
Angela Lansbury
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.
56Credits26 TV · 30 films
1944–2022Years activefirst to latest
9.5 Highest ratedShelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
7.4 Average ratingacross 55 titles
Top TV shows 26best Angela Lansbury shows
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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesNarrator (voice) · 1 ep · 1992 - 2
Hallmark Hall of FamePenelope Keeling · 1 ep · 1951 - 3Rage of Angels: The Story ContinuesMarchesa Allabrandi · 2 eps · 1986
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Law & Order: Trial by JuryEleanor Duvall · 1 ep · 2005 - 5
Studio 571 ep · 1954 - 6
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitEleanor Duvall · 1 ep · 1999 - 7
The Ford Television TheatreLola Walker · 1 ep · 1952 - 8Stage 7Vanessa Peters · 2 eps · 1955
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Murder, She WroteJessica Beatrice "J.B." Fletcher · 1984–2003 · Drama - 10
Magnum, P.I.Jessica Fletcher · 1 ep · 1980 - 11
Your Show of Shows1 ep · 1950 - 12
LaceAunt Hortense Boutin · 2 eps · 1984 - 13
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsFlorie Vandrop · 1 ep · 1951 - 14
Omnibus1 ep · 1967 - 15
Touched by an AngelLady Penelope Berrington · 1 ep · 1994 - 16
Little WomenAunt March · 3 eps · 2017 - 17
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Elfie van Donck · 1 ep · 1964 - 18
Screen Director's PlayhouseVera Wayne · 1 ep · 1955 - 19
General Electric TheaterDaphne Rutledge · 1 ep · 1953 - 20Four Star PlayhouseJoan Robinson · 1 ep · 1952
- 21Lux Video TheatreLeslie · 1 ep · 1950
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Robert Montgomery PresentsChristine Manson · 1 ep · 1950 - 23
Little Gloria... Happy at LastGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney · 2 eps · 1982 - 24
The First Olympics: Athens 1896Alice Garrett · 2 eps · 1984 - 25
Climax!Justina Marshall · 1 ep · 1954 - 26
Revlon Mirror Theatre1 ep · 1953
Top movies 30best Angela Lansbury movies
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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A DreamMrs. Potts (voice) · 2004 - 2
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them AllNarrator · 2001 - 3
Broadway's Lost Treasures IIMame Dennis (segment "Mame") · 2004 - 4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetNellie Lovett · 1982 - 5
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea PartyMrs. Potts (voice) · 2005 - 6
Driving Miss DaisyDaisy Werthan · 2015 - 7
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action ClassicsNarrator · 2008 - 8
Knives OutThanks · 2019 - 9
Beauty and the BeastMrs. Potts (voice) · 1991 - 10
AnastasiaDowager Empress Marie (voice) · 1997 - 11
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ParisMrs. Ada Harris · 1992 - 12
The Manchurian CandidateMrs. Iselin · 1962 - 13
GaslightNancy · 1944 - 14
That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1974 - 15
The Last UnicornMommy Fortuna (voice) · 1982 - 16
The Court JesterPrincess Gwendolyn · 1955 - 17
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsRose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage) · 2005 - 18
National VelvetEdwina Brown · 1945 - 19
Death on the NileSalome Otterbourne · 1978 - 20
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic RiddleJessica Fletcher · 2003 - 21
The Picture of Dorian GraySibyl Vane · 1945 - 22
Six by SondheimMrs. Lovett (archive footage) · 2013 - 23
The Long, Hot SummerMinnie Littlejohn · 1958 - 24
Kind LadyMrs. Edwards · 1951 - 25
Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryAngela Lansbury · 2022 - 26
Bedknobs and BroomsticksMiss Price · 1971 - 27
Murder, She Wrote: South by SouthwestJessica Fletcher · 1997 - 28
That's Entertainment! III(archive footage) · 1994 - 29
A Talent for MurderAnn Royce McClain · 1983 - 30
Glorious TechnicolorNarrator (voice) · 1998