Angela Lansbury will appear posthumously in her last ever film due to be released at the end of this year.
The screen legend, who passed away yesterday at the age of 96, has a cameo in the sequel to the 2019 hit film Knives Out.
Angela is set to play herself in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which also stars Daniel Craig, Kate Hudson and Edward Norton.
It comes after the first film featured a throwback clip of Angela playing the iconic Jessica Fletcher in crime drama Murder She Wrote.
Following the veteran actress' death, the latest Knives Out will also be dedicated to her memory, according to reports.
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Other famous faces set to pop up in the film include Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom and Janelle Monae.
Hugh Grant, Natasha Lyonne and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who voices a clock, will make cameos, as well as Angela.
Although it is another Knives Out film, director Rian Johnson says it is a standalone movie – in case you missed the first which came out in 2019.
It centres around tech billionaire Miles Bron (played by Norton) who invites his friends on a getaway to his private Greek island
But when someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc (played by Craig) is put on the case.
Fans will have to wait until the film drops on Netflix – just before Christmas on December 23 - to see it.
However, it is also being released in UK cinemas a month before for one week only from November 23-29.
Catch it during this seven-day run at Odeon, Cineworld, Vue, plus independent cinemas.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is the first Netflix film to play in all major UK cinemas, marking a significant change for the streaming giant’s release model.
Prior to this, Angela’s last movie role as in 2018 opposite another screen legend Dick van Dyke.
Buttons: A Christmas Tale follows the heart-warming journey of two orphan girls whose only wish is to find a home for Christmas.
With a little help from their guardian angels (van Dyke and Lansbury), they discover miracles can happen when you believe.
The film is available to watch in Amazon in the UK and is the last movie starring Lansbury to be released during her lifetime.
Stars of the entertainment world have been paying tribute to the star, who was made a Dame in 2014.
Frozen actor Josh Gad, who is best known for voicing snowman Olaf in the Frozen films, perhaps put it best.
He tweeted: :It is rare that one person can touch multiple generations, creating a breadth of work that defines decade after decade. #AngelaLansbury was that artist
“From ‘Mame’ to ‘Bedknobs’ to ‘Murder She Wrote’ to ‘B&TB’ to ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ she touched 4 generations. RIP Legend.”
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