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Angela Lansbury

Acting

Angela Lansbury

EN, FR cinema · 131 credits

Born

16 October 1925

Died

11 October 2022 (aged 96)

Birthplace

London, England, UK

Also known as Angela Brigid Lansbury · آنجلا لنسبوری

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

Filmography

Commitment to Life poster

Commitment to Life

EN · 2023Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery poster

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

EN · 20227.0

as Angela Lansbury, In Memory Of

Show of Titles poster

Show of Titles

EN · 2021Not rated

as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

Knives Out poster

Knives Out

EN · 20197.8

Thanks

Mary Poppins Returns poster

Mary Poppins Returns

EN · 20186.5

as Balloon Lady

The Grinch poster

The Grinch

EN · 20186.9

as Mayor McGerkle (voice)

Every Act of Life poster

Every Act of Life

EN · 20186.4

as Self

Harold Prince: The Director's Life poster

Harold Prince: The Director's Life

EN · 2018Not rated

Actor

Buttons poster

Buttons

EN · 20186.0

as Rose

Howard poster

Howard

EN · 20186.8

as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches poster

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

EN · 2017Not rated

as Self

Miracle on 42nd Street poster

Miracle on 42nd Street

EN · 2017Not rated

as Self

The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told poster

The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told

EN · 2017Not rated

as Self

Driving Miss Daisy poster

Driving Miss Daisy

EN · 20158.0

as Daisy Werthan

Women He's Undressed poster

Women He's Undressed

EN · 20155.4

as Self

Six by Sondheim poster

Six by Sondheim

EN · 20137.1

as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)

Mr. Popper's Penguins poster

Mr. Popper's Penguins

EN · 20116.0

as Mrs. Van Gundy

Waking Sleeping Beauty poster

Waking Sleeping Beauty

EN · 20107.2

as Self (archive footage)

Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast poster

Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast

EN · 20106.0

as Self

To Oz! The Making of a Classic

2009

To Oz! The Making of a Classic

EN · 2009Not rated

as Self / Hostess

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story poster

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

EN · 20097.4

as Self

Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times poster

Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

EN · 2008Not rated

as Self

Heidi 4 Paws poster

Heidi 4 Paws

EN · 20086.0

as Grandmother (voice)

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics poster

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics

EN · 20087.3

as Narrator

Elvis: #1 Hit Performances poster

Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

EN · 20075.5

as Self (archive footage)

Words and Music by Jerry Herman poster

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

EN · 2007Not rated

as Self

Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll poster

Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

EN · 200710.0

as Self (archive footage)

Nanny McPhee poster

Nanny McPhee

EN · 20056.7

as Aunt Adelaide

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards poster

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

EN · 20057.2

as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party poster

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

EN · 20058.0

as Mrs. Potts (voice)

Broadway's Lost Treasures II poster

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

EN · 20048.2

as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")

The Blackwater Lightship poster

The Blackwater Lightship

EN · 20046.1

as Dora

Queen of Diamonds

2004

Queen of Diamonds

EN · 2004Not rated

as Herself

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream poster

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream

EN · 20049.0

as Mrs. Potts (voice)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies poster

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

EN · 20048.3

as Self

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

EN · 20037.0

as Self

Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle poster

Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

EN · 20037.1

as Jessica Fletcher

Broadway's Lost Treasures poster

Broadway's Lost Treasures

EN · 20036.5

as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series poster

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

EN · 20039.4

as Self

Reflections on 'Gaslight' poster

Reflections on 'Gaslight'

EN · 20037.3

as Self

The Cockettes poster

The Cockettes

EN · 20026.9

as Self (archive footage)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years poster

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

EN · 20027.7

as Self (archive footage)

The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury poster

The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury

EN · 20029.0

as Self

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man poster

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

EN · 20016.5

as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough

Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks poster

Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

EN · 20017.7

as Self

Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All poster

Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All

EN · 20018.5

as Narrator

Disney Through The Decades poster

Disney Through The Decades

EN · 2001Not rated

Actor

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories poster

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

EN · 20007.0

as Self (archive footage)

On Cukor poster

On Cukor

EN · 20007.0

as Self

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For poster

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

EN · 20006.8

as Jessica Fletcher

Fantasia 2000 poster

Fantasia 2000

EN · 20007.0

as Self - Host

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax poster

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

EN · 19996.6

as Emily Pollifax

Forever Hollywood poster

Forever Hollywood

EN · 19998.3

as Self

Glorious Technicolor poster

Glorious Technicolor

EN · 19986.9

as Narrator (voice)

Anastasia poster

Anastasia

EN · 19977.6

as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas poster

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

EN · 19976.2

as Mrs. Potts (voice)

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest poster

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

EN · 19977.0

as Jessica Fletcher

Frank Capra's American Dream poster

Frank Capra's American Dream

EN · 19976.3

as Self

Mrs. Santa Claus poster

Mrs. Santa Claus

EN · 19966.2

as Mrs. Santa Claus

A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

1996

A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

EN · 1996Not rated

as Self

Your Studio and You poster

Your Studio and You

EN · 19957.0

as Angela Lansbury

Inside the Dream Factory poster

Inside the Dream Factory

EN · 19958.0

as Self

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim poster

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

EN · 1995Not rated

Actor

Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall poster

Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall

EN · 1995Not rated

as Narrator

That's Entertainment! III poster

That's Entertainment! III

EN · 19947.1

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl poster

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

EN · 19949.0

as Self

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch poster

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch

EN · 1994Not rated

as Narrator

Euro Disney : L'Ouverture poster

Euro Disney : L'Ouverture

FR · 19926.8

as Self - Chanteuse

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris poster

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

EN · 19927.5

as Mrs. Ada Harris

Mickey's Audition poster

Mickey's Audition

EN · 19924.0

as Sylvia

The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland poster

The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland

EN · 19927.3

as Self - Performer

Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

EN · 19917.7

as Mrs. Potts (voice)

