Angela Lansbury
Acting
Born: Oct 16, 1925 — Died: Oct 11, 2022
From: London, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanny McPhee | Aunt Adelaide | 2005 | 6.687 |
| Broadway's Lost Treasures II | Mame Dennis (segment "Mame") | 2004 | 8.25 |
| The Cockettes | Self (archive footage) | 2002 | 6.556 |
| Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | 2000 | 7.0 |
| Anastasia | Dowager Empress Marie (voice) | 1997 | 7.607 |
| Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Mrs. Potts (voice) | 1997 | 6.235 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Mrs. Potts (voice) | 1991 | 7.726 |
| The Company of Wolves | Granny | 1984 | 6.309 |
| The Pirates of Penzance | Ruth | 1983 | 6.052 |
| The Last Unicorn | Mommy Fortuna (voice) | 1982 | 7.273 |
| The Mirror Crack'd | Miss Marple | 1980 | 6.076 |
| The Lady Vanishes | Miss Froy | 1979 | 6.022 |
| Death on the Nile | Salome Otterbourne | 1978 | 7.144 |
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Miss Price | 1971 | 7.029 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | Claudia | 1965 | 6.415 |
| Harlow | Mama Jean Bello | 1965 | 5.605 |
| The Manchurian Candidate | Mrs. Iselin | 1962 | 7.512 |
| The Long, Hot Summer | Minnie Littlejohn | 1958 | 7.052 |
| The Reluctant Debutante | Mabel Claremont | 1958 | 6.659 |
| Please Murder Me | Myra Leeds | 1956 | 5.879 |
| The Court Jester | Princess Gwendolyn | 1955 | 7.284 |
| A Lawless Street | Tally Dickenson | 1955 | 5.424 |
| The Red Danube | Audrey Quail | 1949 | 6.65 |
| Samson and Delilah | Semadar | 1949 | 6.605 |
| State of the Union | Kay Thorndyke | 1948 | 6.743 |
| The Three Musketeers | Queen Ann | 1948 | 6.756 |
| The Harvey Girls | Em | 1946 | 6.602 |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Sibyl Vane | 1945 | 7.146 |
| National Velvet | Edwina Brown | 1945 | 7.25 |
| Gaslight | Nancy | 1944 | 7.528 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1925 |
| From | London, England, UK |