Angela Lansbury
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eleanor Duvall
1999
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host / Performer
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host/Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host / Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Winner
1956
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher
1984
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Magnum, P.I.
Jessica Fletcher
1980
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Christine Manson
1950
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Rosie
1950
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Omnibus
1967
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Touched by an Angel
Lady Penelope Berrington
1994
Film
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Potts (voice)
1991
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Series
Climax!
Justina Marshall
1954
Series
Climax!
Judith Beresford
1954
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Joan Robinson
1952
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Mrs. Hallerton
1952
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Film
The Grinch
Mayor McGerkle (voice)
2018
Film
Mary Poppins Returns
Balloon Lady
2018
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Lola Walker
1952
Film
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Angela Lansbury
2022
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Elfie van Donck
1964
Series
Studio 57
1954
Series
Your Show of Shows
1950
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Film
Nanny McPhee
Aunt Adelaide
2005
Film
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mrs. Van Gundy
2011
Film
Death on the Nile
Salome Otterbourne
1978
Film
Anastasia
Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
1997
Series
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Eleanor Duvall
2005
Series
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
Film
Fantasia 2000
Self - Host
2000
Lux Video Theatre
Leslie
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Self - Intermission Guest
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Lucy Landor
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Tina Rafferty
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Elsa
1950
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
Series
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
Film
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Mrs. Potts (voice)
1997
Film
Gaslight
Nancy
1944
Series
Screen Director's Playhouse
Vera Wayne
1955
Series
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
1992
Film
The Company of Wolves
Granny
1984
Film
The Manchurian Candidate
Mrs. Iselin
1962
Series
Little Women
Aunt March
2017
Film
The Last Unicorn
Mommy Fortuna (voice)
1982
Film
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Miss Price
1971
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Series
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self
1972
Series
Lace
Aunt Hortense Boutin
1984
Film
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Claudia
1965
Film
The Mirror Crack'd
Miss Marple
1980
Film
Samson and Delilah
Semadar
1949
Series
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Film
The Three Musketeers
Queen Ann
1948
Film
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Film
The Long, Hot Summer
Minnie Littlejohn
1958
Film
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Blue Hawaii
Sarah Lee Gates
1961
Film
The Court Jester
Princess Gwendolyn
1955
Film
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sibyl Vane
1945
Film
The Lady Vanishes
Miss Froy
1979
Series
General Electric Theater
Daphne Rutledge
1953
Film
Buttons
Rose
2018
Series
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
Alice Garrett
1984
Film
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Jessica Fletcher
2000
Film
State of the Union
Kay Thorndyke
1948
Series
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Film
Till the Clouds Roll By
London Specialty
1946
Film
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
Film
Howard
Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
2018
Film
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Jessica Fletcher
1997
Film
Forever Hollywood
Self
1999
Series
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
1982
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Penelope Keeling
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dora
1951
Film
National Velvet
Edwina Brown
1945
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Florie Vandrop
1951
Film
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
2001
Film
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Lady Blystone
1965
Film
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Film
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
2009
Film
Six by Sondheim
Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
2013
Film
A Breath of Scandal
Countess Lina
1960
Film
The Harvey Girls
Em
1946
Film
Glorious Technicolor
Narrator (voice)
1998
Film
Mutiny
Leslie Waldridge
1952
Film
Tenth Avenue Angel
Susan Bratten
1948
Film
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Jessica Fletcher
2003
Film
The World of Henry Orient
Isabel Boyd
1964
Film
The Cockettes
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
A Lawless Street
Tally Dickenson
1955
Film
The Purple Mask
Madame Valentine
1955
Film
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
Self
2002
Film
Mrs. Santa Claus
Mrs. Santa Claus
1996
Film
Harlow
Mama Jean Bello
1965
Film
Show of Titles
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
2021
Film
Shootdown
Nan Moore
1988
Film
Kind Lady
Mrs. Edwards
1951
Film
Every Act of Life
Self
2018
Film
Your Studio and You
Angela Lansbury
1995
Film
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Clotilde de Marelle
1947
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Marchesa Allabrandi
1986
Film
The Reluctant Debutante
Mabel Claremont
1958
Film
Please Murder Me
Myra Leeds
1956
Film
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
2005
Film
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self - Host
1990
Film
If Winter Comes
Mabel Sabre
1947
Film
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
The Pirates of Penzance
Ruth
1983
Film
Claire
Vera Wayne
1956
Film
The Shell Seekers
Penelope Keeling
1989
Film
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
1997
Film
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Nellie Lovett
1982
Film
The Hoodlum Saint
Dusty Millard
1946
Film
A Life at Stake
Doris Hillman
1955
Film
Something for Everyone
Countess Herthe von Ornstein
1970
Film
Remains to Be Seen
Valeska Chauvel
1953
Film
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Narrator
2008
Film
Heidi 4 Paws
Grandmother (voice)
2008
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
2004
Film
The Red Danube
Audrey Quail
1949
Film
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
2004
Film
The Love She Sought
Agatha McGee
1990
Film
All Fall Down
Annabell Willart
1962
Film
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
2017
Film
Mister Buddwing
Gloria
1966
Film
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Mavis Pruitt
1960
Film
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
Self - Performer
1992
Film
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Ada Harris
1992
Film
Driving Miss Daisy
Daisy Werthan
2015
Film
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Mrs. Potts (voice)
2004
Film
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Marchesa Allabrandi
1986
Film
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
1994
Film
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Disney Through The Decades
2001
Film
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Self
2010
Film
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Self
2003
Film
Women He's Undressed
Self
2015
Film
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
2003
Film
On Cukor
Self
2000
Film
Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
2017
Film
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
1995
Film
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
Self - Chanteuse
1992
Film
In the Cool of the Day
Sybil Logan
1963
Film
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Amanda Fenwick
1983
Film
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Self
2007
Film
Dear Heart
Phyllis
1965
Stage 7
Vanessa Peters
1955
Film
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Pearl
1959
Film
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Self
2008
Film
Mickey's Audition
Sylvia
1992
Film
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
1986
Film
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
Film
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995
Film
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Emily Pollifax
1999
Film
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Mrs. Potts (voice)
2005
Film
A Talent for Murder
Ann Royce McClain
1983
Film
Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
Self
2006
Film
The Blackwater Lightship
Dora
2004
Film
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Narrator
2001
Film
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Narrator
1995
Film
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
1975
Film
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Self - Actress
1991
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
Self / Hostess
2009
Film
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
Self
1996
Film
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Self
2001
Film
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
Narrator
1994
Film
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
Herself
1988
Queen of Diamonds
Herself
2004
Film
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
Self
2003