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)
Death on the Nile (1978)
as Salome Otterbourne
Anastasia (1997)
as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Nanny McPhee (2005)
as Aunt Adelaide
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
as Self - Host
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
as Balloon Lady
Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
as Mrs. Van Gundy
The Last Unicorn (1982)
as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Miss Price
Gaslight (1944)
as Nancy
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
as Mrs. Iselin
Glorious Technicolor (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
The Company of Wolves (1984)
as Granny
The Three Musketeers (1948)
as Queen Ann
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
as Miss Marple
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Claudia
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
as Sibyl Vane
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
as Minnie Littlejohn
Kind Lady (1951)
as Mrs. Edwards
The Court Jester (1955)
as Princess Gwendolyn
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
as Miss Froy
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
as London Specialty
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
as Semadar
Blue Hawaii (1961)
as Sarah Lee Gates
Buttons (2018)
as Rose
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000)
as Jessica Fletcher
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
as Self
The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
as Mabel Claremont
National Velvet (1945)
as Edwina Brown
Show of Titles (2021)
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Howard (2018)
as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
The Purple Mask (1955)
as Madame Valentine
The Harvey Girls (1946)
as Em
A Breath of Scandal (1960)
as Countess Lina
Miracle on 42nd Street (2017)
as Self
The World of Henry Orient (1964)
as Isabel Boyd
State of the Union (1948)
as Kay Thorndyke
The Blackwater Lightship (2004)
as Dora
Your Studio and You (1995)
as Angela Lansbury
Six by Sondheim (2013)
as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
as Clotilde de Marelle
Women He's Undressed (2015)
as Self
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
as Mrs. Santa Claus
Heidi 4 Paws (2008)
as Grandmother (voice)
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (2003)
as Jessica Fletcher
Shootdown (1988)
as Nan Moore
The Love She Sought (1990)
as Agatha McGee
Please Murder Me (1956)
as Myra Leeds
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2017)
as Self
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
as Lady Blystone
Claire (1956)
as Vera Wayne
The Cockettes (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Harlow (1965)
as Mama Jean Bello
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)
as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
as Self
Every Act of Life (2018)
as Self
Dear Heart (1965)
as Phyllis
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Dusty Millard
Mister Buddwing (1966)
as Gloria
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
as Mavis Pruitt
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997)
as Jessica Fletcher
The Red Danube (1949)
as Audrey Quail
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
as Pearl
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)
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
as Mrs. Ada Harris
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture (1992)
as Self - Chanteuse
A Life at Stake (1955)
as Doris Hillman
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008)
as Narrator
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
as Self
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
as Ruth
All Fall Down (1962)
as Annabell Willart
Broadway's Lost Treasures II (2004)
as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
Something for Everyone (1970)
as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
as Sybil Logan
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
as Valeska Chauvel
A Lawless Street (1955)
as Tally Dickenson
Inside the Dream Factory (1995)
as Self
Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury (2006)
as Self
Queen of Diamonds (2004)
as Herself
The Shell Seekers (1989)
as Penelope Keeling
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
as Susan Bratten
A Talent for Murder (1983)
as Ann Royce McClain
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
as Self - Host
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim (1995)
Actor
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1999)
as Emily Pollifax
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975)
as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland (1992)
as Self - Performer
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times (2008)
as Self
Driving Miss Daisy (2015)
as Daisy Werthan
Disney Through The Decades (2001)
Actor
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch (1994)
as Narrator
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986)
as Marchesa Allabrandi
If Winter Comes (1947)
as Mabel Sabre
Mutiny (1952)
as Leslie Waldridge
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series (2003)
as Self
Reflections on 'Gaslight' (2003)
as Self
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983)
as Amanda Fenwick
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall (1995)
as Narrator
Mickey's Audition (1992)
as Sylvia
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast (2010)
as Self
To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009)
as Self / Hostess
On Cukor (2000)
as Self
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks (2001)
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Self
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury (2002)
as Self
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury (1996)
as Self
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves (1988)
as Herself
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party (2005)
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
The Trouble With Agatha Christie (1991)
as Self - Actress
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001)
as Narrator
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
as Self
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream (2004)
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (1973)
Actor
Harold Prince: The Director's Life (2018)
Actor
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994)
as Self