Most actors would be happy to have just one of Lansbury’s three careers, let alone all of them.
Aspiring stars need not panic. All they’ll they need to match her success is Lansbury’s talent, grace, class, craft, beauty, brains, dedication, perseverance and professionalism. So good luck with that.
It’s right to grieve over what our culture has lost with Lansbury’s death. She was a great actor and a class act, and that combination does not come along every day. But we should also celebrate what she accomplished while she was alive, over a remarkable career.
Lansbury became a movie star at 19, garnering an Oscar nomination in 1944 for her first film, "Gaslight," and following that with nods for "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in 1946 and "Manchurian" in 1963 before finally being awarded an honorary Oscar in 2014 “for her extravagant achievements.” And so they were.
The actress reflected on "Gaslight," which she said was one of her favorite roles of her long career.
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