Angela Lansbury
Acting
Born: October 16, 1925 · London, England, UK
Died: October 11, 2022 (aged 96)
Highest Rated
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
Knives Out
2019
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
Anastasia
1997
The Grinch
2018
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
Nanny McPhee
2005
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011
Fantasia 2000
2000
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Photos (7)
Movies (92)
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Potts (voice)
The Grinch
Mayor McGerkle (voice)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Angela Lansbury
Mary Poppins Returns
Balloon Lady
Nanny McPhee
Aunt Adelaide
Anastasia
Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Death on the Nile
Salome Otterbourne
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mrs. Van Gundy
Gaslight
Nancy
The Manchurian Candidate
Mrs. Iselin
The Last Unicorn
Mommy Fortuna (voice)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Miss Price
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Claudia
The Mirror Crack'd
Miss Marple
The Company of Wolves
Granny
The Three Musketeers
Queen Ann
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sibyl Vane
Samson and Delilah
Semadar
Blue Hawaii
Sarah Lee Gates
The Court Jester
Princess Gwendolyn
The Long, Hot Summer
Minnie Littlejohn
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes
Miss Froy
National Velvet
Edwina Brown
Kind Lady
Mrs. Edwards
Till the Clouds Roll By
London Specialty
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
State of the Union
Kay Thorndyke
The Harvey Girls
Em
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Jessica Fletcher
Buttons
Rose
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
The World of Henry Orient
Isabel Boyd
Glorious Technicolor
Narrator (voice)
Six by Sondheim
Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Jessica Fletcher
Your Studio and You
Angela Lansbury
A Lawless Street
Tally Dickenson
Shootdown
Nan Moore
Please Murder Me
Myra Leeds
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Jessica Fletcher
All Fall Down
Annabell Willart
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Lady Blystone
The Hoodlum Saint
Dusty Millard
The Pirates of Penzance
Ruth
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Narrator
A Breath of Scandal
Countess Lina
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
Claire
Vera Wayne
In the Cool of the Day
Sybil Logan
The Red Danube
Audrey Quail
Dear Heart
Phyllis
The Reluctant Debutante
Mabel Claremont
Harlow
Mama Jean Bello
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Ada Harris
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Clotilde de Marelle
Mutiny
Leslie Waldridge
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Nellie Lovett
Show of Titles
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Heidi 4 Paws
Grandmother (voice)
Something for Everyone
Countess Herthe von Ornstein
Mrs. Santa Claus
Mrs. Santa Claus
Mister Buddwing
Gloria
The Purple Mask
Madame Valentine
Remains to Be Seen
Valeska Chauvel
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
Tenth Avenue Angel
Susan Bratten
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Disney Through The Decades
2001
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Marchesa Allabrandi
A Talent for Murder
Ann Royce McClain
The Blackwater Lightship
Dora
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Amanda Fenwick
A Life at Stake
Doris Hillman
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Pearl
The Love She Sought
Agatha McGee
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Mrs. Potts (voice)
If Winter Comes
Mabel Sabre
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Narrator
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973
The Shell Seekers
Penelope Keeling
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
Driving Miss Daisy
Daisy Werthan
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Emily Pollifax
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Mavis Pruitt
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
Mickey's Audition
Sylvia
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Narrator
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
Narrator
TV Shows (27)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eleanor Duvall · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher · 264 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Jessica Fletcher · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Christine Manson · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Rosie · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Lady Penelope Berrington · 1 eps
Climax!
Justina Marshall · 1 eps
Climax!
Judith Beresford · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Joan Robinson · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Mrs. Hallerton · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Elfie van Donck · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Lola Walker · 1 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Eleanor Duvall · 1 eps
Studio 57
1 eps
Your Show of Shows
1 eps
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
Vera Wayne · 1 eps
Little Women
Aunt March · 3 eps
Lace
Aunt Hortense Boutin · 2 eps
General Electric Theater
Daphne Rutledge · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Florie Vandrop · 1 eps
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1 eps
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Penelope Keeling · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dora · 1 eps
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
Alice Garrett · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (60)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 9 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
The View
Self · 3 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host / Performer · 5 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host/Presenter · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Presenter · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Performer · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host / Presenter · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Winner · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 4 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Today
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · 1 eps
The Danny Kaye Show
Self · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · 1 eps
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Fantasia 2000
Self - Host
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self · 1 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Forever Hollywood
Self
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
Howard
Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
The Cockettes
Self (archive footage)
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Self
Women He's Undressed
Self
Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self - Host
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
Self - Chanteuse
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Self
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
On Cukor
Self
Every Act of Life
Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
Self
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
Self - Performer
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Self
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
Self
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Self - Actress
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Self (archive footage)
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Self
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Self
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
Self
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
Herself