This amazing lady won over hearts when she was young, then conquered Broadway with her musical chops, and pulled in massive crowds as that clever widowed mystery writer on the hit show “Murder, She Wrote,” which ran forever.

She slipped away quietly in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles. Her career in movies, 
 TV, and theater stretched out over 75 incredible years.

Angela Lansbury in a shot from “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (Getty Images)

Angela Brigid Lansbury came into the world on October 16, 1923, right in London, England. She went through a tough blow early on when her dad passed away. She was only nine, and it really shook up her whole childhood and shaped who she became.

To deal with the pain, little Angela turned to pretending and performing, and it kind of rescued her. She’d call it a game-changer in her life later on.

“Nothing’s hit me that hard before or after,” she shared with Closer. “I got all dreamy, wrapped up in my sadness, and way more into acting, just like my mom did.”

You see, her mom was a respected actress herself, so when the family had to pack up and move from England to America, she ended up on Broadway. No surprise Angela picked up that talent and made her mark in Hollywood.

Angela’s big break came starring with Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight. She was barely 18 at the time.

“What a rush, getting to work with Ingrid [Bergman], who was just so sweet. It felt like a fantasy,” she remembered.

“I was super young; I was in awe of what they wanted me to do. But when you’re pushed like that, you give it everything you’ve got.”

Right after her debut film, she snagged a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars. She kept rolling through the ’60s and ’70s, popping up in TV stuff like The King and I and Sweeney Todd. Back in 1945, she got her second Oscar nod for her role in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

She racked up five Tonys, six Golden Globes, and an Olivier Award.

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By 1983, she was already a big deal, and she got offered two gigs at once: one as Jessica Fletcher, the writer-sleuth, and another in some sitcom. Her manager pushed for the sitcom, but Angela had a gut feeling about playing the retired teacher who solves mysteries on the side. Boy, was she right— it turned into a massive hit.

She got nominated for 12 Primetime Emmys for Murder, She Wrote, but never took one home.

“That really got under my skin!” she admitted to Radio Times in 2017.

“I just didn’t fit the Hollywood mold. Out in the rest of the country, Murder, She Wrote was a smash, but not with the Hollywood crowd—no way. I wasn’t mad… okay, yeah, I was a bit. It bugged me. Can’t deny it.”

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On the personal side, Angela had two marriages. In 1949, she married British actor Peter Shaw, her second husband, and they had two kids, Anthony and Deirdre. They stuck together for more than 50 years until he passed in 2003.

Their love story was like something out of a romance novel.

“We had this ideal setup,” she said about their marriage back in 2014.

“Not everyone gets that lucky. He was my everything: work buddy, husband, lover. I have no clue how we made it last so long, but we were just totally committed to each other.”

Actress Angela Lansbury and hubby Peter Shaw at the premiere of ‘The Glass Menagerie’ in 1950. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

In a piece for the Belfast Telegraph, Angela reflected on her happy life with Peter.

“I had this fantastic marriage to Peter. We were both go-getters, full of the same drive, and we put the family first in everything.

“Sure, we had our rough patches where we could’ve knocked each other out, but we never let it make us doubt we’d get through it.”

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For playing Jessica Fletcher, Angela earned $40,000 an episode. Then from 1992 to 1996, she stepped up as executive producer, which let her haggle better with Universal and CBS.

Word is, per Daily Mail, she bumped that up to $200,000 per episode during those years. When she passed, her net worth was around $70 million.

She’s survived by her kids, three grandkids, five great-grandkids, and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury.

Our hearts are with her family, friends, and all the fans. Rest easy, Angela.