Angela Lansbury

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

186

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-10-16

Deathday

2022-10-11 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Angela Brigid Lansbury
  • آنجلا لنسبوری

Angela Lansbury

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.

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Known For

Beauty and the Beast
7.7%

Beauty and the Beast

Oct 22, 1991

Anastasia
7.6%

Anastasia

Nov 20, 1997

The Grinch
6.9%

The Grinch

Nov 8, 2018

Mary Poppins Returns
6.5%

Mary Poppins Returns

Dec 13, 2018

Nanny McPhee
6.7%

Nanny McPhee

Oct 21, 2005

Mr. Popper's Penguins
6.0%

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Jun 17, 2011

Fantasia 2000
7.0%

Fantasia 2000

Jan 1, 2000

Death on the Nile
7.1%

Death on the Nile

Sep 29, 1978

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Acting

2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Angela Lansbury
2021
Show of Titles as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
2018
Mary Poppins Returns as Balloon Lady
2018
Buttons as Rose
2018
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
The Grinch as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
2018
Every Act of Life as Self
2018
Howard as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
2017
Little Women as Aunt March
2017
Miracle on 42nd Street as self
2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self
2015
Women He's Undressed as Self
2015
Driving Miss Daisy as Daisy Werthan
2013
Six by Sondheim as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins as Mrs. Van Gundy
2010
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast as Self
2010
Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin (archive footage)
2009
To Oz! The Making of a Classic as Self / Hostess
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story as Self
2008
Heidi 4 Paws as Grandmother (voice)
2008
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times as Self
2007
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances as Self (archive footage)
2007
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll as Self (archive footage)
2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman as Self
2006
Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury as Self
2005
Nanny McPhee as Aunt Adelaide
2005
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party as Mrs. Potts (voice)
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Eleanor Duvall
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
2004
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream as Mrs. Potts (voice)
2004
Queen of Diamonds as Herself
2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Self
2004
The Blackwater Lightship as Dora
2003
Reflections on 'Gaslight' as Self
2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
2003
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle as Jessica Fletcher
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Self
2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)
2002
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury as Self
2002
The Cockettes as Self (archive footage)
2001
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All as Narrator
2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
2001
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Self
2001
Disney Through The Decades
2000
On Cukor as Self
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
2000
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For as Jessica Fletcher
2000
Fantasia 2000 as Self - Host
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Eleanor Duvall
1999
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax as Emily Pollifax
1999
Forever Hollywood as Self
1998
Glorious Technicolor as Narrator (voice)
1997
Anastasia as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
1997
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas as Mrs. Potts (voice)
1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Jessica Fletcher
1997
The View as Self
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream as Self
1996
Mrs. Santa Claus as Mrs. Santa Claus
1996
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury as Self
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
1995
Inside the Dream Factory as Self
1995
Your Studio and You as Angela Lansbury
1995
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1994
Touched by an Angel as Lady Penelope Berrington
1994
That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
1994
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl as Self
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self
1992
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris as Mrs. Ada Harris
1992
Mickey's Audition as Sylvia
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (Voice)
1992
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture as Self - Chanteuse
1991
Beauty and the Beast as Mrs. Potts (voice)
1991
The Trouble With Agatha Christie as Self - Actress
1990
The Love She Sought as Agatha McGee
1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic as Self / Host
1989
The Shell Seekers as Penelope Keeling
1988
Shootdown as Nan Moore
1988
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves as Herself
1986
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues as Marchesa Allabrandi
1986
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues as Marchesa Allabrandi
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
1984
The Company of Wolves as Granny
1984
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 as Alice Garrett
1984
Lace as Aunt Hortense Boutin
1983
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story as Amanda Fenwick
1983
A Talent for Murder as Ann Royce McClain
1983
The Pirates of Penzance as Ruth
1982
The Last Unicorn as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
1982
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Nellie Lovett
1980
Magnum, P.I.
1980
The Mirror Crack'd as Miss Marple
1979
The Lady Vanishes as Miss Froy
1978
The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
1978
Death on the Nile as Salome Otterbourne
1975
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
1974
That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1972
The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Miss Price
1971
Great Performances as Self
1970
Something For Everyone as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1966
Mister Buddwing as Gloria
1965
Harlow as Mama Jean Bello
1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders as Lady Blystone
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told as Claudia
1965
Dear Heart as Phyllis
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Elfie van Donck
1964
The World of Henry Orient as Isabel Boyd
1963
The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1963
In the Cool of the Day as Sybil Logan
1962
The Manchurian Candidate as Mrs. Iselin
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962
All Fall Down as Annabell Willart
1961
Blue Hawaii as Sarah Lee Gates
1960
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Mavis Pruitt
1960
A Breath of Scandal as Countess Lina
1959
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll as Pearl
1958
The Reluctant Debutante as Mabel Claremont
1958
The Long, Hot Summer as Minnie Littlejohn
1956
Claire as Vera Wayne
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Host & Presenter
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Host/Performer
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Host/Presenter
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Host / Performer
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Winner/Presenter
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Host /Performer
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter/Winner
1956
Please Murder Me as Myra Leeds
1955
The Court Jester as Princess Gwendolyn
1955
A Lawless Street as Tally Dickenson
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse as Vera Wayne
1955
The Purple Mask as Madame Valentine
1955
A Life at Stake as Doris Hillman
1955
Stage 7 as Vanessa Peters
1954
Climax! as Justina Marshall
1954
Climax! as Judith Beresford
1954
The George Gobel Show as Self
1954
Studio 57
1953
Remains to Be Seen as Valeska Chauvel
1953
The Oscars as Self
1953
General Electric Theater as Daphne Rutledge
1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Lola Walker
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Joan Robinson
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Mrs. Hallerton
1952
Mutiny as Leslie Waldridge
1952
Today as Self
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Penelope Keeling
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dora
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Florie Vandrop
1951
Kind Lady as Mrs. Edwards
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Leslie
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Self - Intermission Guest
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Lucy Landor
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Tina Rafferty
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Elsa
1950
Your Show of Shows
1950
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents as Christine Manson
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents as Rosie
1949
Samson and Delilah as Semadar
1949
The Red Danube as Audrey Quail
1949
The Emmy Awards as Self
1948
The Three Musketeers as Queen Ann
1948
State of the Union as Kay Thorndyke
1948
Tenth Avenue Angel as Susan Bratten
1947
If Winter Comes as Mabel Sabre
1947
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami as Clotilde de Marelle
1946
Till the Clouds Roll By as London Specialty
1946
The Hoodlum Saint as Dusty Millard
1946
The Harvey Girls as Em
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray as Sibyl Vane
1945
National Velvet as Edwina Brown
1944
Gaslight as Nancy Oliver
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

Crew

2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as In Memory Of
2019
Knives Out as Thanks

Production

1984
Murder, She Wrote as Producer
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