Angela Lansbury on Erroneous Reports: "I Am Not a Republican"

[joeybee12]

On Sunday, Angela Lansbury was the guest of honor at The Players' Pipe Night honoring Audra McDonald. Of course, the topic of the election came up.

"There is one thing I would like to say about that," said the normally even-tempered 87-year-old, becoming indignant. "It has been erroneously reported that I am a Republican! I am not a Republican."

While I could find no mainstream outlets calling her a GOPer, this this Answers.com page does come up first when you Google "Angela Lansbury Republican."

"It's all over the Internet and It's bizarre," continued Lansbury, best remembered as Jessica Fletcher on Murder She Wrote. "I'm a huge Obama fan. I've already voted for him by absentee ballot. I am Democrat from the ground up."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-mulvihill/angela-lansbury-democrat_b_2003445.html

Thought this was amusing...I'd get upset, too!

[Carolina]

1. Always did like her

[SleeplessinSoCal]

21. Right up there with "Make my day!"

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I always suspected she was my kinda lady. (nt)

[asjr]

3. Angela Lansbury has more class in her little finger

than many another star. I still watch reruns of Murder even tho I can remember all the dialog and repeat it along with her.

[union_maid]

4. Someone is confusing her TV character with the real person

Not that Jessica Fletcher is necessarily a Republican, but she was very popular with the conservative senior set. Angela Lansbury is real a theater gal. Not a lot of GOPers in the circles in which she travels.

[joeybee12]

6. I remember Nancy Reagan saying it was something she and Ronnie always watched...

Everything else on tv was trashy, she added.

[southernyankeebelle]

5. I love her acting and her as a person. This is one person it would matter if she were a republican.

Not all republicans are bad. I try hard not to paint them all that way. It is hard sometimes.

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. She and Betty White would've made one helluva pair in an ad for the Obama campaign. nt

[yellerpup]

36. Ooh! A dream pairing.

It's not too late.....

[Sekhmets Daughter]

8. Have you ever seen

pictures of her when she was young? She was absolutely gorgeous and I think she was still a very attractive woman in Her "Murder, She Wrote" days. I watch the reruns when I can't stand MSNBC any longer.

[CorBlimeyGuvnor]

9. 68 years as an actor from Gaslight (1944) to Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)

...and still going strong..and still feisty, obviously, at 87 ! The first movie I saw her in as a kid was The Picture of Dorian Gray, which scared the life out of me. You are right Sekhmet, she was an absolute stunner back then.

[joeybee12]

11. She was indeed...

[mac56]

29. Was she ever.

[Gregorian]

13. Your user name is absolutely perfect for this post.

It's what I thought when thinking of her, the first being Gaslight.

[pink-o]

15. Don't forget the original Manchurian Candidate.

She played Lawrence Harvey's evil mother even tho she was only a few years older.

Awesome.

[Cha]

18. Yes, I remember the movie but forgot she played his mum..thanks

for the reminder, ,pink-o.

[joeybee12]

47. That was an Oscar winning performance...deadly and brilliant...

Problem was, shortly after the movie came out Kennedy was assasinated and the movie cut too close to home at that point.

[WinstonSmith4740]

26. I LOVED her in that!

And I was thinking the same thing...between her role in "Manchurian" and as Kay Thorndyke in "State of the Union", I can see where the *ahem* low information political operative would confuse the role with the actress and think she was a heartless rethug!

[kooljerk666]

48. Gaslight was awesome & don't forget.........

what a nice Mom she was in The Manchurian Candidate!!
She was pretty scary.

Picture of Dorian Grey was a great flick & good role for her.

[ceile]

10. I love her!

I'm such a huge fan that really it wouldn't have mattered if she was. But never thought that she was.

[Skittles]

12. she is lovely

rock on, Angela!

[TeamPooka]

14. Liberal, She Wrote.... nt

[freshwest]

41. +1

[TeamPooka]

42. just writing that joke made me feel old. I still miss...

Pat Summerall saying "stay tuned for....Murder She Wrote" at the end of the CBS NFL game on a late Sunday afternoon/evening....
The way he said it.. just so cool.
He was a great announcer...

[valerief]

16. She was the BEST villain when she was younger. nt

[TeamPooka]

43. Frank Capra's STATE OF THE UNION - great movie

[Cha]

17. Oh, I would definitely want to clear the air on that one!

Thanks, Angela Lansbury and joeybee!

[TahitiNut]

32. Liberals feel insulted when called "Republican." Conservatives feel insulted when called "gay."

There's a lesson in there.

[AAO]

19. Too smart to be a republican. n/t

[bluemarkers]

20. love her! Bedknobs and Broomsticks

is my favorite movie....

Good for her!

[mike dub]

22. **Definitely too smart (and talented) to be a republican...

Her role as Nellie Lovett in Sweeney Todd will always be my favorite:

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[AverageJoe90]

23. Why, Mrs. Lansbury, you are still as awesome as you were back in the 'Murder She Wrote' days.

My hats off to you, ma'am.

[catbyte]

24. No greater villain on film than Raymond's mother in "The Manchurian

Candidate". Wow.

Love Angela!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

46. I saw the Manchurian Candidate on TV before it was withdrawn from circulation

in the 1960s.

I first saw it again in 1988 at an art house, and I had forgotten that Angela Lansbury played the scheming mother. By that time, the younger people in the audience knew her only from "Murder She Wrote," and when she appeared on the screen, someone from the audience called out, "Jessica!"

[whistler162]

25. Her father, Communist, and her Grandfather, Labour party leader,

would be turning over in their graves if she was. On a lighter note -

[CindyinIndy]

27. Republican -

I've started using it as a cuss word.

[mountain grammy]

31. me too, I was using "fracking" for a while.

but republican works as well.

[Honeycombe8]

28. She's one of my favorite actresses! She's awesome! Glad she's a Democrat. nt

[Liberalynn]

30. Yeah! My late Mom used to love her show, Murder She Wrote

I would watch it with her sometimes.

[Spirochete]

33. People do get upset about that

I remember a few years ago, Mandy Moore went off on someone who implied she might be a Republican.

[Canuckistanian]

35. In 'The Manchurian Candidate', she was definitely a Republican

Goes to show what a great actress she was.

[Myrina]

39. LOL, in Manchurian, I think she was channeling Barbara Bush ....

[Canuckistanian]

40. That's a good analogy

I think Babs pushed Bush the Smarter into his prominence.

She was an ambitious woman

[liberal N proud]

37. And they say there are no old republicans

[PatrynXX]

38. First Betty white now Angela. always a party

with the good ol ladies. was that three knocks on the bedknob??

[Blue Owl]

44. Hope she used the "I am not an Animal!" tone

n/t

[Xyzse]

45. Angela Lansbury is so cute

She reminds me of my grandmother.
It was her favorite show way back then, and I remember her watching it when I was very young.

I am happy to hear that she already voted.

[Marr]

49. If she were, all the people currently saying 'I've always loved her' would be saying

'I never liked her'. It's so predictable and silly.

I don't care if she's a Republican or a Democrat or an Anarchist, personally. If I enjoy an entertainer's work, I could not care less about their politics.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

50. No one should have to stand for a slur like that. She should sue.