She left us without writing a full memoir, so we must be grateful for the few stories about growing up in England, balancing professional successes with personal struggles, etc. I have been mourning Angela Lansbury, my Hollywood grandmother, these last few months, and having recently turned 40 myself I decided it was a good time to check in on her program for “fitness and well-being” in one’s later years.

Much of the advice seems to be good advice to talk, although there were a few things I disagreed with as something I would want to do, personally. I think about each demand that will present itself in the coming day, and I visualize myself meeting it easily and well. Read all Angela Lansbury, successful film and television actress, stars in this documentary about her personal program for fitness and well-being. Some moments are amusing, such as when Lansbury introduces us to "land swimming", an exercise move she came up with herself, and "moving freely", where she manages to keep a straight face while dancing in a peach-colored jumpsuit to the tape's synthesizer background music.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. This book is a mixture of class and comfort, avoiding fads and extremes in favor of gentleness, productivity, and practicality. Angela Lansbury’s career has spanned so many decades that she means very different things to people of different ages. As Jessica Fletcher, she wore brightly-colored blouses, belted trench coats, fitted blazers, and patterned pashminas. Delacorte Press released the book in 1990, following on the heels of Lansbury’s successful VHS workout tape of the same name that capitalized on the celebrity workout craze of the 80s and 90s.

I read this in preparation of an "in memorial" episode about Lansbury for my podcast, Advanced TV Herstory. All written content, unless otherwise noted as being quotes, has been written and copyrighted by me. Published in 1990, Lansbury's thoughts on managing her weight, moods, effects of aging and staying mentally healthy are mostly timeless.Her clothes suited her age, but they were something that older women’s clothes hadn’t been for decades: they were becoming. Angela Lansbury, successful film and television actress, stars in this documentary about her personal program for fitness and well-being. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Right from a childhood of dancing across Regents Park in a toga, Lansbury had a positive, practical approach to life. Though out of print, it is fairly easy to find an inexpensive copy of this wonderful lifestyle and health guide by Angela Lansbury.It was so well-liked by senior citizens that it pretty much single-handedly changed the way older women dress. The tape gives us a look into a typical day off for Lansbury: in addition to exercising and stretching, she takes a walk, polishes her Mercedes, goes for a swim, kneads bread, does a bit of gardening, enjoys a cup of tea, and takes a bubble bath where she reveals that she believes "femininity and sexuality go hand-in-hand" and talks a bit about keeping romance alive after menopause. Lansbury did exactly what she said she would do in this book - she answered fans who asked her "What do you do. One star lost for typical anti-fatness to be expected from a “fitness book”, particularly of its era.