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)
The Grinch (2018)
as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
as Angela Lansbury
Nanny McPhee (2005)
as Aunt Adelaide
Anastasia (1997)
as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Death on the Nile (1978)
as Salome Otterbourne
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
as Self - Host
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
as Balloon Lady
Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
as Mrs. Van Gundy
Samson and Delilah (1949)
as Semadar
Gaslight (1944)
as Nancy
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
as Mrs. Iselin
The Last Unicorn (1982)
as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Claudia
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
as Sibyl Vane
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Miss Price
Blue Hawaii (1961)
as Sarah Lee Gates
The Three Musketeers (1948)
as Queen Ann
The Court Jester (1955)
as Princess Gwendolyn
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
as Miss Marple
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000)
as Jessica Fletcher
The Company of Wolves (1984)
as Granny
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
as Minnie Littlejohn
Howard (2018)
as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Dear Heart (1965)
as Phyllis
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
Harlow (1965)
as Mama Jean Bello
On Cukor (2000)
as Self
National Velvet (1945)
as Edwina Brown
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
as Miss Froy
Buttons (2018)
as Rose
State of the Union (1948)
as Kay Thorndyke
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Lawless Street (1955)
as Tally Dickenson
The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
as Mabel Claremont
The Harvey Girls (1946)
as Em
Please Murder Me (1956)
as Myra Leeds
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
as London Specialty
Six by Sondheim (2013)
as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
as Self
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Every Act of Life (2018)
as Self
All Fall Down (1962)
as Annabell Willart
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (2003)
as Jessica Fletcher
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
as Self
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997)
as Jessica Fletcher
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
as Self - Host
Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
as Mrs. Santa Claus
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Dusty Millard
Show of Titles (2021)
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)
as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
Kind Lady (1951)
as Mrs. Edwards
Heidi 4 Paws (2008)
as Grandmother (voice)
Your Studio and You (1995)
as Angela Lansbury
The Shell Seekers (1989)
as Penelope Keeling
The Purple Mask (1955)
as Madame Valentine
Women He's Undressed (2015)
as Self
The World of Henry Orient (1964)
as Isabel Boyd
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
as Clotilde de Marelle
Mutiny (1952)
as Leslie Waldridge
The Cockettes (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
as Lady Blystone
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
as Self
A Life at Stake (1955)
as Doris Hillman
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
as Nellie Lovett
A Breath of Scandal (1960)
as Countess Lina
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series (2003)
as Self
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
as Ruth
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
as Susan Bratten
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
as Mrs. Ada Harris
Miracle on 42nd Street (2017)
as Self
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
as Sybil Logan
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
as Pearl
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
as Valeska Chauvel
Broadway's Lost Treasures II (2004)
as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Self
Something for Everyone (1970)
as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
Shootdown (1988)
as Nan Moore
The Love She Sought (1990)
as Agatha McGee
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008)
as Narrator
If Winter Comes (1947)
as Mabel Sabre
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party (2005)
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim (1995)
Actor
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
Inside the Dream Factory (1995)
as Self
Mickey's Audition (1992)
as Sylvia
To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009)
as Self / Hostess
Glorious Technicolor (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
as Mavis Pruitt
The Red Danube (1949)
as Audrey Quail
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
Driving Miss Daisy (2015)
as Daisy Werthan
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Claire (1956)
as Vera Wayne
The Blackwater Lightship (2004)
as Dora
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986)
as Marchesa Allabrandi
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast (2010)
as Self
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975)
as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture (1992)
as Self - Chanteuse
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland (1992)
as Self - Performer
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001)
as Narrator
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (1973)
Actor
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983)
as Amanda Fenwick
Disney Through The Decades (2001)
Actor
Mister Buddwing (1966)
as Gloria
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
A Talent for Murder (1983)
as Ann Royce McClain
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1999)
as Emily Pollifax
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2017)
as Self
Harold Prince: The Director's Life (2018)
Actor
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994)
as Self
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall (1995)
as Narrator
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times (2008)
as Self
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream (2004)
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury (1996)
as Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
as Self
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury (2002)
as Self
Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury (2006)
as Self
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks (2001)
as Self
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch (1994)
as Narrator
Reflections on 'Gaslight' (2003)
as Self
Queen of Diamonds (2004)
as Herself
The Trouble With Agatha Christie (1991)
as Self - Actress
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves (1988)
as Herself