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Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

ActingBorn October 16, 1925Died October 11, 2022 (age 96)London, England, UK

Biography

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was a British-American actress and singer who has appeared in theater, television, and film roles. Her career was spanned almost eight decades, much of it in the United States. Her work has received international attention. Her first film appearance was in the 1944 film Gaslight as a conniving maid, for which she received an Academy Award nomination. Among her other films are The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Beauty and the Beast (1991), and Anastasia (1997). She expanded her repertoire to Broadway musicals and television in the 1950s and was particularly successful in Broadway productions of Gypsy, Mame and Sweeney Todd. Lansbury is perhaps best known to modern audiences for her 12 year run as writer and sleuth Jessica Fletcher on the U.S. television series Murder, She Wrote, in which she starred from 1984 to 1996. Her recent roles include Lady Adelaide Stitch in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee, Leona Mullen in the 2007 Broadway play Deuce, Madame Arcati in the 2009 Broadway revival of the play Blithe Spirit and Madame Armfeldt in the 2010 Broadway revival of the musical A Little Night Music. Respected for her versatility, Lansbury has won five Tony Awards, six Golden Globes, an Honorary Academy Award, and has been nominated for numerous other industry awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on three occasions, and eighteen Emmy Awards.

Filmography

2023
Commitment to Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022Movie
2021
Show of Titles

as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

Movie
2018
Mary Poppins Returns

as Balloon Lady

Movie
2018
Buttons

as Rose

Movie
2018
The Grinch

as Mayor McGerkle (voice)

Movie
2018Movie
2018
Howard

as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)

Movie
2017
Little Women

as Aunt March

TV
2017Movie
2015Movie
2015
Driving Miss Daisy

as Daisy Werthan

Movie
2013
Six by Sondheim

as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)

Movie
2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins

as Mrs. Van Gundy

Movie
2009Movie
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2008
Heidi 4 Paws

as Grandmother (voice)

Movie
2007
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2007
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2005
Nanny McPhee

as Aunt Adelaide

Movie
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)

Movie
2005TV
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II

as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")

Movie
2004Movie
2004Movie
2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures

as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")

Movie
2003Movie
2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2002
The Cockettes

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough

Movie
2000
On Cukor

as Self

Movie
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Fantasia 2000

as Self - Host

Movie
1999TV
1999Movie
1999Movie
1998
Glorious Technicolor

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1997
Anastasia

as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)

Movie
1997Movie
1997Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1996
Mrs. Santa Claus

as Mrs. Santa Claus

Movie
1996TV
1995Movie
1995
Your Studio and You

as Angela Lansbury

Movie
1994
Touched by an Angel

as Lady Penelope Berrington

TV
1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1994
That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

Movie
1993TV
1992
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

as Mrs. Ada Harris

Movie
1992Movie
1992TV
1992
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture

as Self - Chanteuse

Movie
1992Movie
1991
Beauty and the Beast

as Mrs. Potts (voice)

Movie
1991Movie
1990
The Love She Sought

as Agatha McGee

Movie
1989
The Shell Seekers

as Penelope Keeling

Movie
1988
Shootdown

as Nan Moore

Movie
1986Movie
1986TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Jessica Fletcher

TV
1984Movie
1984TV
1984
Lace

as Aunt Hortense Boutin

TV
1983Movie
1983
A Talent for Murder

as Ann Royce McClain

Movie
1983Movie
1982
The Last Unicorn

as Mommy Fortuna (voice)

Movie
1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last

as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

TV
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Jessica Fletcher

TV
1980
The Mirror Crack'd

as Miss Marple

Movie
1979
The Lady Vanishes

as Miss Froy

Movie
1978
Death on the Nile

as Salome Otterbourne

Movie
1975Movie
1974
That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1971Movie
1971TV
1970
Something for Everyone

as Countess Herthe von Ornstein

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1967TV
1966Movie
1965
Harlow

as Mama Jean Bello

Movie
1965Movie
1965
Dear Heart

as Phyllis

Movie
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Elfie van Donck

TV
1964Movie
1963TV
1963Movie
1962Movie
1962
All Fall Down

as Annabell Willart

Movie
1961
Blue Hawaii

as Sarah Lee Gates

Movie
1960Movie
1960
A Breath of Scandal

as Countess Lina

Movie
1958
The Reluctant Debutante

as Mabel Claremont

Movie
1958
The Long, Hot Summer

as Minnie Littlejohn

Movie
1956
Claire

as Vera Wayne

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host / Performer

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host/Presenter

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner / Presenter

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host / Presenter

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter / Winner

TV
1956
Please Murder Me

as Myra Leeds

Movie
1955
The Court Jester

as Princess Gwendolyn

Movie
1955
A Lawless Street

as Tally Dickenson

Movie
1955TV
1955
The Purple Mask

as Madame Valentine

Movie
1955
A Life at Stake

as Doris Hillman

Movie
1955
Stage 7

as Vanessa Peters

TV
1954
Climax!

as Justina Marshall

TV
1954
Climax!

as Judith Beresford

TV
1954TV
1953
Remains to Be Seen

as Valeska Chauvel

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953
General Electric Theater

as Daphne Rutledge

TV
1952TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Joan Robinson

TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Mrs. Hallerton

TV
1952
Mutiny

as Leslie Waldridge

Movie
1952
Today

as Self

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Penelope Keeling

TV
1951TV
1951
Kind Lady

as Mrs. Edwards

Movie
1950TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Self - Intermission Guest

TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Lucy Landor

TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Tina Rafferty

TV
1950TV
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

TV
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Christine Manson

TV
1949Movie
1949
The Red Danube

as Audrey Quail

Movie
1949TV
1948Movie
1948
State of the Union

as Kay Thorndyke

Movie
1948
Tenth Avenue Angel

as Susan Bratten

Movie
1947
If Winter Comes

as Mabel Sabre

Movie
1947
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

as Clotilde de Marelle

Movie
1946
Till the Clouds Roll By

as London Specialty

Movie
1946
The Hoodlum Saint

as Dusty Millard

Movie
1946Movie
1945Movie
1945
National Velvet

as Edwina Brown

Movie
1944
Gaslight

as Nancy

Movie
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 16, 1925
Day of DeathOctober 11, 2022
Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
Popularity2.4