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  • Birth Name: Angela Brigid Lansbury
  • Birth Place: London, England
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/16/1925, Libra
  • Profession: Actor
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NBC Eyes Murder, She Wrote Reboot Starring Octavia Spencer

Jessica Fletcher is back on the case!

NBC is developing a Murder, She Wrote reboot starring Octavia Spencer as an amateur detective who publishes a mystery novel, Deadline reports. Spencer will take over the role originated by Angela Lansbury in the series, which ran for 12 seasons beginning in 1984.

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Angelina Jolie to Receive Honorary Academy Award

Angelina Jolie will receive an honorary Academy Award for her humanitarian work, the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday. In addition to Jolie, who won Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted in 2000, Angela LansburySteve Martin and costume designer Piero Tosi will also receive honorary awards.

"The Governors Awards pay tribute to individuals who've made indelible contributions in their respective fields," Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs said in a statement. "We couldn't be more excited for this year's honorees and look forward to bringing their peers and colleagues together to celebrate their extraordinary achievements."

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Dana Delany Revisits China Beach Ahead of 25th Anniversary Box Set

It's been more than 20 years since China Beach went off the air, and star Dana Delany says she hasn't revisited the series aside from catching a snippet of an episode while flipping channels a couple of years ago.

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Angela Lansbury: Videos

Tenth Avenue Angel trailer
Wanna be a Trophy?
So Mean And Dirty
Murder, She Wrote Remake In the Works

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The Pirates of Penzance
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
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Mr. Popper's Penguins

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Night (Trial by Jury Cross-Over Episode)
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The Deadly Toys Affair

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Year Title Description
2012 Downton Abbey Revisited TV Show Series, Host
2012 Tony Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins Movie, Actor - Mrs. Van Gundy
2011 Tony Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2010 Kennedy Center Honors TV Show Series, Appearing

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Guide to Holiday Weekend TV: Liz & Dick, Downton Salute, SpongeBob Christmas

What unbecomes a legend most? Look no further than this long weekend's well-timed candidate for the TV Turkey Hall of Fame: Liz & Dick (Lifetime, Sunday at 9/8c), an epic of stunningly cynical and pathetic miscasting, a TV-movie so laughably inept it doesn't deserve to be on a first-name basis with anything resembling humanity. read more

Murder, She Wrote's William Windom Dies at 88

Emmy-winning actor William Windom died Thursday of congestive heart failure at his home in California, The Associated Press reports. He was 88.

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Jennifer Garner Giving Miss Marple a Young Makeover

Jennifer Garner is going from super-spy to super-sleuth: The Alias star will play Miss Marple in a new adaptation of Agatha Christie's crime novels, according to Deadline.

In the 12-book series and in previous screen adaptations, Jane Marple is an ...
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Angela Lansbury: Tom Bosley Was "the Most Warm and Loving Individual"

Much like the kind and reassuring characters he played on Happy Days and Murder, She Wrote, Tom Bosley was "the most warm and loving individual" in real life as well, Angela Lansbury says.

Tom Bosley, Mr. C on Happy Days, dies at 83

"He was just a terrific person to work with," Lansbury tells TVGuide.com of her late Murder co-star. "He was an actor's actor. He felt that the [happier] the atmosphere on the set was, the more we would get done. And of course, he was right. When I say 'get done,' he knew it was what was on the screen ...
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VIDEO: Nikki Blonsky's Dream Role Has Nothing to Do with Singing

What is Hairspray and Huge star Nikki Blonsky's dream job? Not a guest spot on Glee, surprisingly, but a remake of Murder, She Wrote.

"I know a lot of kids don't know what it is, but I love Murder, She Wrote and I love Angela Lansbury. She's my favorite actress," the 21-year-old told TVGuide.com at the Camp Rock 2 premiere.

Huge executive producer: "You don't need to be fat to relate" to series

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