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Mary Florence Potts was born in Ottumwa, Iowa on November 1, 1850, to Jacob Hanec Webber (from Pennsylvania) and Anna Nancy McGinley (from Pennsylvania). [1] She married Joseph Hunt Potts, a man 17 years older than she, at the age of 17 on June 7, 1868, in Ottumwa, Iowa. Her first child was born in 1869, a son she named Oscero.
Angela Lansbury, who had been known for playing many "despicable" characters throughout her Broadway career, noted that in the aftermath of her film role as Mrs Potts, children no longer hid behind their parents in fear when around her, and instead treated her like a heroine. [2]
Potts was born in Nashville, Tennessee, [2] the third child of Dorothy Harris (née Billingslea) and Powell Grisette Potts. She has two older sisters. She has two older sisters. They grew up in Franklin, Kentucky , where she graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School in 1970.
Lansbury lent her talents as a voice actress to Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) as Mrs. Potts, who sang the titular song in the film, as well as Anastasia (1997). She acted sporadically throughout various films, TV shows, and stage productions throughout the next two and a half decades, including playing the wicked Great Aunt Adelaide in ...
The name Pott was changed to Potts and the character of Mimsie was written out as it was felt a burgeoning romance would serve the story better. Caractacus' film character is a widower who develops a romantic relationship with Truly Scrumptious, the daughter of the sweets magnate, Lord Scrumptious. The film also expunged the naval commander ...
Actress and Broadway icon Angela Lansbury died on Tuesday, October 11. She was 96. Celebrity Deaths: Stars We've Lost in 2022 Read article “The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to ...
Melissa Newman was born in Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California, the daughter of famous American actors Joanne Woodward (born 1930), and Paul Newman (1925-2008), and the younger sister of Elinor Teresa ("Nell") Newman (born 1959, as a child actress also known under the name of Nell Potts), and a younger sister, Claire Olivia ("Clea") Newman (born 1965).
Truly Scrumptious is introduced as she swerves her car into a pond to avoid children Jeremy and Jemima. Truly takes them home to their father, an absent-minded inventor named Caractacus Potts, and ends up having an argument over his child-rearing methods. She leaves, but not before inspecting Caractacus' inventions, including a sweet-making ...