. https://t.co/MAHfVZxMm8
— fintothewoods (@finianhackett) October 11, 2022
Appreciation: The genius of Angela Lansbury: She could play anyone https://t.co/jFI1BidZBv
— Charles McNulty (@CharlesMcNulty) October 11, 2022
And @AngelaLansbury WAS a consummate performer AND person. I saw her in Blyth Spirit in London and she was so creative and amazing .She joined us on stage for Broadway Barks between shows when she was in Deuce. She was 80 then ,,RIP Dear Angela. My admiration is immeasurable 💜💜
— Bernadette Peters (@OfficialBPeters) October 12, 2022
Thought you would live forever. What an absolutely beautiful legacy you've left. You have influenced generations of actors to aspire to excellence. Rest well!!! May flights of angels…❤️❤️❤️https://t.co/QCwAYzELus
— Viola Davis (@violadavis) October 11, 2022
May we all have the opportunity to tell our idols to their faces what they mean to us.
— Alexandra Silber (@alsilbs) October 11, 2022
I got that very life-shifting opportunity with my only idol, Dame #AngelaLansbury in 2015 backstage at @FiddlerBroadway.
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Oh Dame Angela how we will miss you!THANK YOU for being a major part of my life:glorious actress,inspiration,& even the reason I was asked to do #AnyoneCanWhistle Both crying here after you surprised us after our last performance. Crying now.💖🌟💫🙌 #AngelaLansbury #RIP #Class pic.twitter.com/0qkeAdpQPL
— Donna Murphy (@DMurphyOfficial) October 12, 2022
RIP Angela Lansbury. This is what stardom means, especially in the theater: she provided the most fabulous, irreplaceable joy. She was beloved as a person and an actress, and managed to be approachable, glamorous and heartbreaking. She'll be missed, celebrated and adored pic.twitter.com/8HVhQRFv4C
— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) October 11, 2022
The great Angela Lansbury – one of the most versatile, talented, graceful, kind, witty, wise, classy ladies I’ve ever met has left us. Her huge contribution to the arts and the world remains always. #ripAngelaLansbury
— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) October 11, 2022
A great and tall tree…RIP Angela Lansbury..Thank You❤️❤️
— Kenny Leon (@iamKENNYLEON) October 12, 2022
Every minute with Angela Lansbury was a gift. Forever in our hearts. #AngelaLansbury pic.twitter.com/y5piBMEzeg
— Tom Kirdahy (@tkirdahy) October 11, 2022
RIP to Angela Lansbury, whose career had so many astonishing stages there's no way to sum her. A firecracker glamour girl, a ferocious machiavel, a syrupy cannibal, a mischievous auntie, a sharp-witted sleuth, a kindly grandmother, all at her command. What a range, what a career. pic.twitter.com/Ivob3adtXE
— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) October 11, 2022
Angela Lansbury. That voice broke a million hearts. An icon in every way. pic.twitter.com/2cXbs0OZ0S
— westendproducer (@westendproducer) October 11, 2022
Lansbury achieved the rare status of being two totally different icons at the same time: one of the leading lights of 20th century musical theater in one context, and the definitive reliable Sunday night comfort-food figure in another.
— The Mac Phone (@macwrites) October 11, 2022
It is rare that one person can touch multiple generations, creating a breadth of work that defines decade after decade. #AngelaLansbury was that artist. From “Mame” to “Bedknobs” to “Murder She Wrote” to “B&TB” to “Mary Poppins Returns” she touched 4 generations. RIP Legend🙏 pic.twitter.com/CTFlrL5GPU
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) October 11, 2022
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For @nytimes, I wrote about 16 streamable highlights from Angela Lansbury's career. Worth looking beyond the obvious titles to some of her less-heralded roles, especially early in her career. A lot of range. https://t.co/cRI9ymIFyU
— Scott Tobias (@scott_tobias) October 11, 2022