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