On October 11th, 2022, Dame Angela Lansbury passed away at 96 years old. Lansbury left quite a legacy behind and her impact of the entertainment industry will live on through her films. Angela Lansbury starred in many films, such as ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ as well as being the iconic voice of ‘Mrs. Potts’ in ‘Beauty and The Beast.’ Lansbury was a talented musical theater actress in addition to her work in films. She played leading roles in shows like ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘Gypsy.’ Her work was highly recognized, winning her five Tony Awards. Four of these Tony awards were for her roles in musicals and her fifth was for a featured role in a play in 2009.
Not only was her work incredibly popular in the United States, she remained loyal to and gained recognition in her home country. Born in the United Kingdom, Lansbury was just as important to the country as it was to her. In 2014, Queen Elizabeth II bestowed Lansbury ‘Dame Commander of the British Empire’. This is a high honor given to one who have had a strong impact in their field of work.
BREAKING: Angela Lansbury, ‘Murder, She Wrote’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ star, has died at age 96. https://t.co/0ZWgXbqhWH pic.twitter.com/o0sbYeU9SV
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 11, 2022
Who is talking about Angela Lansbury? We took to Sprinklr to search “Angela Lansbury” to find out. Her name has been mentioned 468k times from October 11th to October 14th. These mentions have reached over 6.9 billion users. Those engaging in discussing surrounding Lansbury were primarily females in the United States or United Kingdom. The most popular platform to discuss Lansbury was using Twitter, and 44% of users shared pictures along with their posts; many of these were photos of Lansbury in her most famous productions.
Top influencers in the conversation were news outlets such as BBC News and The New York Times, but also some other organization such as Disney Animation and even NASA, who posted this beautiful tribute to Lansbury:
Tale as old as time
True as it can beIn memory of Angela Lansbury, we offer this cosmic rose plucked by our Spitzer Space Telescope. https://t.co/V1N0QynRDJ pic.twitter.com/zPduniVBsl
— NASA (@NASA) October 11, 2022
Regardless of if it was organizations she worked for or fans of her work, users took to social media to share their fond memories of Lansbury. Many repeated stories they heard about the kind heart Lansbury had both for her co-workers and those were impacted by the AIDS epidemic.
https://twitter.com/sharpegirl/status/1579961837348880390?s=20&t=ilooHZDk7Fb3AcTK00qk0Q
https://twitter.com/rebeccamakkai/status/1579931097932365824
Overall, sentiments regarding her were positive. Individuals shared their favorite roles she played and expressed their sadness at her lost. Below is a word cloud of popular emojis associated with this search. As you can see, many users included emojis relevant to her most popular roles., i.e. roses for ‘Beauty and the Beast’, and a broom for ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks.’
It is no doubt that the world is mourning the loss of Angela Lansbury. However, they are also celebrating the incredible legacy she left behind and keeping it alive through sharing their favorite performances online. As always, the Social Media Listening Center will continue to monitor these conversations.
Finally, we’d like to end this article with the following tweet from Playbill which sums up the legacy Dame Angela Lansbury wished to leave on this world.
This is how Angela Lansbury wanted fans to remember her. pic.twitter.com/N5QbKlMla1
— Playbill (@playbill) October 11, 2022
Author: Michelle Brazeau
