Angela Lansbury
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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
Credits
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
as Angela Lansbury
The Grinch (2018)
as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
Nanny McPhee (2005)
as Aunt Adelaide
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
as Balloon Lady
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
as Mrs. Van Gundy
Anastasia (1997)
as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Death on the Nile (1978)
as Salome Otterbourne
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
as Self - Host
The Three Musketeers (1948)
as Queen Ann
The Last Unicorn (1982)
as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
as Semadar
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Claudia
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
as Mrs. Iselin
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
as Sibyl Vane
The Company of Wolves (1984)
as Granny
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Miss Price
Gaslight (1944)
as Nancy
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
as Minnie Littlejohn
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
as Miss Marple
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000)
as Jessica Fletcher
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997)
as Jessica Fletcher
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)
as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
The Court Jester (1955)
as Princess Gwendolyn
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
as Self
State of the Union (1948)
as Kay Thorndyke
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
A Breath of Scandal (1960)
as Countess Lina
Blue Hawaii (1961)
as Sarah Lee Gates
National Velvet (1945)
as Edwina Brown
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (2003)
as Jessica Fletcher
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
as Self
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
as Miss Froy
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
as Self - Host
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
as London Specialty
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
as Ruth
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Self
A Lawless Street (1955)
as Tally Dickenson
Every Act of Life (2018)
as Self
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury (1996)
as Self
Kind Lady (1951)
as Mrs. Edwards
The Purple Mask (1955)
as Madame Valentine
Miracle on 42nd Street (2017)
as Self
The World of Henry Orient (1964)
as Isabel Boyd
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
as Clotilde de Marelle
The Harvey Girls (1946)
as Em
The Red Danube (1949)
as Audrey Quail
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series (2003)
as Self
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
as Nellie Lovett
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim (2013)
as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
The Cockettes (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Buttons (2018)
as Rose
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
Women He's Undressed (2015)
as Self
Your Studio and You (1995)
as Angela Lansbury
Howard (2018)
as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Please Murder Me (1956)
as Myra Leeds
Glorious Technicolor (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream (2004)
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
as Lady Blystone
Shootdown (1988)
as Nan Moore
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party (2005)
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
as Mrs. Ada Harris
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury (2002)
as Self
Show of Titles (2021)
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture (1992)
as Self - Chanteuse
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
as Valeska Chauvel
The Love She Sought (1990)
as Agatha McGee
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim (1995)
Actor
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland (1992)
as Self - Performer
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Mister Buddwing (1966)
as Gloria
Broadway's Lost Treasures II (2004)
as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986)
as Marchesa Allabrandi
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
as Mavis Pruitt
If Winter Comes (1947)
as Mabel Sabre
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008)
as Narrator
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
as Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
as Self
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2017)
as Self
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
as Sybil Logan
Harlow (1965)
as Mama Jean Bello
Harold Prince: The Director's Life (2018)
Actor
On Cukor (2000)
as Self
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
as Mrs. Santa Claus
Mutiny (1952)
as Leslie Waldridge
A Life at Stake (1955)
as Doris Hillman
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast (2010)
as Self
Claire (1956)
as Vera Wayne
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983)
as Amanda Fenwick
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks (2001)
as Self
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
as Pearl
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975)
as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
A Talent for Murder (1983)
as Ann Royce McClain
Disney Through The Decades (2001)
Actor
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994)
as Self
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times (2008)
as Self
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1999)
as Emily Pollifax
The Trouble With Agatha Christie (1991)
as Self - Actress
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
All Fall Down (1962)
as Annabell Willart
Inside the Dream Factory (1995)
as Self
Dear Heart (1965)
as Phyllis
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (1973)
Actor
The Shell Seekers (1989)
as Penelope Keeling
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
as Susan Bratten
The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
as Mabel Claremont
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Dusty Millard
Something for Everyone (1970)
as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009)
as Self / Hostess
Heidi 4 Paws (2008)
as Grandmother (voice)
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall (1995)
as Narrator
Driving Miss Daisy (2015)
as Daisy Werthan
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001)
as Narrator
The Blackwater Lightship (2004)
as Dora
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch (1994)
as Narrator
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves (1988)
as Herself
Mickey's Audition (1992)
as Sylvia
Reflections on 'Gaslight' (2003)
as Self
Queen of Diamonds (2004)
as Herself