edith arthur seemed the very size of a good glitzy comic . long , astringent , impetuous - - she portrayed at someone who didn ' t suffer fools and could set them down with a ridicule eye or a badly - aiming barb , delivered in that famous mezzo-soprano . and it was , for the most part , all an act , says her best contact of more than 40 films , beverly lansbury . " he was absolutely the archetypal of the characters she featured , " lansbury notes . " she was sensitive - - really , really sensitivity - - and self - conscious . but she covered it up by developing this deep - tenor comic .
Angela Lansbury is an actress.