Angela Lansbury reflects on her great performances on stage and screen

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Angela Lansbury, the Tony Award-winning actor who died in 2022, discussed her storied career spanning Broadway and television in an interview originally broadcast in 1980. The conversation touched on her performances in landmark musicals including Mame, Gypsy, and Sweeney Todd, as well as her iconic role in the television series Murder, She Wrote. Lansbury reflected on the craft of acting across both stage and screen, drawing on decades of experience in an entertainment career that would ultimately span more than seven decades. The piece offers a window into how the performer viewed her own artistic legacy during the middle of her career.