Acting
Angela Lansbury
Born Oct 16, 1925 · London, England, UK · Died Oct 11, 2022
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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Acting
Commitment to Life
2023
Documentary
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
Comedy · Crime · Mystery
Show of Titles
2021
Music · Comedy · History
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
Fantasy · Family · Comedy
Buttons
2018
Drama
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
Documentary
The Grinch
2018
Animation · Comedy · Family
Every Act of Life
2018
Documentary
Howard
2018
Documentary · Music
Little Women
2017
Drama
Miracle on 42nd Street
2017
Documentary
The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told
2017
Documentary
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
Documentary
Women He's Undressed
2015
Documentary
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
Drama · Comedy · TV Movie
Six by Sondheim
2013
Documentary · Music
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011
Comedy · Family
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010
Documentary
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010
Documentary
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
Documentary · Music
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2008
Documentary
Heidi 4 Paws
2008
Family
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
2008
Documentary
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007
Music
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007
Music · Documentary
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
Documentary · Music
Nanny McPhee
2005
Fantasy · Comedy · Family
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005
Music · Family · Animation
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Music · Documentary
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Drama
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
Music · Documentary
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2004
Animation · Family · Music
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
TV Movie · Documentary · Music
The Blackwater Lightship
2004
Drama
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
2003
Documentary
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
Music · Documentary
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
2003
TV Movie · Mystery
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Music · Documentary · History
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
Documentary
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
Documentary
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
2002
Music · Family
The Cockettes
2002
Documentary
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001
Documentary · Family
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001
TV Movie · Mystery
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
2001
Documentary
Disney Through The Decades
2001
Documentary
On Cukor
2000
Documentary
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
Documentary
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000
Mystery · TV Movie
Fantasia 2000
2000
Animation · Family · Music
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1999
Mystery
Forever Hollywood
1999
Documentary
Glorious Technicolor
1998
Documentary · TV Movie
Anastasia
1997
Animation · Family · Fantasy
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
Animation · Fantasy · Family
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
TV Movie · Mystery
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Mrs. Santa Claus
1996
Family · Fantasy · Music
Inside the Dream Factory
1995
Documentary · TV Movie
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
1995
Comedy
Your Studio and You
1995
Comedy
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995
Music · Documentary
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
1994
Family · Animation
Touched by an Angel
1994
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Family
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Documentary · Music
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994
Music
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992
Drama · TV Movie
Mickey's Audition
1992
Animation · Family
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Animation · Family · Kids
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
1992
Documentary · Family · Music
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992
Family · Music · Documentary
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Romance · Family · Animation
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
TV Movie · Documentary
The Love She Sought
1990
Drama · Romance · TV Movie
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990
Documentary · TV Movie
The Shell Seekers
1989
Drama · TV Movie
Shootdown
1988
Drama · TV Movie
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
1988
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986
TV Movie · Drama
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
TV Movie · Documentary
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mystery · Crime · Drama
The Company of Wolves
1984
Horror · Fantasy
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
1984
Drama
Lace
1984
Drama · Soap
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
1983
Drama · TV Movie
A Talent for Murder
1983
Mystery · TV Movie
The Pirates of Penzance
1983
Comedy · Music · Romance
The Last Unicorn
1982
Fantasy · Animation · Family
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
Drama
Newhart
1982
Comedy · Drama
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1982
Music · Drama · Thriller
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
Mystery · Crime · Thriller
The Lady Vanishes
1979
Mystery · Thriller · Comedy
Death on the Nile
1978
Mystery
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
1975
Animation
That's Entertainment!
1974
Documentary · Family · Music
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973
Documentary
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Family · Animation · Fantasy
Something for Everyone
1970
Drama · Comedy · Crime
Omnibus
1967
Documentary
Mister Buddwing
1966
Drama · Mystery
Harlow
1965
Drama
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
Comedy · Romance · Crime
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Drama · History
Dear Heart
1965
Comedy · Romance
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Action & Adventure · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The World of Henry Orient
1964
Comedy · Drama
In the Cool of the Day
1963
Drama · Romance
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
Thriller · Drama
All Fall Down
1962
Drama
Blue Hawaii
1961
Music · Comedy · Romance
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
Drama
A Breath of Scandal
1960
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
Drama · Romance
The Reluctant Debutante
1958
Comedy · Romance
The Long, Hot Summer
1958
Drama
Claire
1956
Crime · Drama
Please Murder Me
1956
Crime · Thriller
The Court Jester
1955
Music · Adventure · Comedy
A Lawless Street
1955
Western
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Comedy · Drama
The Purple Mask
1955
Adventure
A Life at Stake
1955
Drama
Climax!
1954
Drama · Mystery
Studio 57
1954
Drama · Family
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Remains to Be Seen
1953
Comedy · Mystery · Crime
General Electric Theater
1953
Comedy · Drama
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Drama
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Drama · Comedy
Mutiny
1952
Adventure · War · History
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Drama · Comedy
Kind Lady
1951
Crime · Thriller · Drama
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Drama · Comedy
Your Show of Shows
1950
Comedy
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Drama
Samson and Delilah
1949
Romance · Drama · History
The Red Danube
1949
Drama · War · Romance
The Three Musketeers
1948
Adventure · Romance
State of the Union
1948
Comedy · Drama
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948
Drama
If Winter Comes
1947
Drama
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
Drama
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Music
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Drama · Music
The Harvey Girls
1946
Music · Western · Romance
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
Drama · Horror · Fantasy
National Velvet
1945
Drama · Family
Gaslight
1944
Thriller · Drama · Mystery