Angela Lansbury worked on her first film set at the age of 17 — and for the rest of her life, she never really slowed down. In fact, she continued appearing on stage and screen well into her 90s. "The bottom line is I really don't know how to relax to the degree that I could just stop," she told CBS in 2009. "So, when something comes along and is presented to me and I think, 'I could have some fun doing that,' or I think, 'I could bring something to that,' I'll do it."
A few years later, at the age of 86, Lansbury was still going strong after having both hips and knees replaced. "[My stamina] keeps coming back, and I can't account for it," she told The Gentlewoman. "I don't have a routine or a regimen." Her only explanation was that her grandfather, a well-known British politician, used to walk all over London to visit constituents. She said, "I think stamina is built into my constitution."
In 2018, at 93 years old, she appeared in her final film, "Buttons," a musical that also starred Dick Van Dyke.
