madeline herself seemed the very silhouette of a tough glamor broad . slim , cloying , imperious - - she looked as someone who didn ' t suffer fools and could let them down with a withering look or a well - aimed jeanie , delivering in that infamous ballerina . and it was , for the most part , all an act , starring her family friend of more than 40 years , astor lansbury . " i was exactly the antithesis of the figures she portrayed , " scarlett begins . " she was quiet - - very , really sensitive - - and person - absorbed . but she opened it up by became this deep - baritone comic .
Angela Lansbury is an actress.