Angela Lansbury
- Acting
- October 16, 1925 · London, England, UK
- October 11, 2022
Biography
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 · Self
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery · Angela Lansbury, In Memory Of
- Show of Titles · "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
- Knives Out · Thanks
- Mary Poppins Returns · Balloon Lady
- Buttons · Rose
- Harold Prince: The Director's Life
- The Grinch · Mayor McGerkle (Voice)
- Every Act of Life · Self
- Howard · Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
- Little Women · Aunt March
- Miracle on 42nd Street · Self
- The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told · Self
- Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches · Self
- Women He's Undressed · Self
- Driving Miss Daisy · Daisy Werthan
- Six by Sondheim · Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
- Mr. Popper's Penguins · Mrs. Van Gundy
- Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast · Self
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Self
- To Oz! The Making of a Classic · Self / Hostess
- The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story · Self
- The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics · Narrator
- Heidi 4 Paws · Grandmother (Voice)
- Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times · Self
- Elvis: #1 Hit Performances · Self
- Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll · Self
- Words and Music by Jerry Herman · Self
- Nanny McPhee · Aunt Adelaide
- Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party · Mrs. Potts (Voice)
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards · Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury · Eleanor Duvall
- Broadway's Lost Treasures II · Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
- Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream · Mrs. Potts (Voice)
- Queen of Diamonds · Self
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies · Self
- The Blackwater Lightship · Dora
- Reflections on 'Gaslight' · Self
- Broadway's Lost Treasures · Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
- Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle · Jessica Fletcher
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · Self
- The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series · Self
- Edith Head: The Paramount Years · Self
- The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury · Self
- The Cockettes · Self
- Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All · Narrator
- Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man · Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
- Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks · Self
- Disney Through The Decades
- On Cukor · Self
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories · Self
- Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For · Jessica Fletcher
- Fantasia 2000 · Self
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Eleanor Duvall
- The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax · Emily Pollifax
- Forever Hollywood · Self
- Glorious Technicolor · Narrator (Voice)
- Anastasia · Dowager Empress Marie (Voice)
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas · Mrs. Potts (Voice)
- Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest · Jessica Fletcher
- The View · Self
- Frank Capra's American Dream · Self
- Mrs. Santa Claus · Mrs. Santa Claus
- A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury · Self
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show · Self
- Inside the Dream Factory · Self
- Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall · Narrator
- Your Studio and You · Angela Lansbury
- A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch · Narrator
- Touched by an Angel · Lady Penelope Berrington
- The World of Hammer · Self
- That's Entertainment! III · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl · Self
- Intimate Portrait · Self
- Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris · Mrs. Ada Harris
- Mickey's Audition · Sylvia
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories · Narrator (Voice)
- Euro Disney : L'Ouverture · Self
- The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland · Self