Angela Lansbury
Acting
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
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movieCommitment to Life
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
Angela Lansbury
movieShow of Titles
2021
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
movieMary Poppins Returns
2018
Balloon Lady
movieButtons
2018
Rose
movieThe Grinch
2018
Mayor McGerkle (voice)
movieHoward
2018
Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
tvLittle Women
2017
Aunt March
movieDriving Miss Daisy
2015
Daisy Werthan
movieSix by Sondheim
2013
Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
movieMr. Popper's Penguins
2011
Mrs. Van Gundy
movieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieHeidi 4 Paws
2008
Grandmother (voice)
movieElvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieElvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieNanny McPhee
2005
Aunt Adelaide
movieDisney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005
Mrs. Potts (voice)
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
tvLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Eleanor Duvall
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
movieDisney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2004
Mrs. Potts (voice)
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures
2003
Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
movieMurder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
2003
Jessica Fletcher
movieEdith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Cockettes
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieMurder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001
Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
movieSir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieMurder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000
Jessica Fletcher
movieFantasia 2000
2000
Self - Host
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Eleanor Duvall
movieThe Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1999
Emily Pollifax
movieGlorious Technicolor
1998
Narrator (voice)
movieAnastasia
1997
Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
movieBeauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
Mrs. Potts (voice)
movieMurder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
Jessica Fletcher
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieMrs. Santa Claus
1996
Mrs. Santa Claus
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self - Guest
movieYour Studio and You
1995
Angela Lansbury
tvTouched by an Angel
1994
Lady Penelope Berrington
tvThe World of Hammer
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
(archive footage)
movieMrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992
Mrs. Ada Harris
tvShelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Narrator (voice)
movieEuro Disney : L'Ouverture
1992
Self - Chanteuse
movieThe Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992
Self - Performer
movieBeauty and the Beast
1991
Mrs. Potts (voice)
movieThe Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
Self - Actress
movieThe Love She Sought
1990
Agatha McGee
movieThe Shell Seekers
1989
Penelope Keeling
movieShootdown
1988
Nan Moore
movieRage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986
Marchesa Allabrandi
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986
Marchesa Allabrandi
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Jessica Fletcher
tvThe First Olympics: Athens 1896
1984
Alice Garrett
tvLace
1984
Aunt Hortense Boutin
movieThe Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
1983
Amanda Fenwick
movieA Talent for Murder
1983
Ann Royce McClain
movieThe Last Unicorn
1982
Mommy Fortuna (voice)
tvLittle Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
tvMagnum, P.I.
1980
Jessica Fletcher
movieThe Mirror Crack'd
1980
Miss Marple
movieThe Lady Vanishes
1979
Miss Froy
movieDeath on the Nile
1978
Salome Otterbourne
movieThe First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
1975
Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Miss Price
movieSomething for Everyone
1970
Countess Herthe von Ornstein
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieMister Buddwing
1966
Gloria
movieHarlow
1965
Mama Jean Bello
movieThe Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
Lady Blystone
movieDear Heart
1965
Phyllis
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Elfie van Donck
movieThe World of Henry Orient
1964
Isabel Boyd
movieIn the Cool of the Day
1963
Sybil Logan
movieThe Manchurian Candidate
1962
Mrs. Iselin
movieAll Fall Down
1962
Annabell Willart
movieBlue Hawaii
1961
Sarah Lee Gates
movieThe Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
Mavis Pruitt
movieA Breath of Scandal
1960
Countess Lina
movieThe Reluctant Debutante
1958
Mabel Claremont
movieThe Long, Hot Summer
1958
Minnie Littlejohn
movieClaire
1956
Vera Wayne
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Host / Performer / Self - Presenter / Self - Host/Presenter / Self - Winner / Presenter / Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner / Self - Performer / Self - Host / Presenter / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Presenter / Winner
moviePlease Murder Me
1956
Myra Leeds
movieThe Court Jester
1955
Princess Gwendolyn
movieA Lawless Street
1955
Tally Dickenson
tvScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
Vera Wayne
movieThe Purple Mask
1955
Madame Valentine
movieA Life at Stake
1955
Doris Hillman
Stage 7
1955
Vanessa Peters
tvClimax!
1954
Justina Marshall / Judith Beresford
movieRemains to Be Seen
1953
Valeska Chauvel
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Daphne Rutledge
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
Lola Walker
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952
Joan Robinson / Mrs. Hallerton
movieMutiny
1952
Leslie Waldridge
tvToday
1952
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Penelope Keeling / Dora
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Florie Vandrop
movieKind Lady
1951
Mrs. Edwards
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Leslie / Self - Intermission Guest / Lucy Landor / Tina Rafferty / Elsa
tvWhat's My Line?
1950
Self - Mystery Guest
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
Christine Manson / Rosie
movieSamson and Delilah
1949
Semadar
movieThe Red Danube
1949
Audrey Quail
movieThe Three Musketeers
1948
Queen Ann
movieState of the Union
1948
Kay Thorndyke
movieTenth Avenue Angel
1948
Susan Bratten
movieIf Winter Comes
1947
Mabel Sabre
movieThe Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
Clotilde de Marelle
movieTill the Clouds Roll By
1946
London Specialty
movieThe Hoodlum Saint
1946
Dusty Millard
movieThe Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
Sibyl Vane
movieNational Velvet
1945
Edwina Brown
movieGaslight
1944
Nancy
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
Crew2
movieGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
In Memory Of
movieKnives Out
2019
Thanks
Production1
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Producer