Angela Lansbury

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

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

128

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-10-16

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Angela Brigid Lansbury