Angela Lansbury
Acting
- Born:
- 1925-10-16
- Died:
- 2022-10-11
- Place of birth:
- London, England, UK
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
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Show of Titles
Knives Out
Mary Poppins Returns
Buttons
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
The Grinch
Every Act of Life
Howard
Little Women
Miracle on 42nd Street
The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Women He's Undressed
Driving Miss Daisy
Six by Sondheim
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Waking Sleeping Beauty
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Heidi 4 Paws
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Nanny McPhee
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Queen of Diamonds
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
The Blackwater Lightship
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
The Cockettes
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Disney Through The Decades
On Cukor
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Fantasia 2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Forever Hollywood
Glorious Technicolor
Anastasia
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest