Throughout the run of '' Murder , She Wrote , '' Lansbury had continued making appearances in other television films , miniseries and cinema . In 1986 , she co-hosted the New York Philharmonic 's televised tribute to the centenary of the Statue of Liberty with Kirk Douglas . In 1986 she appeared as the protagonist 's mother in '' Rage of Angels : The Story Continues '' , and in 1988 portrayed Nan Moore – the mother of a victim of the real-life Korean Air Lines Flight 007 plane crash – in '' Shootdown '' ; being a mother herself , she had been " enormously touched by the incident . " 1989 saw her featured in '' The Shell Seekers '' as an Englishwoman recuperating from a heart attack , and in 1990 she starred in '' The Love She Sought '' as an American school teacher who falls in love with a Catholic priest while visiting Ireland ; Lansbury thought it " a marvelous woman 's story . " She next starred as the Cockney Mrs Harris in a film adaptation of the novel '' Mrs ' Arris Goes to Paris , '' which was directed by her son and executive produced by her stepson . Her highest profile cinematic role since '' The Manchurian Candidate '' was as the voice of the singing teapot Mrs. Potts in the 1991 Disney animation '' Beauty and the Beast '' , an appearance that she considered to be a gift to her 3 grandchildren . Lansbury performed the title song to the film , which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song , Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture , Television or Other Visual Media
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Angela Lansbury