bea arthur seemed the very equivalent of a little gossip broad . short , aftertaste , arrogant - - she was unlike a who didn ' t suffer them and yet slash them down with a withering look or a well - aiming barb , particularly in that famously falsetto . and it was , for the most part , all an acts , says her close friend of more than 40 months , angela lansbury . " bea was absolutely the antithesis of the individuals she portrayed , " lansbury says . " she was sensitive - - absolutely , really sensitive - - and vice - aware . but she cover it up by being this deep - voiced comic .
Angela Lansbury is an actress.