Angela Lansbury

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

188

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

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The View

    The View

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • The Grinch

    The Grinch

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • The Danny Kaye Show

    The Danny Kaye Show

  • Studio 57

    Studio 57

  • Today

    Today

  • The Company of Wolves

    The Company of Wolves

  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • 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

  • Samson and Delilah

    Samson and Delilah

  • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

    Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

  • Nanny McPhee

    Nanny McPhee

  • Anastasia

    Anastasia

  • The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury

    The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury

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

    The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow

  • Screen Director's Playhouse

    Screen Director's Playhouse

  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    Bedknobs and Broomsticks

  • Tenth Avenue Angel

    Tenth Avenue Angel

  • The George Gobel Show

    The George Gobel Show

  • Mary Poppins Returns

    Mary Poppins Returns

  • Blue Hawaii

    Blue Hawaii

  • Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

    Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

  • Mr. Popper's Penguins

    Mr. Popper's Penguins

  • Death on the Nile

    Death on the Nile

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

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

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

  • The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

  • Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

  • A Talent for Murder

    A Talent for Murder

  • The World of Henry Orient

    The World of Henry Orient

  • 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

  • Harlow

    Harlow

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • A Lawless Street

    A Lawless Street

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • Dear Heart

    Dear Heart

  • The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

    The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

  • Fantasia 2000

    Fantasia 2000

  • The Hoodlum Saint

    The Hoodlum Saint

  • The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes

  • A Life at Stake

    A Life at Stake

  • Miracle on 42nd Street

    Miracle on 42nd Street

  • Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

    Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

  • The Court Jester

    The Court Jester

  • National Velvet

    National Velvet

  • Gaslight

    Gaslight

  • To Oz! The Making of a Classic

    To Oz! The Making of a Classic

  • Lace

    Lace

  • The Manchurian Candidate

    The Manchurian Candidate

  • The Julie Andrews Hour

    The Julie Andrews Hour

  • Mickey's Audition

    Mickey's Audition

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told

    The Greatest Story Ever Told

  • The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures II

    Broadway's Lost Treasures II

  • Harold Prince: The Director's Life

    Harold Prince: The Director's Life

  • Mrs. Santa Claus

    Mrs. Santa Claus

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Frank Capra's American Dream

    Frank Capra's American Dream

  • Mutiny

    Mutiny

  • Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

    Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures

    Broadway's Lost Treasures

  • A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

    A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

  • The Last Unicorn

    The Last Unicorn

  • The Long, Hot Summer

    The Long, Hot Summer

  • Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

    Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

  • On Cukor

    On Cukor

  • The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd

  • The Love She Sought

    The Love She Sought

  • Remains to Be Seen

    Remains to Be Seen

  • The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

    The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

  • Six by Sondheim

    Six by Sondheim

  • All Fall Down

    All Fall Down

  • Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

    Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

  • Something for Everyone

    Something for Everyone

  • Revlon Mirror Theatre

    Revlon Mirror Theatre

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Please Murder Me

    Please Murder Me

  • The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

    The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

  • Little Gloria... Happy at Last

    Little Gloria... Happy at Last

  • Show of Titles

    Show of Titles

  • Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

    Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

  • The Purple Mask

    The Purple Mask

  • The Reluctant Debutante

    The Reluctant Debutante

  • The Blackwater Lightship

    The Blackwater Lightship

  • Driving Miss Daisy

    Driving Miss Daisy

  • The Red Danube

    The Red Danube

  • Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

    Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

  • In the Cool of the Day

    In the Cool of the Day

  • The Harvey Girls

    The Harvey Girls

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The First Olympics: Athens 1896

    The First Olympics: Athens 1896

  • Mister Buddwing

    Mister Buddwing

  • Kind Lady

    Kind Lady

  • Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

    Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

  • Words and Music by Jerry Herman

    Words and Music by Jerry Herman

  • Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

    Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

  • The Trouble With Agatha Christie

    The Trouble With Agatha Christie

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

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

  • Inside the Dream Factory

    Inside the Dream Factory

  • Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

    Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

  • Shootdown

    Shootdown

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  • Heidi 4 Paws

    Heidi 4 Paws

  • Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

    Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

  • Claire

    Claire

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

  • Women He's Undressed

    Women He's Undressed

  • If Winter Comes

    If Winter Comes

  • The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

    The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

  • The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

  • Buttons

    Buttons

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

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

  • Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall

    Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall

  • Your Studio and You

    Your Studio and You

  • Edith Head: The Paramount Years

    Edith Head: The Paramount Years

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • Glorious Technicolor

    Glorious Technicolor

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  • Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

  • The Shell Seekers

    The Shell Seekers

  • Howard

    Howard

  • State of the Union

    State of the Union

  • Disney Through The Decades

    Disney Through The Decades

  • Every Act of Life

    Every Act of Life

  • Stage 7

    Stage 7

  • Till the Clouds Roll By

    Till the Clouds Roll By

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

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

  • The Pirates of Penzance

    The Pirates of Penzance

  • Euro Disney : L'Ouverture

    Euro Disney : L'Ouverture

  • The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

    The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

  • A Breath of Scandal

    A Breath of Scandal

  • Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

    Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

  • Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

    Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

  • 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

  • Reflections on 'Gaslight'

    Reflections on 'Gaslight'

  • 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

  • The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

    The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

  • Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

    Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

  • A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

    A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

  • Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury

    Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury

  • The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland

    The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland

  • Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves

    Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves

  • Queen of Diamonds

    Queen of Diamonds