Angela Lansbury

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

178

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-10-16

Day of death

2022-10-11 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The View

    The View

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Anastasia

    Anastasia

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • The Love She Sought

    The Love She Sought

  • The Grinch

    The Grinch

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

  • Shootdown

    Shootdown

  • Please Murder Me

    Please Murder Me

  • Studio 57

    Studio 57

  • Gaslight

    Gaslight

  • The George Gobel Show

    The George Gobel Show

  • Screen Director's Playhouse

    Screen Director's Playhouse

  • The Danny Kaye Show

    The Danny Kaye Show

  • The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

  • The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes

  • National Velvet

    National Velvet

  • Kind Lady

    Kind Lady

  • Nanny McPhee

    Nanny McPhee

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Today

    Today

  • Mister Buddwing

    Mister Buddwing

  • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

    Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

  • Heidi 4 Paws

    Heidi 4 Paws

  • Claire

    Claire

  • The World of Hammer

    The World of Hammer

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • Buttons

    Buttons

  • Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

    Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

  • Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

    Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

  • Mary Poppins Returns

    Mary Poppins Returns

  • Glorious Technicolor

    Glorious Technicolor

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Your Studio and You

    Your Studio and You

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • Mr. Popper's Penguins

    Mr. Popper's Penguins

  • Death on the Nile

    Death on the Nile

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Manchurian Candidate

    The Manchurian Candidate

  • Women He's Undressed

    Women He's Undressed

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • The Purple Mask

    The Purple Mask

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told

    The Greatest Story Ever Told

  • Fantasia 2000

    Fantasia 2000

  • Samson and Delilah

    Samson and Delilah

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

  • The Last Unicorn

    The Last Unicorn

  • Six by Sondheim

    Six by Sondheim

  • Show of Titles

    Show of Titles

  • Lace

    Lace

  • The Julie Andrews Hour

    The Julie Andrews Hour

  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    Bedknobs and Broomsticks

  • That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

  • In the Cool of the Day

    In the Cool of the Day

  • The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd

  • The Company of Wolves

    The Company of Wolves

  • The Court Jester

    The Court Jester

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • The Long, Hot Summer

    The Long, Hot Summer

  • Blue Hawaii

    Blue Hawaii

  • Revlon Mirror Theatre

    Revlon Mirror Theatre

  • Mrs. Santa Claus

    Mrs. Santa Claus

  • The Harvey Girls

    The Harvey Girls

  • Little Gloria... Happy at Last

    Little Gloria... Happy at Last

  • The First Olympics: Athens 1896

    The First Olympics: Athens 1896

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch

    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Howard

    Howard

  • Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

    Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

  • Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All

    Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All

  • Till the Clouds Roll By

    Till the Clouds Roll By

  • Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

  • The Reluctant Debutante

    The Reluctant Debutante

  • The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

    The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

  • AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

    AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

  • Dear Heart

    Dear Heart

  • A Breath of Scandal

    A Breath of Scandal

  • The World of Henry Orient

    The World of Henry Orient

  • State of the Union

    State of the Union

  • The Pirates of Penzance

    The Pirates of Penzance

  • Mutiny

    Mutiny

  • Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

    Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

  • The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

    The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

  • Every Act of Life

    Every Act of Life

  • Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

    Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

  • A Lawless Street

    A Lawless Street

  • Harlow

    Harlow

  • Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

    Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

  • Frank Capra's American Dream

    Frank Capra's American Dream

  • Something for Everyone

    Something for Everyone

  • All Fall Down

    All Fall Down

  • Stage 7

    Stage 7

  • Euro Disney : L'Ouverture

    Euro Disney : L'Ouverture

  • The Red Danube

    The Red Danube

  • The Shell Seekers

    The Shell Seekers

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

    Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

  • The Blackwater Lightship

    The Blackwater Lightship

  • The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

    The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

  • Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

    Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

  • The Hoodlum Saint

    The Hoodlum Saint

  • Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast

    Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast

  • Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

    Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

  • Driving Miss Daisy

    Driving Miss Daisy

  • Miracle on 42nd Street

    Miracle on 42nd Street

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

  • Remains to Be Seen

    Remains to Be Seen

  • The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

    The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

  • The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  • Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream

    Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures

    Broadway's Lost Treasures

  • A Talent for Murder

    A Talent for Murder

  • Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury

    Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury

  • Disney Through The Decades

    Disney Through The Decades

  • Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

    Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

  • Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

    Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

  • Inside the Dream Factory

    Inside the Dream Factory

  • If Winter Comes

    If Winter Comes

  • Edith Head: The Paramount Years

    Edith Head: The Paramount Years

  • The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

  • The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

    The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

  • A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

    A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

  • Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

    Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

  • Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

    Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures II

    Broadway's Lost Treasures II

  • Queen of Diamonds

    Queen of Diamonds

  • Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

    Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

  • Mickey's Audition

    Mickey's Audition

  • The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland

    The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland

  • Tenth Avenue Angel

    Tenth Avenue Angel

  • On Cukor

    On Cukor

  • A Life at Stake

    A Life at Stake

  • The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow

    The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow

  • Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

    Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

  • The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

    The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

  • Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall

    Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall

  • Words and Music by Jerry Herman

    Words and Music by Jerry Herman

  • A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

    A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

  • Reflections on 'Gaslight'

    Reflections on 'Gaslight'

  • Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

  • The Trouble With Agatha Christie

    The Trouble With Agatha Christie

  • Harold Prince: The Director's Life

    Harold Prince: The Director's Life

  • The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury

    The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury

  • To Oz! The Making of a Classic

    To Oz! The Making of a Classic

  • Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

    Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

  • Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves

    Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves