Emma Thompson honors Angela Lansbury at the 2013 Governors Awards

Emma Thompson speaks as part of the award presentation to Honorary Award recipient Angela Lansbury at the 2013 Governors Awards in the Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, CA, Saturday, November 16.

[@harmfullfinn]

You can always trust Emma to give a great speech.

[@FantasticBeasts2024]

To give a good anything - performance, film, script, speech, etc.

[@denisewolf4972]

Yesss, indeed!

[@wdaniel4914]

Yes, but usually overacting!

[@ohmyqueenelizabeth3783]

Straight facts no cap

[@gilangsetyawibawa185]

Mrs.Potts honors Mrs. Potts

[@marcuscameron8274]

Gilang Setyawibawa they also both played Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd

[@StreepMirrenSmith]

A great lady honouring a great lady.

[@Movies4evaa]

Rest in peace Angela Lansbury 😢 Wonderful woman.

[@itgetseasierlessitry]

Thompson is a great actress, authentic in every role, comfortable in her skin; and to the idiots criticising her accent, it is anything but fake: she enjoys the feelings and sounds of words...Innit.

[@ladonnastrang8208]

Yes, "itgetseasierlessitry". Nicely spoken; however you forgot to mention that she is: hyper-smart, hugely successful and highly respected. Just sayin' , La Donna (to the sound of words)...

[@exessex3522]

Who criticises her accent? She was born and London and to me sounds very much as if that's where she comes from. She sounds like my old friend Julia, born and bred and still living in the L.B. of H. & F. I'm from the L.B. of B. & D. myself, so don't sound quite so posh.

[@mariapena1965]

I've always loved Angela Lansbury, but I ADORE Emma Thompson. I have several favorite actresses but Emma, she's at the top of that pedestal! And, I LOVE her accent! I never tire of listening to her speak. And best of all, she's GENUINE! ❤⚘

[@marjanp4784]

I know it's about Angela Lansbury but I must say Emma Thompson is one of the best things that happened to film industry....❤️

[@BlueHooloovoo]

I like Emma's story about the stage crew being so afraid to throw a pie in Angela Lansbury's face because she is a living icon that they respected so much. Personally, I don't think I'd be able to do it either.

[@shawntyler3744]

I can listen to her Magnificent voice telling story all day long.

[@Poseidonblue123]

She can read the instructions how to plump the loo and I will stiII listen.

[@nattybrown]

Long live *DAME* Angela Lansbury!!!! She will always be a legend to me!

[@nattybrown]

And it was announced today that next year she will be DAME Lansbury!!!

[@ccaammiinniiito2]

Did ya know Lansbury has a great set of pipes. She can really hold her own with anyone singing a torch song. Just ask Leslie Uggams.

[@ritawashere5787]

I have to say this I enjoy the show Murder She Wrote because it actually was a fantastic show. Even though Angela Lansbury really was not very good in it. If you watch two shows in various seasons you will see her acting ability is terrible in them. I don't know if she was having mini-strokes while she was acting or what. But if she were delivering a line it would be all wrong she would accent either in the wrong place or make it a question rather than a statement. Really terrible. So I don't want to give her all the Fantastic Kudos that people are quick to. Watch this show and you'll see. I don't hate the woman I'm just saying weren't they paying attention when they were filming the stuff. Perhaps the director was afraid to speak up.

[@janeclarkson8471]

She is lovely. My dad loved her when he was young! Seems like a nice lady!

[@JDUCSUDMU38948]

@@janeclarkson8471 she definitely does!!

[@conniecarroll7222]

Emma should be the host for the Oscars!!

[@phill80]

"That was lunch buggered for the rest of our lives" Had me howling with laughter.

[@historydegree2013]

What song did she saying I couldn’t catch it

[@kailenroy7173]

​@@historydegree2013 bobbing along

[@lillyko5611]

What a lovely friendship, what an amazing speech. Two lovely women.

