But in real life, Dame Angela's life has been nearly as tumultuous as those of her characters.
From fleeing the Nazis as a child, to marrying young only to discover her husband was gay, to rescuing her cat from a fire and her children from a gang of serial killers, to proudly accepting her status as a gay icon.
Angela Lansbury lived a nearly century-long life of adventure, upheaval, and constant reinvention.