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