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By John Selby. Because she's best known to a worldwide audience as amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, it would be easy to imagine that Angela Lansbury is indistinguishable from the character she so memorably plays. Certainly, they look alike. At 88 - although you would take her for a woman two decades younger - Angela is dressed today in a silk blouse and tailored trousers, an outfit that is surely hanging in Jessica's wardrobe. And they share the same characteristics: both tilt their head to one side when considering how to answer a question, both see no need to raise their voice to make themselves heard, and a sort of suppressed mischief is detectable in the eyes of both women. The only superficial difference between them is the accent.

By Amelia Proud. Many actresses struggle as they get older, especially if they were pigeon-holed as sex symbols. And that means to have a relevant career in your 50s is sadly still considered impressive these days, but Angela Lansbury proves you can beat the system, even at It's perhaps because the tenacious Lansbury never played the femme fatale in the first place.

When you imagine Angela Lansbury, the first thing that comes to mind is probably her iconic portrayal of Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote. But long before she ever picked up a magnifying glass or starting solving mysteries, Lansbury had a thriving acting career both in the theater and on the silver screen. And in honor of her 90th birthday it's today!

Fletcher, who bounced across her quiet, fictional town of Cabot Cove, Maine, on a modest bicycle, nabbing one murderer after the next to the tune of the pounding keys of her typewriter. She called it creepy. But now, as a year-old woman, Harrison has more than come around to Jessica Fletcher and her crime solving in Cabot Cove.