Film icon Angela Lansbury has passed away at the age of 96. Her family released a statement saying, “The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 a.m. today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday,” her family says. “In addition to her three children, Anthony, Deirdre and David, she is survived by three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine and Ian, plus five great grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury,” the statement adds. “She was proceeded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw. A private family ceremony will be held at a date to be determined.”

The Oscar nominated actress is best known for her role as Jessica Fletcher in the long-running CBS TV series, “Murder, She Wrote.” She had a wide acting range, playing the venomous mother in the 1962 “The Manchurian Candidate” to voicing the sweet role of Mrs. Potts in “Beauty and the Beast.” The star was also known for her plethora of iconic Broadway roles such as “Gaslight” and “Anyone Can Whistle.”

Lansbury had an incredibly successful career, earning three Oscar nominations, one of them being just before she turned 20 years old for her movie debut “Gaslight” in 1944. She also went on to collect 5 Tony Awards, 6 Golden Globe Awards, and 11 Emmy nominations.

“I love this industry and I love being in it,” Lansbury said in a 1998 interview with the Archives of American Television.

At 92, Lansbury stared in PBS’s “Little Women,” and when asked if that would be her final act, she said “I know at 92 I should be thinking in terms of swanning out, but I don’t know if you have the energy and the enthusiasm and the interest, I don’t think you ever really stop.”