Angela Lansbury
Born October 16, 1925 (Age: 100)
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London, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
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as Angela Lansbury
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Age: 97
Show of Titles
2021
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as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
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Age: 95
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
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as Balloon Lady
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Age: 93
The Grinch
2018
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as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
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Age: 93
Every Act of Life
2018
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as Self
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Age: 92
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011
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as Mrs. Van Gundy
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Age: 85
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010
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as Self
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Age: 84
No Image
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
2009
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as Self / Hostess
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Age: 83
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 83
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 82
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
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as Self
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Age: 81
Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
2006
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as Self
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Age: 80
Nanny McPhee
2005
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as Aunt Adelaide
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Age: 80
No Image
Queen of Diamonds
2004
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as Herself
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Age: 78
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
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as Self
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Age: 78
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
2002
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as Self
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Age: 76
The Cockettes
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 76
Disney Through The Decades
2001
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as
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Age: 75
On Cukor
2000
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as Self
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Age: 75
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 74
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000
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as Jessica Fletcher
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Age: 74
Fantasia 2000
2000
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as Self - Host
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Age: 74
Glorious Technicolor
1998
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 73
Anastasia
1997
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as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
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Age: 72
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
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as Mrs. Potts (voice)
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Age: 72
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
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as Jessica Fletcher
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Age: 72
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
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as Self
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Age: 71
Mrs. Santa Claus
1996
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as Mrs. Santa Claus
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Age: 71
No Image
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
1996
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as Self
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Age: 71
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
1995
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as Narrator
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Age: 69
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995
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as
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Age: 69
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
1994
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as Narrator
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Age: 69
That's Entertainment! III
1994
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 68
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994
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as Self
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Age: 68
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992
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as Mrs. Ada Harris
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Age: 67
Mickey's Audition
1992
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as Sylvia
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Age: 66
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992
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as Self - Performer
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Age: 66
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
1992
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as Self - Chanteuse
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Age: 66
Beauty and the Beast
1991
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as Mrs. Potts (voice)
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Age: 66
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
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as Self - Actress
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Age: 65
The Love She Sought
1990
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as Agatha McGee
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Age: 65
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990
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as Self / Host
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Age: 64
The Shell Seekers
1989
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as Penelope Keeling
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Age: 64
Shootdown
1988
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as Nan Moore
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Age: 63
The Company of Wolves
1984
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as Granny
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Age: 58
The Pirates of Penzance
1983
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as Ruth
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Age: 57
The Last Unicorn
1982
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as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
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Age: 57
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
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as Miss Marple
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Age: 54
Death on the Nile
1978
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as Salome Otterbourne
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Age: 52
That's Entertainment!
1974
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as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 48
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973
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as
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Age: 47
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
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as Miss Price
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Age: 45
Harlow
1965
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as Mama Jean Bello
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Age: 39
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
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as Lady Blystone
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Age: 39
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
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as Claudia
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Age: 39
Dear Heart
1965
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as Phyllis
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Age: 39
The World of Henry Orient
1964
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as Isabel Boyd
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Age: 38
In the Cool of the Day
1963
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as Sybil Logan
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Age: 37
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
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as Mrs. Iselin
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Age: 37
All Fall Down
1962
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as Annabell Willart
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Age: 36
Blue Hawaii
1961
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as Sarah Lee Gates
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Age: 36
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
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as Mavis Pruitt
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Age: 34
A Breath of Scandal
1960
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as Countess Lina
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Age: 34
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
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as Pearl
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Age: 34
The Reluctant Debutante
1958
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as Mabel Claremont
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Age: 32
The Long, Hot Summer
1958
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as Minnie Littlejohn
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Age: 32
Claire
1956
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as Vera Wayne
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Age: 30
Please Murder Me
1956
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as Myra Leeds
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Age: 30
The Court Jester
1955
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as Princess Gwendolyn
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Age: 30
A Lawless Street
1955
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as Tally Dickenson
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Age: 30
The Purple Mask
1955
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as Madame Valentine
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Age: 29
A Life at Stake
1955
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as Doris Hillman
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Age: 29
Remains to Be Seen
1953
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as Valeska Chauvel
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Age: 27
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
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as Sibyl Vane
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Age: 19
National Velvet
1945
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as Edwina Brown
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Age: 19