Irish Examiner View: Angela Lansbury was a star with a love of Cork

Five-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury had a long association with Cork.

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in 'Murder, She Wrote'. Picture: Randy Marcus/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

The death of Angela Lansbury brings an end to a dazzling show business career, one marked by success from the 1940s onwards.

The term ‘show business’ is a deliberate choice, as Lansbury starred in every medium available to her. Her first film appearance, at 17 years of age, was an Oscar-nominated turn in Gaslight, released during the Second World War. Over 70 years later, she featured in Mary Poppins Returns.