The Trouble With Agatha Christie poster

The Trouble With Agatha Christie

EN · 199110.0

as Self - Actress

The Love She Sought poster

The Love She Sought

EN · 19906.8

as Agatha McGee

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic poster

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

EN · 19908.3

as Self - Host

The Shell Seekers poster

The Shell Seekers

EN · 19896.5

as Penelope Keeling

Shootdown poster

Shootdown

EN · 19885.7

as Nan Moore

Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves poster

Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves

EN · 1988Not rated

as Herself

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues poster

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

EN · 19865.8

as Marchesa Allabrandi

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn poster

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

EN · 19868.3

as Self

The Company of Wolves poster

The Company of Wolves

EN · 19846.3

as Granny

The Pirates of Penzance poster

The Pirates of Penzance

EN · 19836.1

as Ruth

The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story poster

The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

EN · 19835.4

as Amanda Fenwick

A Talent for Murder poster

A Talent for Murder

EN · 19836.9

as Ann Royce McClain

The Last Unicorn poster

The Last Unicorn

EN · 19827.3

as Mommy Fortuna (voice)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street poster

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

EN · 19828.2

as Nellie Lovett

The Mirror Crack'd poster

The Mirror Crack'd

EN · 19806.1

as Miss Marple

The Lady Vanishes poster

The Lady Vanishes

EN · 19796.0

as Miss Froy

Death on the Nile poster

Death on the Nile

EN · 19787.2

as Salome Otterbourne

The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow poster

The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow

EN · 19755.4

as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)

That's Entertainment! poster

That's Entertainment!

EN · 19747.4

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute poster

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

EN · 1973Not rated

Actor

Bedknobs and Broomsticks poster

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

EN · 19717.0

as Miss Price

Something for Everyone poster

Something for Everyone

EN · 19706.5

as Countess Herthe von Ornstein

Mister Buddwing poster

Mister Buddwing

EN · 19666.1

as Gloria

The Greatest Story Ever Told poster

The Greatest Story Ever Told

EN · 19656.4

as Claudia

Harlow poster

Harlow

EN · 19655.6

as Mama Jean Bello

Dear Heart poster

Dear Heart

EN · 19656.5

as Phyllis

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders poster

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

EN · 19655.7

as Lady Blystone

The World of Henry Orient poster

The World of Henry Orient

EN · 19645.9

as Isabel Boyd

In the Cool of the Day poster

In the Cool of the Day

EN · 19635.8

as Sybil Logan

The Manchurian Candidate poster

The Manchurian Candidate

EN · 19627.5

as Mrs. Iselin

All Fall Down poster

All Fall Down

EN · 19626.0

as Annabell Willart

Blue Hawaii poster

Blue Hawaii

EN · 19616.0

as Sarah Lee Gates

A Breath of Scandal poster

A Breath of Scandal

EN · 19605.5

as Countess Lina

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs poster

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

EN · 19606.5

as Mavis Pruitt

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll poster

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

EN · 19596.8

as Pearl

The Long, Hot Summer poster

The Long, Hot Summer

EN · 19587.0

as Minnie Littlejohn

The Reluctant Debutante poster

The Reluctant Debutante

EN · 19586.7

as Mabel Claremont

Please Murder Me poster

Please Murder Me

EN · 19565.9

as Myra Leeds

Claire poster

Claire

EN · 19567.0

as Vera Wayne

The Court Jester poster

The Court Jester

EN · 19557.3

as Princess Gwendolyn

A Lawless Street poster

A Lawless Street

EN · 19555.6

as Tally Dickenson

A Life at Stake poster

A Life at Stake

EN · 19555.3

as Doris Hillman

The Purple Mask poster

The Purple Mask

EN · 19555.8

as Madame Valentine

Remains to Be Seen poster

Remains to Be Seen

EN · 19536.0

as Valeska Chauvel

Mutiny poster

Mutiny

EN · 19525.2

as Leslie Waldridge

Kind Lady poster

Kind Lady

EN · 19517.0

as Mrs. Edwards

The Red Danube poster

The Red Danube

EN · 19496.7

as Audrey Quail

Samson and Delilah poster

Samson and Delilah

EN · 19496.6

as Semadar

State of the Union poster

State of the Union

EN · 19486.8

as Kay Thorndyke

The Three Musketeers poster

The Three Musketeers

EN · 19486.8

as Queen Ann

Tenth Avenue Angel poster

Tenth Avenue Angel

EN · 19486.5

as Susan Bratten

If Winter Comes poster

If Winter Comes

EN · 19476.7

as Mabel Sabre

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami poster

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

EN · 19476.2

as Clotilde de Marelle

The Harvey Girls poster

The Harvey Girls

EN · 19466.6

as Em

Till the Clouds Roll By poster

Till the Clouds Roll By

EN · 19465.8

as London Specialty

The Hoodlum Saint poster

The Hoodlum Saint

EN · 19465.6

as Dusty Millard

The Picture of Dorian Gray poster

The Picture of Dorian Gray

EN · 19457.1

as Sibyl Vane

National Velvet poster

National Velvet

EN · 19457.2

as Edwina Brown

Gaslight poster

Gaslight

EN · 19447.5

as Nancy