Commitment to Life
2023 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Angela Lansbury
1925-10-16
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London, England, UK
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
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 · Movie
as Angela Lansbury
Show of Titles
2021 · Movie
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Mary Poppins Returns
2018 · Movie
as Balloon Lady
The Grinch
2018 · Movie
as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
Every Act of Life
2018 · Movie
as Self
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018 · Movie
Buttons
2018 · Movie
as Rose
Howard
2018 · Movie
as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017 · Movie
as Self
Miracle on 42nd Street
2017 · Movie
as Self
Little Women
2017 · TV Show
as Aunt March
Driving Miss Daisy
2015 · Movie
as Daisy Werthan
Women He's Undressed
2015 · Movie
as Self
Six by Sondheim
2013 · Movie
as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011 · Movie
as Mrs. Van Gundy
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010 · Movie
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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To Oz! The Making of a Classic
2009 · Movie
as Self / Hostess
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009 · Movie
as Self
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
2008 · Movie
as Self
Heidi 4 Paws
2008 · Movie
as Grandmother (voice)
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2008 · Movie
as Narrator
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007 · Movie
as Self
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
2006 · Movie
as Self
Nanny McPhee
2005 · Movie
as Aunt Adelaide
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Movie
as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005 · Movie
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · TV Show
as Eleanor Duvall
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004 · Movie
as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
The Blackwater Lightship
2004 · Movie
as Dora
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Queen of Diamonds
2004 · Movie
as Herself
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2004 · Movie
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004 · Movie
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
as Self
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
2003 · Movie
as Jessica Fletcher
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003 · Movie
as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003 · Movie
as Self
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
2003 · Movie
as Self
The Cockettes
2002 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
2002 · Movie
as Self
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001 · Movie
as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
2001 · Movie
as Self
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001 · Movie
as Narrator
Disney Through The Decades
2001 · Movie
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
On Cukor
2000 · Movie
as Self
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000 · Movie
as Jessica Fletcher
Fantasia 2000
2000 · Movie
as Self - Host
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1999 · Movie
as Emily Pollifax
Forever Hollywood
1999 · Movie
as Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Eleanor Duvall
Glorious Technicolor
1998 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Anastasia
1997 · Movie
as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997 · Movie
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997 · Movie
as Jessica Fletcher
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997 · Movie
as Self
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self
Mrs. Santa Claus
1996 · Movie
as Mrs. Santa Claus
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A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
1996 · Movie
as Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Your Studio and You
1995 · Movie
as Angela Lansbury
Inside the Dream Factory
1995 · Movie
as Self
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995 · Movie
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
1995 · Movie
as Narrator
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994 · Movie
as Self
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
1994 · Movie
as Narrator
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV Show
as Lady Penelope Berrington
The World of Hammer
1994 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993 · TV Show
as Self
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
1992 · Movie
as Self - Chanteuse
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992 · Movie
as Mrs. Ada Harris
Mickey's Audition
1992 · Movie
as Sylvia
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992 · Movie
as Self - Performer
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Movie
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991 · Movie
as Self - Actress
The Love She Sought
1990 · Movie
as Agatha McGee
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990 · Movie
as Self - Host
The Shell Seekers
1989 · Movie
as Penelope Keeling
Shootdown
1988 · Movie
as Nan Moore
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
1988 · Movie
as Herself
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986 · Movie
as Marchesa Allabrandi
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986 · Movie
as Self
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Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986 · TV Show
as Marchesa Allabrandi
The Company of Wolves
1984 · Movie
as Granny
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
as Jessica Fletcher
Lace
1984 · TV Show
as Aunt Hortense Boutin
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
1984 · TV Show
as Alice Garrett
The Pirates of Penzance
1983 · Movie
as Ruth
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
1983 · Movie
as Amanda Fenwick
A Talent for Murder
1983 · Movie
as Ann Royce McClain
The Last Unicorn
1982 · Movie
as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1982 · Movie
as Nellie Lovett
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982 · TV Show
as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
The Mirror Crack'd
1980 · Movie
as Miss Marple
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · TV Show
as Jessica Fletcher
The Lady Vanishes
1979 · Movie
as Miss Froy
Death on the Nile
1978 · Movie
as Salome Otterbourne
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · TV Show
as Self
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
1975 · Movie
as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973 · Movie
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972 · TV Show
as Self
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Movie
as Miss Price
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as Self
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Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Something for Everyone
1970 · Movie
as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Omnibus
1967 · TV Show
Mister Buddwing
1966 · Movie
as Gloria
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Movie
as Claudia
Harlow
1965 · Movie
as Mama Jean Bello
Dear Heart
1965 · Movie
as Phyllis
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965 · Movie
as Lady Blystone
The World of Henry Orient
1964 · Movie
as Isabel Boyd
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · TV Show
as Elfie van Donck
In the Cool of the Day
1963 · Movie
as Sybil Logan
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · TV Show
as Self
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Movie
as Mrs. Iselin
All Fall Down
1962 · Movie
as Annabell Willart
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
Blue Hawaii
1961 · Movie
as Sarah Lee Gates
A Breath of Scandal
1960 · Movie
as Countess Lina
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960 · Movie
as Mavis Pruitt
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959 · Movie
as Pearl
The Long, Hot Summer
1958 · Movie
as Minnie Littlejohn
The Reluctant Debutante
1958 · Movie
as Mabel Claremont
Please Murder Me
1956 · Movie
as Myra Leeds
Claire
1956 · Movie
as Vera Wayne
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Host / Performer, Self - Presenter, Self - Host/Presenter, Self - Winner / Presenter, Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner, Self - Performer, Self - Host / Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Presenter / Winner
The Court Jester
1955 · Movie
as Princess Gwendolyn
A Lawless Street
1955 · Movie
as Tally Dickenson
A Life at Stake
1955 · Movie
as Doris Hillman
The Purple Mask
1955 · Movie
as Madame Valentine
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Stage 7
1955 · TV Show
as Vanessa Peters
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · TV Show
as Vera Wayne
Climax!
1954 · TV Show
as Justina Marshall, Judith Beresford
Studio 57
1954 · TV Show
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The George Gobel Show
1954 · TV Show
as Self
Remains to Be Seen
1953 · Movie
as Valeska Chauvel
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
as Daphne Rutledge
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953 · TV Show
Mutiny
1952 · Movie
as Leslie Waldridge
Today
1952 · TV Show
as Self
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · TV Show
as Joan Robinson, Mrs. Hallerton
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · TV Show
as Lola Walker
Kind Lady
1951 · Movie
as Mrs. Edwards
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Penelope Keeling, Dora
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · TV Show
as Florie Vandrop
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Lux Video Theatre
1950 · TV Show
as Leslie, Self - Intermission Guest, Lucy Landor, Tina Rafferty, Elsa
Your Show of Shows
1950 · TV Show
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · TV Show
as Christine Manson, Rosie
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Red Danube
1949 · Movie
as Audrey Quail
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Movie
as Semadar
The Emmy Awards
1949 · TV Show
as Self
State of the Union
1948 · Movie
as Kay Thorndyke
The Three Musketeers
1948 · Movie
as Queen Ann
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948 · Movie
as Susan Bratten
If Winter Comes
1947 · Movie
as Mabel Sabre
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947 · Movie
as Clotilde de Marelle
The Harvey Girls
1946 · Movie
as Em
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Movie
as London Specialty
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Movie
as Dusty Millard
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 · Movie
as Sibyl Vane
National Velvet
1945 · Movie
as Edwina Brown
Gaslight
1944 · Movie
as Nancy
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter
