Angela Lansbury
Acting

Angela Lansbury

October 16, 1925 (Age 96 at death) London, England, UK Died October 11, 2022

Also known as: Angela Brigid Lansbury, آنجلا لنسبوری

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • TV

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944 • TV

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944 • TV

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984 • TV

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1991 • Movie

Anastasia

Anastasia

1997 • Movie

Movie Credits (50)

Acting

1991

Beauty and the Beast

as Mrs. Potts (voice)

1997

Anastasia

as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)

1990

The Love She Sought

as Agatha McGee

1944

Gaslight

as Nancy

1956

Please Murder Me

as Myra Leeds

2002

The Cockettes

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Nanny McPhee

as Aunt Adelaide

1979

The Lady Vanishes

as Miss Froy

1945

National Velvet

as Edwina Brown

1948

The Three Musketeers

as Queen Ann

1997

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

as Mrs. Potts (voice)

1978

Death on the Nile

as Salome Otterbourne

2011

Mr. Popper's Penguins

as Mrs. Van Gundy

1962

The Manchurian Candidate

as Mrs. Iselin

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Claudia

1982

The Last Unicorn

as Mommy Fortuna (voice)

1949

Samson and Delilah

as Semadar

1971

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

as Miss Price

1980

The Mirror Crack'd

as Miss Marple

1958

The Long, Hot Summer

as Minnie Littlejohn

TV Credits (51)

Acting

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Eleanor Duvall

1 episodes

1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

9 episodes

1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

2 episodes

1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Jessica Fletcher

264 episodes

1997

The View

as Self

3 episodes

1980

Magnum, P.I.

as Jessica Fletcher

1 episodes

1971

Great Performances

as Self

1 episodes

1950

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1 episodes

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1 episodes

1962

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

1 episodes

1954

Climax!

as Justina Marshall

1 episodes

1954

Climax!

as Judith Beresford

1 episodes

1994

Touched by an Angel

as Lady Penelope Berrington

1 episodes

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Christine Manson

1 episodes

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Rosie

1 episodes

1993

Intimate Portrait

as Self

1 episodes

1953

The Oscars

as Self

4 episodes

1952

Four Star Playhouse

as Joan Robinson

1 episodes

1952

Four Star Playhouse

as Mrs. Hallerton

1 episodes

1952

The Ford Television Theatre

as Lola Walker

1 episodes

Crew

1984

Murder, She Wrote

Producer

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
October 16, 1925
Died
October 11, 2022 (age 96)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Popularity
2.3

Career Stats

50
Movies
51
TV Shows