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Angela Lansbury
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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 o…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Angela Lansbury's Filmography
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Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Angela Lansbury
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Mary Poppins Returns
as Balloon Lady
Buttons
as Rose
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
The Grinch
as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
Every Act of Life
as Self
Howard
as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Miracle on 42nd Street
as Self
The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told
as Self
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
as Self
Women He's Undressed
as Self
Driving Miss Daisy
as Daisy Werthan
Six by Sondheim
as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
as Mrs. Van Gundy
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
as Self / Hostess
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
as Self
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
as Narrator
Heidi 4 Paws
as Grandmother (voice)
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
as Self
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
as Self (archive footage)
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
Nanny McPhee
as Aunt Adelaide
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
No Poster
Queen of Diamonds
as Herself
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Self
The Blackwater Lightship
as Dora
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
as Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
as Jessica Fletcher
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
as Self
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
as Self
The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage)
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
as Narrator
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Self
Disney Through The Decades
On Cukor
as Self
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
as Jessica Fletcher
Fantasia 2000
as Self - Host
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
as Emily Pollifax
Forever Hollywood
as Self
Glorious Technicolor
as Narrator (voice)
Anastasia
as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Jessica Fletcher
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self
Mrs. Santa Claus
as Mrs. Santa Claus
No Poster
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
as Self
Inside the Dream Factory
as Self
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
as Narrator
Your Studio and You
as Angela Lansbury
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
as Narrator
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
as Mrs. Ada Harris
Mickey's Audition
as Sylvia
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
as Self - Chanteuse
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
as Self - Performer
Beauty and the Beast
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
as Self - Actress
The Love She Sought
as Agatha McGee
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self - Host
The Shell Seekers
as Penelope Keeling
Shootdown
as Nan Moore
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
as Herself
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
as Marchesa Allabrandi
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self
The Company of Wolves
as Granny
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
as Amanda Fenwick
A Talent for Murder
as Ann Royce McClain
The Pirates of Penzance
as Ruth
The Last Unicorn
as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Nellie Lovett
The Mirror Crack'd
as Miss Marple
The Lady Vanishes
as Miss Froy
Death on the Nile
as Salome Otterbourne
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Miss Price
Something for Everyone
as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
Mister Buddwing
as Gloria
Harlow
as Mama Jean Bello
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as Lady Blystone
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Claudia
Dear Heart
as Phyllis
The World of Henry Orient
as Isabel Boyd
In the Cool of the Day
as Sybil Logan
The Manchurian Candidate
as Mrs. Iselin
All Fall Down
as Annabell Willart
Blue Hawaii
as Sarah Lee Gates
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Mavis Pruitt
A Breath of Scandal
as Countess Lina
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
as Pearl
The Reluctant Debutante
as Mabel Claremont
The Long, Hot Summer
as Minnie Littlejohn
Claire
as Vera Wayne
Please Murder Me
as Myra Leeds
The Court Jester
as Princess Gwendolyn
A Lawless Street
as Tally Dickenson
The Purple Mask
as Madame Valentine
A Life at Stake
as Doris Hillman
Remains to Be Seen
as Valeska Chauvel
Mutiny
as Leslie Waldridge
Kind Lady
as Mrs. Edwards
Samson and Delilah
as Semadar
The Red Danube
as Audrey Quail
The Three Musketeers
as Queen Ann
State of the Union
as Kay Thorndyke
Tenth Avenue Angel
as Susan Bratten
If Winter Comes
as Mabel Sabre
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Clotilde de Marelle
Till the Clouds Roll By
as London Specialty
The Hoodlum Saint
as Dusty Millard
The Harvey Girls
as Em
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sibyl Vane
National Velvet
as Edwina Brown
Gaslight
as Nancy