Angela Lansbury
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1925
- Died
- October 11, 2022 (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
Commitment to Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie · as Angela Lansbury
Show of Titles
Movie · as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie · as Balloon Lady
The Grinch
Movie · as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
Every Act of Life
Movie · as Self
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Movie
Buttons
Movie · as Rose
Howard
Movie · as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie · as Self
Miracle on 42nd Street
Movie · as Self
The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Self
Little Women
TV · as Aunt March · 3 eps
Driving Miss Daisy
Movie · as Daisy Werthan
Women He's Undressed
Movie · as Self
Six by Sondheim
Movie · as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Movie · as Mrs. Van Gundy
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Movie · as Self
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
Movie · as Self / Hostess
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Movie · as Self
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Movie · as Self
Heidi 4 Paws
Movie · as Grandmother (voice)
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Movie · as Narrator
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Movie · as Self
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nanny McPhee
Movie · as Aunt Adelaide
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie · as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Movie · as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Eleanor Duvall · 1 ep
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Movie · as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
The Blackwater Lightship
Movie · as Dora
Queen of Diamonds
Movie · as Herself
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Movie · as Mrs. Potts (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie · as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Movie · as Jessica Fletcher
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie · as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Movie · as Self
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
Movie · as Self
The Cockettes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
Movie · as Self
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Movie · as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie · as Self
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Movie · as Narrator
Disney Through The Decades
Movie
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
On Cukor
Movie · as Self
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Movie · as Jessica Fletcher
Fantasia 2000
Movie · as Self - Host
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Movie · as Emily Pollifax
Forever Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Eleanor Duvall · 1 ep
Glorious Technicolor
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Anastasia
Movie · as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Movie · as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Movie · as Jessica Fletcher
Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie · as Self
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Mrs. Santa Claus
Movie · as Mrs. Santa Claus
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
Movie · as Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Your Studio and You
Movie · as Angela Lansbury
Inside the Dream Factory
Movie · as Self
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
Movie
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Movie · as Narrator
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Movie · as Self
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
Movie · as Narrator
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Lady Penelope Berrington · 1 ep
The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Movie · as Mrs. Ada Harris
Mickey's Audition
Movie · as Sylvia
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
Movie · as Self - Performer
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Beauty and the Beast
Movie · as Mrs. Potts (voice)
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Movie · as Self - Actress
The Love She Sought
Movie · as Agatha McGee
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Movie · as Self - Host
The Shell Seekers
Movie · as Penelope Keeling
Shootdown
Movie · as Nan Moore
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
Movie · as Herself
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Movie · as Marchesa Allabrandi
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Movie · as Self
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
TV · as Marchesa Allabrandi · 2 eps
The Company of Wolves
Movie · as Granny
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Jessica Fletcher · 264 eps
Lace
TV · as Aunt Hortense Boutin · 2 eps
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
TV · as Alice Garrett · 2 eps
The Pirates of Penzance
Movie · as Ruth
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Movie · as Amanda Fenwick
A Talent for Murder
Movie · as Ann Royce McClain
The Last Unicorn
Movie · as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Movie · as Nellie Lovett
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
TV · as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney · 2 eps
Newhart
TV · as Angela Lansbury (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Mirror Crack'd
Movie · as Miss Marple
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Jessica Fletcher · 1 ep
The Lady Vanishes
Movie · as Miss Froy
Death on the Nile
Movie · as Salome Otterbourne
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Movie · as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
That's Entertainment!
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
Movie
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie · as Miss Price
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Something for Everyone
Movie · as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
Mister Buddwing
Movie · as Gloria
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Claudia
Harlow
Movie · as Mama Jean Bello
Dear Heart
Movie · as Phyllis
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Movie · as Lady Blystone
The World of Henry Orient
Movie · as Isabel Boyd
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Elfie van Donck · 1 ep
In the Cool of the Day
Movie · as Sybil Logan
The Danny Kaye Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie · as Mrs. Iselin
All Fall Down
Movie · as Annabell Willart
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Blue Hawaii
Movie · as Sarah Lee Gates
A Breath of Scandal
Movie · as Countess Lina
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Movie · as Mavis Pruitt
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Movie · as Pearl
The Long, Hot Summer
Movie · as Minnie Littlejohn
The Reluctant Debutante
Movie · as Mabel Claremont
Please Murder Me
Movie · as Myra Leeds
Claire
Movie · as Vera Wayne
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Host / Performer, Self - Presenter, Self - Host/Presenter, Self - Winner / Presenter, Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner, Self - Performer, Self - Host / Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Presenter / Winner · 5 eps
The Court Jester
Movie · as Princess Gwendolyn
A Lawless Street
Movie · as Tally Dickenson
A Life at Stake
Movie · as Doris Hillman
The Purple Mask
Movie · as Madame Valentine
Stage 7
TV · as Vanessa Peters · 2 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV · as Vera Wayne · 1 ep
Climax!
TV · as Justina Marshall, Judith Beresford · 1 ep
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
The George Gobel Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Remains to Be Seen
Movie · as Valeska Chauvel
General Electric Theater
TV · as Daphne Rutledge · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Mutiny
Movie · as Leslie Waldridge
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Joan Robinson, Mrs. Hallerton · 1 ep
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Lola Walker · 1 ep
Kind Lady
Movie · as Mrs. Edwards
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Penelope Keeling, Dora · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Florie Vandrop · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Leslie, Self - Intermission Guest, Lucy Landor, Tina Rafferty, Elsa · 1 ep
Your Show of Shows
TV · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Christine Manson, Rosie · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 1 ep
The Red Danube
Movie · as Audrey Quail
Samson and Delilah
Movie · as Semadar
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
State of the Union
Movie · as Kay Thorndyke
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Queen Ann
Tenth Avenue Angel
Movie · as Susan Bratten
If Winter Comes
Movie · as Mabel Sabre
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Movie · as Clotilde de Marelle
The Harvey Girls
Movie · as Em
Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie · as London Specialty
The Hoodlum Saint
Movie · as Dusty Millard
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie · as Sibyl Vane
National Velvet
Movie · as Edwina Brown
Gaslight
Movie · as Nancy
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter · 9 eps