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Angela Lansbury
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…
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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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2023
Commitment to Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie Angela Lansbury
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2021
Show of Titles
Movie "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
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2019
Knives Out
Movie Thanks
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2018
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie Balloon Lady
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2018
Buttons
Movie Rose
- 2018
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2018
The Grinch
Movie Mayor McGerkle (voice)
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2018
Every Act of Life
Movie Self
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2018
Howard
Movie Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
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2017
Little Women
TV show Aunt March
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2017
Miracle on 42nd Street
Movie Self
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2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie Self
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2015
Women He's Undressed
Movie Self
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2015
Driving Miss Daisy
Movie Daisy Werthan
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2013
Six by Sondheim
Movie Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
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2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Movie Mrs. Van Gundy
- 2010
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2009
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
Movie Self / Hostess
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2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Movie Self
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2008
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Movie Narrator
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2008
Heidi 4 Paws
Movie Grandmother (voice)
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2008
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Movie Self
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2007
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Movie Self
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2005
Nanny McPhee
Movie Aunt Adelaide
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2005
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Movie Mrs. Potts (voice)
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2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
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2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV show Eleanor Duvall
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2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Movie Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
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2004
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Movie Mrs. Potts (voice)
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2004
Queen of Diamonds
Movie Herself
- 2004
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2004
The Blackwater Lightship
Movie Dora
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2003
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
Movie Self
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2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
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2003
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Movie Jessica Fletcher
- 2003
