Farewell to the "Lady in Yellow". This is how Angela Lansbury was known, the actress who died today at 96.

The sad announcement was made by the family, a statement read: "Dame Angela Lansbury's children are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1.30 am today, Tuesday 11 October. , just five days after his 97th birthday ".

Born in London, class of 1925, she was known by the general public for playing Jessica Fletcher, the protagonist of the successful TV series "The Lady in Yellow" who turned from a writer to an investigator.

Lansbury starred in cinema and was nominated for an Oscar for several times : with the films "Anguish" in 1944, with "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" in 1945 and with "Go and Kill" in 1962. was awarded a Lifetime Achievement in 2014.

(Unioneonline / ss)