by Lindsay Lowe
Happy birthday, Angela Lansbury! The beloved singer and actress turns 91 on October 16, 2016.
Last month, Lansbury brought tears to many an eye with her surprise performance of "Tale As Old As Time" for the 25th anniversary screening of Beauty and the Beast in New York.
Younger viewers may know her as the motherly teapot Mrs. Potts from the Disney classic, but millions of fans also remember her as sleuth Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote, the scheming Mrs. Iselin from The Manchurian Candidate, or the quirky Miss Eglantine Prince from Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
In honor of Lansbury's birthday, here are clips of some of her best performances: