Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves: My Personal Plan for Fitness and Well-Being

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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.

Angela Lansbury, successful film and television actress, stars in this documentary about her personal program for fitness and well-being. The content and writing style are so breezy and light it feels like you are sitting down with auntie Angela for a good chat. If you’re too young to remember, it was a perfect storm of spandex and leg warmers, brought on by Jane Fonda’s Workout Book and Olivia Newton John’s “Physical,” and culminating in every single famous person ever putting out a workout video. Lansbury's philosophy was to stay positive about each new day: "I take these few moments to focus on the day ahead.When I was growing up, women over 60 wore flowered house dresses or polyester twin sets — with a fat string of Barbara Bush beads, if they were being fancy. Also, for such a talent to have not written a high profile memoir, the personal perspectives and stories contained in this work make it essential to any further understanding of her. This book is a mixture of class and comfort, avoiding fads and extremes in favor of gentleness, productivity, and practicality. Her clothes suited her age, but they were something that older women’s clothes hadn’t been for decades: they were becoming.

As Jessica Fletcher, she wore brightly-colored blouses, belted trench coats, fitted blazers, and patterned pashminas. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Her art shaped my life so I am definitely here for good and the old lady just got 96 (I think) so I assume she knows what's up. For some, she’s a film noir femme fatale, and for others, the voice of the teapot in Beauty and the Beast, with starring roles in Broadway’s Mame and Sweeney Todd somewhere in the middle. 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.Though out of print, it is fairly easy to find an inexpensive copy of this wonderful lifestyle and health guide by Angela Lansbury. Angela Lansbury’s career has spanned so many decades that she means very different things to people of different ages. 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.