[@cacampbell3654]

Yes. It takes courage to express such affection and admiration in private, let alone publicly!

[@cacampbell3654]

Yes. It takes courage to express such affection and admiration in private, let alone publicly!

[@rogeriomesquita5797]

I love when she shows how was her reaction when the name of ANGELA Lansbury was suggested.

[@squirtle7G1]

And now Emma Thompson will be voicing Mss. Potts in the live-action adaption of Disney's Beauty and the beast. A role in which their animated film was voiced by Angela Landsbury

[@alexmeyer5260]

And she also played Mrs. Lovett in the Live From Lincoln Center version of Sweeney Todd. Angela Lansbury played the role in the original Broadway production.

[@theangrybirdsfanandstarwar1098]

She also voiced queen elinor from brave

[@eddyvideostar]

R.I.P: Condolences to the family of Angela Lansbury. RIP. We will love and miss you, Angela. 1:30 am in LA.

[@FantasticBeasts2024]

She’s a wonderful story teller.

[@thechameleon808]

Dame Angela Lansbury is an international treasure. A legend, and the epitomy of class!

[@alneal100]

Emma Thompson, international treasure.

[@johnappleseed8898]

God rest Angela. Great speech for a terrific talent.

[@delilahcarpenter2991]

Amazing that anyone could comment on the greatness of Angela Lansbury. But the great and amazing Emma Thompson does it with grace and style as always.

[@francescoroberts3841]

What's wrong with you all, for Christ sake? She's an actress with an RP accent (Received Pronunciation), which is the most proper one to use while speaking. I LOVE IT.

[@pwthcim]

+Francesco Amedei So?

[@alelovelau]

And I wish I talked like her. I love her so much!

[@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona]

Proper is highly subjective and contextual

[@AshaNimo1]

What has accent got to do with This? Lol would you have said the same thing about an american actress lol

[@lindaeasley4336]

@@AshaNimo1 some people get hung up on insignificant things .Its not pronunciation of words that matter , its what's said

[@darthstarkiller1912]

Loved Angela since I was a kid. She has such a wonderful musical voice. I grew with her mainly as Miss Price in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" and of course, Mrs. Potts in "Beauty and the Beast". Long live Angela!

[@aimeekbarker3863]

Me too! Also as J.B. Flechter and Ms Potts. And as her cousin from London

[@mariapena1965]

I loved her in Murder She Wrote.

[@TheNervousnation]

That was truly genuine

[@GreekMythFan7]

One can only imagine how Emma Thompson felt/reacted to play Mrs.Potts in the B&B remake since it is an iconic Angela Lansbury role

[@n.q1158]

Well, she said what she felt at first was utter panic (which is such an Emma-thing to say, really), so she called Angela and told her how afraid she was to sing her iconic song and everything, and Angela told her she could calm down and needed to worry about nothing because she would without question manage to give her own personal and brilliant spin on the character and the song - and so she did. And yes, the same with Sweeney Todd's Mrs Lovett. Emma's is by far my favourite version and anyone who hasn't seen it yet really should!

[@JoFrSc]

What a wonderful, personal and eloquent tribute. From one great lady to another.

[@heroefierro]

Great speech Emma as always.

[@lynettebeckles9842]

Emma Thompson is my favorite! Angela Landry is a warm and kind person, easy to work with.

[@elizabethgalligan1805]

Emma Thompson tells the story very well. Angela Lansbury is a legend! ☺😍👌

[@jeanettesmith765]

Angela Lansbury was so good in Gaslight!

[@larrydirtybird]

I have watched this like once a year since it was first posted. I love these two women so much and the story is so sublime.

[@monikavec]

oh what a beautiful speech!

[@trenis]

that woman is greater than life, mss Lansbury is wonderfull to...

[@maiyahtoxic447]

You will surely be missed Lady Lansbury 😢

[@jamieandkurodo]

Love Emma Thompson and Angela Lansbury. Wonderful women. =]

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

No one gives a better speech than Jodie Foster and Emma Thompson, two of the smartest and wittiest woman in Hollywood

[@arjumandara9437]

siddharth nagar I think we have similar tastes. I love both of them too.

