Name
Angela Lansbury
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-10-16
Deathday
2022-10-11 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
Knives Out
(14,648 Votes)
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When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85...
Relase Date : 27 Nov, 2019
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Nanny McPhee
(3,298 Votes)
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Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who h...
Relase Date : 21 Oct, 2005
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Mary Poppins Returns
(3,543 Votes)
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Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them...
Relase Date : 13 Dec, 2018
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Fantasia 2000
(1,403 Votes)
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Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' rest...
Relase Date : 1 Jan, 2000
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(7,278 Votes)
7.018
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery s...
Relase Date : 23 Nov, 2022
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Death on the Nile
(962 Votes)
7.156
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found mur...
Relase Date : 29 Sep, 1978
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
(3,261 Votes)
5.98
Tom Popper is a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really import...
Relase Date : 17 Jun, 2011
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1962 The Manchurian Candidate as Mrs. Iselin
- 1982 The Last Unicorn as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
- 2002 The Cockettes as Self (archive footage)
- 1991 Beauty and the Beast as Mrs. Potts (voice)
- 1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told as Claudia
- 2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
- 1978 Death on the Nile as Salome Otterbourne
- 1979 The Lady Vanishes as Miss Froy
- 2005 Nanny McPhee as Aunt Adelaide
- 1980 The Mirror Crack'd as Miss Marple
- 1965 Harlow as Mama Jean Bello
- 1955 The Court Jester as Princess Gwendolyn
- 2004 Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
- 1984 The Company of Wolves as Granny
- 1997 Anastasia as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
- 1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Miss Price
- 1948 State of the Union as Kay Thorndyke
- 1997 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas as Mrs. Potts (voice)
- 1944 Gaslight as Nancy
- 1958 The Long, Hot Summer as Minnie Littlejohn
- 1946 The Harvey Girls as Em
- 1948 The Three Musketeers as Queen Ann
- 1949 The Red Danube as Audrey Quail
- 1949 Samson and Delilah as Semadar
- 1955 A Lawless Street as Tally Dickenson
- 1983 The Pirates of Penzance as Ruth
- 1958 The Reluctant Debutante as Mabel Claremont
- 1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray as Sibyl Vane
- 1956 Please Murder Me as Myra Leeds
- 1945 National Velvet as Edwina Brown
- 1946 Till the Clouds Roll By as London Specialty
- 1961 Blue Hawaii as Sarah Lee Gates
- 1964 The World of Henry Orient as Isabel Boyd
- 1975 The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
- 1960 A Breath of Scandal as Countess Lina
- 1955 A Life at Stake as Doris Hillman
- 2004 The Blackwater Lightship as Dora
- 2005 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
- 1946 The Hoodlum Saint as Dusty Millard
- 1992 Euro Disney : L'Ouverture as Self - Chanteuse
- 2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins as Mrs. Van Gundy
- 1962 All Fall Down as Annabell Willart
- 1992 Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris as Mrs. Ada Harris
- 2000 On Cukor as Self
- 1965 Dear Heart as Phyllis
- 2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders as Lady Blystone
- 1959 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll as Pearl
- 1990 The Love She Sought as Agatha McGee
- 1970 Something for Everyone as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
- 2004 Queen of Diamonds as Herself
- 1996 Mrs. Santa Claus as Mrs. Santa Claus
- 1955 The Purple Mask as Madame Valentine
- 1948 Tenth Avenue Angel as Susan Bratten
- 1983 The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story as Amanda Fenwick
- 1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Mavis Pruitt
- 1989 The Shell Seekers as Penelope Keeling
- 1947 If Winter Comes as Mabel Sabre
- 1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami as Clotilde de Marelle
- 1963 In the Cool of the Day as Sybil Logan
- 1998 Glorious Technicolor as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax as Emily Pollifax
- 1951 Kind Lady as Mrs. Edwards
- 1966 Mister Buddwing as Gloria
- 1973 Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
- 2003 Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle as Jessica Fletcher
- 2000 Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For as Jessica Fletcher
- 2001 Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
- 1952 Mutiny as Leslie Waldridge
- 1997 Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Jessica Fletcher
- 1988 Shootdown as Nan Moore
- 1986 Rage of Angels: The Story Continues as Marchesa Allabrandi
- 1953 Remains to Be Seen as Valeska Chauvel
- 2010 Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 Broadway's Lost Treasures as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
- 1995 Your Studio and You as Angela Lansbury
- 2015 Driving Miss Daisy as Daisy Werthan
- 2002 Edith Head: The Paramount Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury as Self
- 2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Angela Lansbury
- 2005 Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party as Mrs. Potts (voice)
