Dame Angela Lansbury is to be honoured with a Volta Award at the forthcoming Audi Dublin Film Festival in February.
People of a certain generation may be aware of the 90-year-old's TV roles in the likes of Murder She Wrote, but her 75-year-long career has spanned huge roles in film and on stage, including 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1945), 'The Manchurian Candidate' (1962), 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' (1971) and many more. She spent time living in Cork in the 1970s.
She'll be presented with a Volta Award by President Michael D. Higgins on Sunday, February 21st, where she will also take part in a public interview with RTE's Aedín Gormley at Dublin's Bord Gais Energy Theatre from 3pm.
Tickets are on sale from usual outlets now, priced €42.50, €36, €32 and €20.
“It's a huge delight to welcome Dame Angela Lansbury to Dublin to discuss her life and career on stage and to accept our Festival Tribute Award, the Volta," said Festival Director Gráinne Humphreys. ”A legend whose first films were the classics Gaslight and The Picture of Dorian Gray, from the chilling The Manchurian Candidate to Disney favourites Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Beauty and the Beast and Anastasia, Dame Lansbury has created an indelible impression on world cinema.”