
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.

Mrs. Iselin
The Manchurian Candidate

Mommy Fortuna (voice)
The Last Unicorn

Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes

Mrs. Potts (voice)
Beauty and the Beast

Claudia
The Greatest Story Ever Told

Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Salome Otterbourne
Death on the Nile

Miss Froy
The Lady Vanishes

Aunt Adelaide
Nanny McPhee

Miss Marple
The Mirror Crack'd

Mama Jean Bello
Harlow

Princess Gwendolyn
The Court Jester

Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
Broadway's Lost Treasures II

Granny
The Company of Wolves

Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Anastasia

Miss Price
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Kay Thorndyke
State of the Union

Mrs. Potts (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Nancy
Gaslight

Minnie Littlejohn
The Long, Hot Summer

Em
The Harvey Girls

Queen Ann
The Three Musketeers

Audrey Quail
The Red Danube

Semadar
Samson and Delilah

Tally Dickenson
A Lawless Street

Ruth
The Pirates of Penzance

Mabel Claremont
The Reluctant Debutante

Sibyl Vane
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Myra Leeds
Please Murder Me

Edwina Brown
National Velvet

London Specialty
Till the Clouds Roll By

Sarah Lee Gates
Blue Hawaii

Isabel Boyd
The World of Henry Orient

Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow

Countess Lina
A Breath of Scandal

Doris Hillman
A Life at Stake

Dora
The Blackwater Lightship

Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Dusty Millard
The Hoodlum Saint

Self - Chanteuse
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture

Mrs. Van Gundy
Mr. Popper's Penguins

Annabell Willart
All Fall Down

Mrs. Ada Harris
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

Self
On Cukor

Phyllis
Dear Heart

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

Lady Blystone
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

Pearl
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Agatha McGee
The Love She Sought

Herself
Queen of Diamonds

Countess Herthe von Ornstein
Something for Everyone

Mrs. Santa Claus
Mrs. Santa Claus

Madame Valentine
The Purple Mask

Susan Bratten
Tenth Avenue Angel

Amanda Fenwick
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

Mavis Pruitt
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Penelope Keeling
The Shell Seekers

Mabel Sabre
If Winter Comes

Clotilde de Marelle
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

Sybil Logan
In the Cool of the Day

Narrator (voice)
Glorious Technicolor

Emily Pollifax
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

Mrs. Edwards
Kind Lady

Gloria
Mister Buddwing

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

Jessica Fletcher
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

Jessica Fletcher
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

Leslie Waldridge
Mutiny

Marchesa Allabrandi
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

Nan Moore
Shootdown

Valeska Chauvel
Remains to Be Seen

Jessica Fletcher
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty

Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
Broadway's Lost Treasures

Angela Lansbury
Your Studio and You

Daisy Werthan
Driving Miss Daisy

(archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years

Self
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Mrs. Potts (voice)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

Self (archive footage)
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

Self / Host
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!

Self
Women He's Undressed

Ann Royce McClain
A Talent for Murder

Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim

Self
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

Self
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III

Self - Actress
The Trouble With Agatha Christie

Balloon Lady
Mary Poppins Returns

Self - Host
Fantasia 2000

Herself
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves

Sylvia
Mickey's Audition

Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Self
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Self
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

Self
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

Self (archive footage)
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

Mayor McGerkle (voice)
The Grinch

Self
Every Act of Life

Harold Prince: The Director's Life

Rose
Buttons

Self
Reflections on 'Gaslight'

Self
Forever Hollywood

Self / Hostess
To Oz! The Making of a Classic

Self
Frank Capra's American Dream

Grandmother (voice)
Heidi 4 Paws

Nellie Lovett
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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

Self
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Self
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

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

Self
Inside the Dream Factory

Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Howard

Self
Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury

Mrs. Potts (voice)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream

self
Miracle on 42nd Street

Vera Wayne
Claire

Disney Through The Decades

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

"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Show of Titles

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

Self - Performer
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland

Narrator
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall

Narrator
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
128
Gender
Female
Birthday
1925-10-16
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
Angela Brigid Lansbury