- 2007 Elvis: #1 Hit Performances as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic as Self - Host
- 1974 That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2015 Women He's Undressed as Self
- 1983 A Talent for Murder as Ann Royce McClain
- 2013 Six by Sondheim as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
- 2008 Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times as Self
- 2003 The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Self
- 1994 That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1991 The Trouble With Agatha Christie as Self - Actress
- 2018 Mary Poppins Returns as Balloon Lady
- 2000 Fantasia 2000 as Self - Host
- 1988 Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves as Herself
- 1992 Mickey's Audition as Sylvia
- 2007 Words and Music by Jerry Herman as Self
- 2017 Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self
- 1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self
- 1996 A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury as Self
- 1994 Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl as Self
- 2007 Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 The Grinch as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
- 2018 Every Act of Life as Self
- 2018 Harold Prince: The Director's Life
- 2018 Buttons as Rose
- 2003 Reflections on 'Gaslight' as Self
- 1999 Forever Hollywood as Self
- 2009 To Oz! The Making of a Classic as Self / Hostess
- 1997 Frank Capra's American Dream as Self
- 2008 Heidi 4 Paws as Grandmother (voice)
- 1982 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Nellie Lovett
- 2010 Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast as Self
- 2001 Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Self
- 2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story as Self
- 2001 Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All as Narrator
- 1995 Inside the Dream Factory as Self
- 2018 Howard as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
- 2004 Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream as Mrs. Potts (voice)
- 2017 Miracle on 42nd Street as Self
- 1956 Claire as Vera Wayne
- 2001 Disney Through The Decades
- 2004 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Self
- 2021 Show of Titles as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
- 1995 A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
- 1992 The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland as Self - Performer
- 1995 Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall as Narrator
- 1994 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch as Narrator
- 2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics as Narrator
- 2023 Commitment to Life as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told as Self
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Jessica Fletcher
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 264 episodes ) as Jessica Fletcher
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Lady Penelope Berrington
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Eleanor Duvall
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Daphne Rutledge
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Penelope Keeling
- 1984 Lace ( 2 episodes ) as Aunt Hortense Boutin
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Leslie
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Florie Vandrop
- 1950 Your Show of Shows ( 1 episode )
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Justina Marshall
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as Christine Manson
- 1955 Stage 7 ( 2 episodes ) as Vanessa Peters
- 1953 The Oscars ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Vera Wayne
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1949 The Emmy Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1954 Studio 57 ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Intimate Portrait ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Self - Intermission Guest
- 1954 The George Gobel Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Lucy Landor
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Tina Rafferty
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Elsa
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Joan Robinson
- 2017 Little Women ( 3 episodes ) as Aunt March
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Hallerton
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as Rosie
- 1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last ( 2 episodes ) as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Lola Walker
- 1986 Rage of Angels: The Story Continues ( 2 episodes ) as Marchesa Allabrandi
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Dora
- 2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury ( 1 episode ) as Eleanor Duvall
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1972 The Julie Andrews Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Judith Beresford
- 1992 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Elfie van Donck
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 9 episodes ) as Self - Nominee
- 1963 The Danny Kaye Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 1984 The First Olympics: Athens 1896 ( 2 episodes ) as Alice Garrett
- 1953 Revlon Mirror Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1994 The World of Hammer ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Host / Performer
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host/Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner / Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host / Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter / Winner
- 1967 Omnibus ( 1 episode )
- 1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