[@KitKat-7417]

she's so funny. I want her to adopt me.

[@baboom007]

Lovey Mills If she adopts you u can't fuck her

[@KitKat-7417]

Amen!

[@cacampbell3654]

+Adi Adrian: Why would Emma Thompson ever want anything to do with someone who so obviously cares so little about how they treat her?

[@KitKat-7417]

it was a joke. and honestly i think if i met her she would be more of a mother figure than anything else. which would rock

[@michaelahuskova4573]

I want to adopt her!

[@mac_c]

Both Emma and Angela are class acts.

[@Davidonaa]

Absolutely fantastic speech.

[@XsweetstarliteX]

I love emma thompson

[@jrfields321]

Great story Emma! Love ya Angela!

[@alexmeyer5260]

As of this year, Emma Thompson will now have recreated two of Angela Lansbury's most iconic roles: Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Potts in Beauty And The Beast.

[@kathypaulsen8367]

A college friend interviewed Angela for his dissertation many years ago and gushed about how gracious and kind she was.

[@beawild]

Two classy ladies.

[@anneg2107]

My mum was very fund of Emma Thompson and even she could not understand what she's saying she was was fond of Angela and Emma !!!

[@operabilia]

Amazing performance Emma! LOVE You! Blessings!

[@ThelouwseFD]

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful !Two legends !

[@markh9749]

A beautiful story told from the heart by one talented actress about another. What it captures about them both is a sense of fun and a taste for the irreverent. It's not a bad way to remember Dame Angela Lansbury is it? Hers was a long life, well lived, in which she touched the lives of all who met her or saw her perform. She was a wonderful character actress and as a human being, quite wonderfully herself.

[@LhenChua]

Thank you Dame Emma for giving such a great message to Ms Angela...

[@elle6182]

Oh my gosh I love Emma and Angela enough and then the camera panned to Kristin and I died oh my

[@p.haffner4468]

Great speech Ms. Thompson!! I always heard Ms. Lansbury has a great sense of humor. Lansbury is quite the lady and is the BEST Actress of our time .

[@larrydirtybird]

All one has to do is watch her bone-chilling performance in The Manchurian Candidate to know that is true. What a shame that Hollywood never fully took advantage of her magnificent acting talent.

[@boblowney]

One legend honoring in the best possible way another legend.

[@matthewstyles37]

What a wonderful tribute to an icon. Makes me cry x

[@NicholasJonas4Eva16]

This makes me wanna cry 😢 so beautiful 😭💓

[@sunflower9726]

This woman is really something special!

[@shawnahall957]

Beautiful tribute, fr one super classy legend to another, oh! love them both so much...

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

I didn't know Emma Thompson was hot until i saw her speaking on TV. She's overwhelming.

[@cacampbell3654]

Yes, she is phenomenally skilled as a communicator!

[@ariannaadornowilliams9780]

Rest in Power Angela!!

[@cheryltiseo9826]

Love them both Angela and Emma!!!

[@DiaryOfALesbianGamer]

We are always a kid at heart, we just have to feel ok to let us be. Glad you guys had so much fun. ❤

[@michaelmuldowney8]

"Get A Grip" did nobody get that joke !!!!

[@bevievalda928]

I got it!

[@lisakaz35]

I wondered about that. Guess she shoulda added "or a gaffer" for those not hip.

[@phoenixfriend]

Love both of them. Two lovely and very talented women.

[@karip6237]

Angela Lansbury singing “Bobbing Along”... good heavens 😭

[@davespencer2919]

She was beautiful I remember my grandma who passed putting on bed knobs and broom sticks and I always remember watching it and I thought of my nana she said she looks lovely like your nana just like Angela and I see her smile those beautiful eyes my gran was fantastic my nan still alive and she a pain but I love her and I'd like to place this as award and remembrance to my gran and to say I love you nana so much al though I've never been there for you you will always remember me of my gran the loveliness but i will always love you xxxxx thanks Angela to remember the ones you love

[@angela.saez.1610]

We'll deserved honor. Wonderful, espectacular human being and actress.

