Acting
Angela Lansbury
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
Commitment to Life
Film · 2023
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Film · 2022
Show of Titles
Film · 2021
Mary Poppins Returns
Film · 2018
The Grinch
Film · 2018
Every Act of Life
Film · 2018
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Film · 2018
Buttons
Film · 2018
Howard
Film · 2018
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Film · 2017
Miracle on 42nd Street
Film · 2017
Little Women
Series · 2017
Driving Miss Daisy
Film · 2015
Women He's Undressed
Film · 2015
Six by Sondheim
Film · 2013
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Film · 2011
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Film · 2010
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Film · 2010
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
Film · 2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Film · 2009
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Film · 2008
Heidi 4 Paws
Film · 2008
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Film · 2008
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Film · 2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Film · 2007
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Film · 2007
Nanny McPhee
Film · 2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Film · 2005
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Film · 2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Series · 2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Film · 2004
The Blackwater Lightship
Film · 2004
Queen of Diamonds
Film · 2004
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Film · 2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Film · 2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Film · 2003
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Film · 2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Film · 2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Film · 2003
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
Film · 2003
The Cockettes
Film · 2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Film · 2002
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
Film · 2002
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Film · 2001
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Film · 2001
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Film · 2001
Disney Through The Decades
Film · 2001
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Film · 2000
On Cukor
Film · 2000
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Film · 2000
Fantasia 2000
Film · 2000
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Film · 1999
Forever Hollywood
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
Glorious Technicolor
Film · 1998
Anastasia
Film · 1997
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Film · 1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Film · 1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Mrs. Santa Claus
Film · 1996
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
Film · 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Series · 1996
Your Studio and You
Film · 1995
Inside the Dream Factory
Film · 1995
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
Film · 1995
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Film · 1995
That's Entertainment! III
Film · 1994
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Film · 1994
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
Film · 1994
Touched by an Angel
Series · 1994
The World of Hammer
Series · 1994
Intimate Portrait
Series · 1993
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
Film · 1992
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Film · 1992
Mickey's Audition
Film · 1992
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
Film · 1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Series · 1992
Beauty and the Beast
Film · 1991
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Film · 1991
The Love She Sought
Film · 1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Film · 1990
The Shell Seekers
Film · 1989
Shootdown
Film · 1988
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
Film · 1988
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Film · 1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Film · 1986
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Series · 1986
The Company of Wolves
Film · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Lace
Series · 1984
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
Series · 1984
The Pirates of Penzance
Film · 1983
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Film · 1983
A Talent for Murder
Film · 1983
The Last Unicorn
Film · 1982
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Film · 1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Series · 1982
The Mirror Crack'd
Film · 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Series · 1980
The Lady Vanishes
Film · 1979
Death on the Nile
Film · 1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
Series · 1978
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Film · 1975
That's Entertainment!
Film · 1974
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
Film · 1973
The Julie Andrews Hour
Series · 1972
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Film · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
Something for Everyone
Film · 1970
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Omnibus
Series · 1967
Mister Buddwing
Film · 1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Film · 1965
Harlow
Film · 1965
Dear Heart
Film · 1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Film · 1965
The World of Henry Orient
Film · 1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Series · 1964
In the Cool of the Day
Film · 1963
The Danny Kaye Show
Series · 1963
The Manchurian Candidate
Film · 1962
All Fall Down
Film · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
Blue Hawaii
Film · 1961
A Breath of Scandal
Film · 1960
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Film · 1960
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Film · 1959
The Long, Hot Summer
Film · 1958
The Reluctant Debutante
Film · 1958
Please Murder Me
Film · 1956
Claire
Film · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The Court Jester
Film · 1955
A Lawless Street
Film · 1955
A Life at Stake
Film · 1955
The Purple Mask
Film · 1955
Stage 7
Series · 1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Series · 1955
Climax!
Series · 1954
Studio 57
Series · 1954
The George Gobel Show
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Remains to Be Seen
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Series · 1953
Mutiny
Film · 1952
Today
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Series · 1952
Kind Lady
Film · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Your Show of Shows
Series · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
The Red Danube
Film · 1949
Samson and Delilah
Film · 1949
The Emmy Awards
Series · 1949
State of the Union
Film · 1948
The Three Musketeers
Film · 1948
Tenth Avenue Angel
Film · 1948
If Winter Comes
Film · 1947
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Film · 1947
The Harvey Girls
Film · 1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
Film · 1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Film · 1946
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Film · 1945
National Velvet
Film · 1945
Gaslight
Film · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944