Angela Lansbury

Personal Info

Birthday

October 16, 1925

Day of Death

2022-10-11

(96 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Angela Brigid Lansbury

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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).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Murder, She Wrote

Robert Montgomery Presents

Magnum, P.I.

Four Star Playhouse

Climax!

Touched by an Angel

Beauty and the Beast

Filmography

2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Angela Lansbury
2021
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
2018
Mary Poppins Returns
as Balloon Lady
Buttons
as Rose
The Grinch
as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
Every Act of Life
as Self
Howard
as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
2017
Miracle on 42nd Street
as self
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
as Self
2015
Women He's Undressed
as Self
Driving Miss Daisy
as Daisy Werthan
2013
Six by Sondheim
as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins
as Mrs. Van Gundy
2010
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
as Self
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
as Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin (archive footage)
2009
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
as Self / Hostess
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
as Self
2008
Heidi 4 Paws
as Grandmother (voice)
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
as Self
2007
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
as Self (archive footage)
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
2006
Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
as Self
2005
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)
2004
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)
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
2003
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
2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
as Self
The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage)
2001
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
2000
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
1999
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
as Emily Pollifax
Forever Hollywood
as Self
1998
Glorious Technicolor
as Narrator (voice)
1997
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
1996
Mrs. Santa Claus
as Mrs. Santa Claus
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
as Self
1995
Inside the Dream Factory
as Self
Your Studio and You
as Angela Lansbury
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
1992
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
as Mrs. Ada Harris
Mickey's Audition
as Sylvia
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
as Self - Performer
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
as Self - Chanteuse
1991
Beauty and the Beast
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
as Self - Actress
1990
The Love She Sought
as Agatha McGee
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self / Host
1989
The Shell Seekers
as Penelope Keeling
1988
Shootdown
as Nan Moore
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
as Herself
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self
1984
The Company of Wolves
as Granny
1983
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
as Amanda Fenwick
A Talent for Murder
as Ann Royce McClain
The Pirates of Penzance
as Ruth
1982
The Last Unicorn
as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Nellie Lovett
1980
The Mirror Crack'd
as Miss Marple
1979
The Lady Vanishes
as Miss Froy
1978
Death on the Nile
as Salome Otterbourne
1975
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Miss Price
1970
Something For Everyone
as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
1966
Mister Buddwing
as Gloria
1965
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
1964
The World of Henry Orient
as Isabel Boyd
1963
In the Cool of the Day
as Sybil Logan
1962
The Manchurian Candidate
as Mrs. Iselin
All Fall Down
as Annabell Willart
1961
Blue Hawaii
as Sarah Lee Gates
1960
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Mavis Pruitt
A Breath of Scandal
as Countess Lina
1959
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
as Pearl
1958
The Reluctant Debutante
as Mabel Claremont
The Long, Hot Summer
as Minnie Littlejohn
1956
Claire
as Vera Wayne
Please Murder Me
as Myra Leeds
1955
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
1953
Remains to Be Seen
as Valeska Chauvel
1952
Mutiny
as Leslie Waldridge
1951
Kind Lady
as Mrs. Edwards
1949
Samson and Delilah
as Semadar
The Red Danube
as Audrey Quail
1948
The Three Musketeers
as Queen Ann
State of the Union
as Kay Thorndyke
Tenth Avenue Angel
as Susan Bratten
1947
If Winter Comes
as Mabel Sabre
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Clotilde de Marelle
1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
as London Specialty
The Hoodlum Saint
as Dusty Millard
The Harvey Girls
as Em
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sibyl Vane
National Velvet
as Edwina Brown
1944
Gaslight
as Nancy