[@lillystylinson2660]

OMG i love her accent

[@septentrionalem]

It's like Mrs. Potts honouring the original Mrs. Potts

[@alexmeyer5260]

And Mrs. Lovett honoring the original Mrs. Lovett.

[@doug.newton]

Wow what a story, I love them both

[@jslasher1]

Wonderful speech.

[@juliopaillesamor4223]

bella Emma!

[@drjenscully]

What a speech! Love it. Cried laughing 😂

[@koraldavis3474]

That was a great moment between those two women

[@kimichan5]

THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

[@rhodacormier5889]

Angela Lansbury is the best!!❤️❤️❤️

[@MrShu77]

Angela rocks. Period.

[@alejandro6239]

I love Angela and Emma!!.. Both are incredible and talented actress.. :3

[@oldladyjamz]

This is gold.

[@Sunvalleycode]

May she rest in peace ❤

[@emanuilgornenski1270]

Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote = FOREVER

[@angemaidment5640]

The moment Emma called her “Ange” I felt validated 😍😍😍

[@Eugeniadella]

Gorgeous accent.... well educated & proper..... slice of the moon... cheers to Ms Landsbury. Love her!

[@ladymcfabulous]

Emma always admits that she is sloshed every time. 'Who wants to sit through a 8 hour load of old shit sober?!' Love her!

[@EphemeralProductions]

Lmao!!! 🤣

[@ricardocampello369]

Beautiful tribute, but the Academy has owed an Oscar for best supporting actress to Angela Lansbury for The Manchurian Candidate.

[@susieusmaximus5330]

I don't know, Patty Duke's performance in "The Miracle Worker" was also pretty amazing. Mainly this points up that the whole idea of pitting actors and performances against each other is kind of silly, and the award is more a crap shoot than a genuine indicator of anything.

[@shelbybutler9714]

Lovely, sweet, and funny tribute. Perfect for Angela Lansbury.

[@hallson2917]

Angela Lansbury Rest in Peace!

[@oilyloy2780]

A wonderful woman talking about another wonderful woman. ❤

[@pipaygarcia]

Aw great speech

[@Jdosdmhdhfudij]

from one fantastic lady to another

[@tommoclement]

Love Emma.

[@georgepopa1595]

Briliant words i luv u ema

[@bipolarmom2]

One cannot be a legend until they die

[@deanj1981]

Emma your great xxx

[@inberala]

Well said!!!

[@timtobias6541]

LMAO!!! These two women are icons & who better to to honor another than Emma to Angela

[@stefaniepoetting1255]

I could easyly belive that two so brolliant Actresses like Angela Lansbury and Emma Thompson make easily make friends after they worked together. and to hear miss Thompson honoured Miss Lansbury is a great Joy. Because no one can work with words like she does. She can talk abaut a Phone book and you would laugh and be amused she is brilliant. and indeed Angela Lansbury is a gread person to speak about. Thank You for this Video

[@anneg2107]

and I love Emma

[@Conor3914]

That 'Get a Grip' joke went over the audiences heads 😂 Like the punch line was so well placed 😂

[@629jo]

Great speech Emma!! As a Hong Kong people, I really love her accent and I was trying to learn that! (but failed...) To me, I think this is her character. um.. Indeed, there is no use to criticize on this tiny little thing.

[@annisanegara5399]

And both of them are Mrs Potts , love the animation and live action . And RIP Angela

[@erinmacarthur7336]

I hope to have this kind of reaction when the Oscars honored me in my long lived career, can't wait to travel with Wendy and Tim plus Brio integrated theater next year because The Real Me is coming to London sometime in mid May

[@anneg2107]

I love Angela !!!