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)
The Grinch
Mayor McGerkle (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Nanny McPhee
Aunt Adelaide
Mary Poppins Returns
Balloon Lady
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Angela Lansbury
Anastasia
Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Samson and Delilah
Semadar
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mrs. Van Gundy
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Death on the Nile
Salome Otterbourne
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Miss Price
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Claudia
The Three Musketeers
Queen Ann
National Velvet
Edwina Brown
The Last Unicorn
Mommy Fortuna (voice)
The Court Jester
Princess Gwendolyn
Gaslight
Nancy
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sibyl Vane
The Company of Wolves
Granny
A Lawless Street
Tally Dickenson
The Manchurian Candidate
Mrs. Iselin
Till the Clouds Roll By
London Specialty
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Jessica Fletcher
Blue Hawaii
Sarah Lee Gates
The Mirror Crack'd
Miss Marple
The Long, Hot Summer
Minnie Littlejohn
Please Murder Me
Myra Leeds
The World of Henry Orient
Isabel Boyd
A Breath of Scandal
Countess Lina
The Red Danube
Audrey Quail
The Pirates of Penzance
Ruth
The Lady Vanishes
Miss Froy
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Ada Harris
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Jessica Fletcher
Mutiny
Leslie Waldridge
Harlow
Mama Jean Bello
The Reluctant Debutante
Mabel Claremont
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
Kind Lady
Mrs. Edwards
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Jessica Fletcher
A Life at Stake
Doris Hillman
Tenth Avenue Angel
Susan Bratten
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Purple Mask
Madame Valentine
If Winter Comes
Mabel Sabre
State of the Union
Kay Thorndyke
Mrs. Santa Claus
Mrs. Santa Claus
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Six by Sondheim
Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
Remains to Be Seen
Valeska Chauvel
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Marchesa Allabrandi
In the Cool of the Day
Sybil Logan
Glorious Technicolor
Narrator (voice)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Lady Blystone
Buttons
Rose
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
Show of Titles
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
A Talent for Murder
Ann Royce McClain
The Love She Sought
Agatha McGee
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Narrator
All Fall Down
Annabell Willart
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Nellie Lovett
The Harvey Girls
Em
Shootdown
Nan Moore
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Emily Pollifax
Your Studio and You
Angela Lansbury
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
Disney Through The Decades
2001
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Clotilde de Marelle
The Hoodlum Saint
Dusty Millard
Dear Heart
Phyllis
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Mavis Pruitt
Heidi 4 Paws
Grandmother (voice)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Amanda Fenwick
The Shell Seekers
Penelope Keeling
Mister Buddwing
Gloria
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
Driving Miss Daisy
Daisy Werthan
The Blackwater Lightship
Dora
Claire
Vera Wayne
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973
Mickey's Audition
Sylvia
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
Something for Everyone
Countess Herthe von Ornstein
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Pearl
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Narrator
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
Narrator
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Narrator
TV Shows (31)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eleanor Duvall · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher · 264 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Jessica Fletcher · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Lady Penelope Berrington · 1 eps
Climax!
Justina Marshall · 1 eps
Climax!
Judith Beresford · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Christine Manson · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Rosie · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Joan Robinson · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Mrs. Hallerton · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Lola Walker · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Elfie van Donck · 1 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Eleanor Duvall · 1 eps
Studio 57
1 eps
Your Show of Shows
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Leslie · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Lucy Landor · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Tina Rafferty · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Elsa · 1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
Vera Wayne · 1 eps
Little Women
Aunt March · 3 eps
Lace
Aunt Hortense Boutin · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Penelope Keeling · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dora · 1 eps
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Daphne Rutledge · 1 eps
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney · 2 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Florie Vandrop · 1 eps
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
Alice Garrett · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (60)
The View
Self · 3 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 9 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 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
Today
Self · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 4 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · 1 eps
The Danny Kaye Show
Self · 1 eps
Fantasia 2000
Self - Host
Lux Video Theatre
Self - Intermission Guest · 1 eps
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self · 1 eps
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
Forever Hollywood
Self
Every Act of Life
Self
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
Self - Chanteuse
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
On Cukor
Self
The Cockettes
Self (archive footage)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
Howard
Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
Self
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Self
Women He's Undressed
Self
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Self
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self - Host
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Self - Actress
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Self
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
Self - Performer
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Self
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
Herself
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Self (archive footage)
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
Self