Angela Lansbury

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

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Murder, She Wrote

The View

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Magnum, P.I.

All Movies (130)

• Commitment to Life2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022 · as Angela Lansbury
• Show of Titles2021 · as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
• Mary Poppins Returns2018 · as Balloon Lady
• Buttons2018 · as Rose
• Harold Prince: The Director's Life2018
• The Grinch2018 · as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
• Every Act of Life2018 · as Self
• Howard2018 · as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
• Miracle on 42nd Street2017 · as Self
• Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches2017 · as Self
• Women He's Undressed2015 · as Self
• Driving Miss Daisy2015 · as Daisy Werthan
• Six by Sondheim2013 · as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
• Mr. Popper's Penguins2011 · as Mrs. Van Gundy
• Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast2010 · as Self
• To Oz! The Making of a Classic2009 · as Self / Hostess
• Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story2009 · as Self
• The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics2008 · as Narrator
• Heidi 4 Paws2008 · as Grandmother (voice)
• Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times2008 · as Self
• Elvis: #1 Hit Performances2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Words and Music by Jerry Herman2007 · as Self
• Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury2006 · as Self
• Nanny McPhee2005 · as Aunt Adelaide
• Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party2005 · as Mrs. Potts (voice)
• Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards2005 · as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
• Broadway's Lost Treasures II2004 · as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
• Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream2004 · as Mrs. Potts (voice)
• Queen of Diamonds2004 · as Herself
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies2004 · as Self
• The Blackwater Lightship2004 · as Dora
• Reflections on 'Gaslight'2003 · as Self
• Broadway's Lost Treasures2003 · as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
• Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle2003 · as Jessica Fletcher
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
• The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series2003 · as Self
• Edith Head: The Paramount Years2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury2002 · as Self
• The Cockettes2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All2001 · as Narrator
• Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man2001 · as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
• Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks2001 · as Self
• Disney Through The Decades2001
• On Cukor2000 · as Self
• Sir John Mills' Moving Memories2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For2000 · as Jessica Fletcher
• Fantasia 20002000 · as Self - Host
• The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax1999 · as Emily Pollifax
• Forever Hollywood1999 · as Self
• Glorious Technicolor1998 · as Narrator (voice)
• Anastasia1997 · as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
• Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas1997 · as Mrs. Potts (voice)
• Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest1997 · as Jessica Fletcher
• Frank Capra's American Dream1997 · as Self
• Mrs. Santa Claus1996 · as Mrs. Santa Claus
• A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury1996 · as Self
• Inside the Dream Factory1995 · as Self
• Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall1995 · as Narrator
• Your Studio and You1995 · as Angela Lansbury
• A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim1995
• Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch1994 · as Narrator
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl1994 · as Self
• Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris1992 · as Mrs. Ada Harris
• Mickey's Audition1992 · as Sylvia
• Euro Disney : L'Ouverture1992 · as Self - Chanteuse
• The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland1992 · as Self - Performer
• Beauty and the Beast1991 · as Mrs. Potts (voice)
• The Trouble With Agatha Christie1991 · as Self - Actress
• The Love She Sought1990 · as Agatha McGee
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic1990 · as Self / Host
• The Shell Seekers1989 · as Penelope Keeling
• Shootdown1988 · as Nan Moore
• Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves1988 · as Herself
• Rage of Angels: The Story Continues1986 · as Marchesa Allabrandi
• The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn1986 · as Self
• The Company of Wolves1984 · as Granny
• The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story1983 · as Amanda Fenwick
• A Talent for Murder1983 · as Ann Royce McClain
• The Pirates of Penzance1983 · as Ruth
• The Last Unicorn1982 · as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street1982 · as Nellie Lovett
• The Mirror Crack'd1980 · as Miss Marple
• The Lady Vanishes1979 · as Miss Froy
• Death on the Nile1978 · as Salome Otterbourne
• The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow1975 · as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
• That's Entertainment!1974 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Sondheim: A Musical Tribute1973
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks1971 · as Miss Price
• Something for Everyone1970 · as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
• Mister Buddwing1966 · as Gloria
• Harlow1965 · as Mama Jean Bello
• The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders1965 · as Lady Blystone
• The Greatest Story Ever Told1965 · as Claudia
• Dear Heart1965 · as Phyllis
• The World of Henry Orient1964 · as Isabel Boyd
• In the Cool of the Day1963 · as Sybil Logan
• The Manchurian Candidate1962 · as Mrs. Iselin
• All Fall Down1962 · as Annabell Willart
• Blue Hawaii1961 · as Sarah Lee Gates
• The Dark at the Top of the Stairs1960 · as Mavis Pruitt
• A Breath of Scandal1960 · as Countess Lina
• Summer of the Seventeenth Doll1959 · as Pearl
• The Reluctant Debutante1958 · as Mabel Claremont
• The Long, Hot Summer1958 · as Minnie Littlejohn
• Claire1956 · as Vera Wayne
• Please Murder Me1956 · as Myra Leeds
• The Court Jester1955 · as Princess Gwendolyn
• A Lawless Street1955 · as Tally Dickenson
• The Purple Mask1955 · as Madame Valentine
• A Life at Stake1955 · as Doris Hillman
• Remains to Be Seen1953 · as Valeska Chauvel
• Mutiny1952 · as Leslie Waldridge
• Kind Lady1951 · as Mrs. Edwards
• Samson and Delilah1949 · as Semadar
• The Red Danube1949 · as Audrey Quail
• The Three Musketeers1948 · as Queen Ann
• State of the Union1948 · as Kay Thorndyke
• Tenth Avenue Angel1948 · as Susan Bratten
• If Winter Comes1947 · as Mabel Sabre
• The Private Affairs of Bel Ami1947 · as Clotilde de Marelle
• Till the Clouds Roll By1946 · as London Specialty
• The Hoodlum Saint1946 · as Dusty Millard
• The Harvey Girls1946 · as Em
• The Picture of Dorian Gray1945 · as Sibyl Vane
• National Velvet1945 · as Edwina Brown
• Gaslight1944 · as Nancy

All TV Shows (60)

• Little Women2017 · as Aunt March
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury2005 · as Eleanor Duvall
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Eleanor Duvall
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Lady Penelope Berrington
• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories1992 · as Narrator (voice)
• Rage of Angels: The Story Continues1986 · as Marchesa Allabrandi
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Jessica Fletcher
• The First Olympics: Athens 18961984 · as Alice Garrett
• Lace1984 · as Aunt Hortense Boutin
• Little Gloria... Happy at Last1982 · as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Jessica Fletcher
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
• The Julie Andrews Hour1972 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Omnibus1967
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Elfie van Donck
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host / Performer
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host/Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner / Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Performer
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host / Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter / Winner
• Screen Director's Playhouse1955 · as Vera Wayne
• Stage 71955 · as Vanessa Peters
• Climax!1954 · as Justina Marshall
• Climax!1954 · as Judith Beresford
• The George Gobel Show1954 · as Self
• Studio 571954
• Revlon Mirror Theatre1953
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Daphne Rutledge
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Lola Walker
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Joan Robinson
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Mrs. Hallerton
• Today1952 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Penelope Keeling
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Dora
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Florie Vandrop
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Leslie
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Self - Intermission Guest
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Lucy Landor
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Tina Rafferty
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Elsa
• Your Show of Shows1950
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Christine Manson
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Rosie
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter