Personal Info

Birth date

1925-10-16 (99 Years)

Day of death

2022-10-11

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Also known as

Angela Brigid Lansbury

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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.

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Filmography

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9

Overview:

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Robert Montgomery Presents

5.6

Overview:

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.

The View

4.5

Overview:

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.

The Merv Griffin Show

5.75

Overview:

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.

What's My Line?

6.9

Overview:

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

Murder, She Wrote

7.5

Overview:

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Great Performances

5.3

Overview:

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Magnum, P.I.

7.275

Overview:

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.

Four Star Playhouse

6.333

Overview:

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

The Dick Cavett Show

6.7

Overview:

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

Golden Globe Awards

7

Overview:

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Intimate Portrait

4.5

Overview:

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

Climax!

3.273

Overview:

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

The Danny Kaye Show

6.3

Overview:

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963 to 1967 on Wednesday nights. Directed by Robert Scheerer, the show premiered in black-and-white, but later switched to color broadcasts. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity, having starred in a string of successful films in the 1940s and '50's, made successful personal appearances at such venues as the London Palladium, and appeared many times on television. His most recent films had been considered disappointing, but the television specials he starred in were triumphant, leading to this series. Prior to his television and film career, Kaye had made a name for himself with his own radio show, and numerous other guest appearances on other shows.

Your Show of Shows

6.333

Overview:

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. José Ferrer made several guest appearances on the series. The series was telecast from the now-demolished International Theatre at 5 Columbus Circle and the Century Theater, now demolished, in New York. During 2002, Your Show of Shows was ranked #30 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Touched by an Angel

7.2

Overview:

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

Today

5.6

Overview:

Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987 and Saturdays in 1992. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. Today's dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, when it was overtaken by ABC's Good Morning America. Today retook the Nielsen ratings lead the week of December 11, 1995, and held onto that position for 852 consecutive weeks until the week of April 9, 2012, when it was beaten by Good Morning America yet again. In 2002, Today was ranked #17 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Television Shows of All Time.

Tony Awards

5.1

Overview:

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.4

Overview:

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

The Ford Television Theatre

7.333

Overview:

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

8.1

Overview:

The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a case, investigating leads and preparing witnesses for trial.

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

7.2

Overview:

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.

The George Gobel Show

7.333

Overview:

The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960.

Studio 57

NYR

Overview:

Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and in syndication from 1955 to 1956.

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

3.5

Overview:

The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on the show include Broadway, children, extended families and charitable works, people and organizations. The show was based out of Studio 8G at NBC's Rockefeller Center studios in New York City, NY, USA and was produced and syndicated by KidRo Productions, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

Lux Video Theatre

6.333

Overview:

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.

Screen Director's Playhouse

6.5

Overview:

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.

The Oscars

7

Overview:

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.571

Overview:

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.

Beauty and the Beast

7.731

Overview:

Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.

Acting

2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Angela Lansbury

2021Show of Titles as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

2018Mary Poppins Returns as Balloon Lady

2018Buttons as Rose

2018Harold Prince: The Director's Life as Unknown

2018The Grinch as Mayor McGerkle (voice)

2018Every Act of Life as Self

2018Howard as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)

2017Little Women (3 Episodes) as Aunt March

2017Miracle on 42nd Street as self

2017Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self

2015Women He's Undressed as Self

2015Driving Miss Daisy as Daisy Werthan

2013Six by Sondheim as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)

2011Mr. Popper's Penguins as Mrs. Van Gundy

2010Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast as Self

2010Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin (archive footage)

2009To Oz! The Making of a Classic as Self / Hostess

2009Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)

2009The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story as Self

2008Heidi 4 Paws as Grandmother (voice)

2008Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times as Self

2007Elvis: #1 Hit Performances as Self (archive footage)

2007Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll as Self (archive footage)

2007Words and Music by Jerry Herman as Self

2006Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury as Self

2005Nanny McPhee as Aunt Adelaide

2005Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party as Mrs. Potts (voice)

2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)

2005Law & Order: Trial by Jury (1 Episode) as Eleanor Duvall

2004Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")

2004Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream as Mrs. Potts (voice)

2004Queen of Diamonds as Herself

2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Self

2004The Blackwater Lightship as Dora

2003Reflections on 'Gaslight' as Self

2003Broadway's Lost Treasures as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")

2003Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle as Jessica Fletcher

2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self

2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Self

2002Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)

2002The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury as Self

2002The Cockettes as Self (archive footage)

2001Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All as Narrator

2001Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough

2001Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Self

2001Disney Through The Decades as Unknown

2000On Cukor as Self

2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)

2000Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For as Jessica Fletcher

2000Fantasia 2000 as Self - Host

1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 Episode) as Eleanor Duvall

1999The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax as Emily Pollifax

1999Forever Hollywood as Self

1998Glorious Technicolor as Narrator (voice)

1997Anastasia as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)

1997Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas as Mrs. Potts (voice)

1997Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Jessica Fletcher

1997The View (3 Episodes) as Self

1997Frank Capra's American Dream as Self

1996Mrs. Santa Claus as Mrs. Santa Claus

1996A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury as Self

1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

1995Inside the Dream Factory as Self

1995Your Studio and You as Angela Lansbury

1995A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim as Unknown

1994Touched by an Angel (1 Episode) as Lady Penelope Berrington

1994That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)

1994Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl as Self

1993Intimate Portrait (1 Episode) as Self

1992Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris as Mrs. Ada Harris

1992Mickey's Audition as Sylvia

1992Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1 Episode) as Narrator (Voice)

1992Euro Disney : L'Ouverture as Self - Chanteuse

1992The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland as Self - Performer

1991Beauty and the Beast as Mrs. Potts (voice)

1991The Trouble With Agatha Christie as Self - Actress

1990The Love She Sought as Agatha McGee

1990The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic as Self / Host

1989The Shell Seekers as Penelope Keeling

1988Shootdown as Nan Moore

1988Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves as Herself

1986Rage of Angels: The Story Continues as Marchesa Allabrandi

1986Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (2 Episodes) as Marchesa Allabrandi

1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self

1984Murder, She Wrote (264 Episodes) as Jessica Fletcher

1984The Company of Wolves as Granny

1984The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (2 Episodes) as Alice Garrett

1984Lace (2 Episodes) as Aunt Hortense Boutin

1983The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story as Amanda Fenwick

1983A Talent for Murder as Ann Royce McClain

1983The Pirates of Penzance as Ruth

1982The Last Unicorn as Mommy Fortuna (voice)

1982Little Gloria... Happy at Last (2 Episodes) as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

1982Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Nellie Lovett

1980Magnum, P.I. (1 Episode) as Unknown

1980The Mirror Crack'd as Miss Marple

1979The Lady Vanishes as Miss Froy

1978The Kennedy Center Honors (1 Episode) as Self

1978Death on the Nile as Salome Otterbourne

1975The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)

1974That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973Sondheim: A Musical Tribute as Unknown

1972The Julie Andrews Hour (1 Episode) as Self

1971Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Miss Price

1971Great Performances (1 Episode) as Self

1970Something For Everyone as Countess Herthe von Ornstein

1968The Dick Cavett Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

1966Mister Buddwing as Gloria

1965Harlow as Mama Jean Bello

1965The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders as Lady Blystone

1965The Greatest Story Ever Told as Claudia

1965Dear Heart as Phyllis

1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1 Episode) as Elfie van Donck

1964The World of Henry Orient as Isabel Boyd

1963The Danny Kaye Show (1 Episode) as Self

1963In the Cool of the Day as Sybil Logan

1962The Manchurian Candidate as Mrs. Iselin

1962The Merv Griffin Show (1 Episode) as Self

1962All Fall Down as Annabell Willart

1961Blue Hawaii as Sarah Lee Gates

1960The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Mavis Pruitt

1960A Breath of Scandal as Countess Lina

1959Summer of the Seventeenth Doll as Pearl

1958The Reluctant Debutante as Mabel Claremont

1958The Long, Hot Summer as Minnie Littlejohn

1956Claire as Vera Wayne

1956Tony Awards (1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 6, 5, 1, 1, 2, 1 Episode) as Self - Performer, Self - Host & Presenter, Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner, Self - Host/Performer, Self - Host/Presenter, Self - Presenter, Self - Host / Performer, Self - Winner/Presenter, Self - Host /Performer, Self - Nominee/Presenter, Self - Presenter/Winner

1956Please Murder Me as Myra Leeds

1955The Court Jester as Princess Gwendolyn

1955A Lawless Street as Tally Dickenson

1955Screen Director's Playhouse (1 Episode) as Vera Wayne

1955The Purple Mask as Madame Valentine

1955A Life at Stake as Doris Hillman

1955Stage 7 (2 Episodes) as Vanessa Peters

1954Climax! (1, 1 Episode) as Justina Marshall, Judith Beresford

1954The George Gobel Show (2 Episodes) as Self

1954Studio 57 (1 Episode) as Unknown

1953Remains to Be Seen as Valeska Chauvel

1953The Oscars (4 Episodes) as Self