Angela Lansbury on screen and stage

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Lansbury (left) with her mother, Moyna Macgill, on the set of Kind Lady (1951). Angela Lansbury-Moyna MacGill.jpg
Lansbury (left) with her mother, Moyna Macgill, on the set of Kind Lady (1951).

British and American actress Angela Lansbury was known for her prolific work in theatre, film, and television.

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Lansbury's career spanned nine decades. [1] She made her film debut in Gaslight (1944), [2] and followed it up with an appearance in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). [3] She earned two consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and won the Supporting Actress Golden Globe for the latter film. [4] Subsequent films throughout the late 1940s and the 1950s included National Velvet (1944), [1] The Harvey Girls (1946), [5] State of the Union (1948), [1] Kind Lady (1951), [6] The Court Jester (1956), [7] and The Long, Hot Summer (1958). [8]

She drifted towards more complex, mature work with The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960), [9] All Fall Down (1962), [10] In the Cool of the Day (1963), [11] Dear Heart (1964); [12] and, in one of her most infamous roles, as the Machiavellian Mrs. Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). For the latter, she received stellar reviews, winning a second Golden Globe and earning her third Oscar nomination.

Meanwhile, Lansbury also found success on stage. She starred on Broadway in A Taste of Honey , Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle , and later on as Anna Leonowens in The King and I . But that time with Sondheim began a collaborative partnership that would garner them both frequent success. Together, they also worked on Mame , the Broadway revival of Gypsy , and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street . And for those three successful hits (plus one considered a flop, for which she was nonetheless praised, Dear World ; [13] albeit not by Sondheim), Lansbury won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical an unprecedented, and undefeated, four times.

Intermittently, she returned to do films, appearing in the dark comedy, Something for Everyone (1970). The following year, she starred in Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). She earned Best Comedy/Musical Actress Golden Globe nominations for both roles. For the Hercule Poirot yarn, Death on the Nile (1978), she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and earned a BAFTA nomination as well. She portrayed Miss Marple two years later in another Agatha Christie tale, The Mirror Crack'd (1980), earning a Saturn Award nom.

In the 1980s, she began to direct her efforts towards television. She earned her first Primetime Emmy nomination alongside Bette Davis, both for the miniseries Little Gloria...Happy at Last (1982). However, it would be her iconic role as mystery author Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996) which would immortalize her with a whole new generation. She starred in every episode for twelve seasons, and received an Emmy nomination for each of them, although she never won. She did win four more Golden Globe Awards, however, for Best Actress in a TV Drama Series, bringing her grand total to six. In total, she received eighteen unsuccessful Emmy bids, rendering her the most nominated individual performer never to win that award.

Lansbury lent her talents as a voice actress to Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) as Mrs. Potts, who sang the titular song in the film, as well as Anastasia (1997). She acted sporadically throughout various films, TV shows, and stage productions throughout the next two and a half decades, including playing the wicked Great Aunt Adelaide in Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee (2005). She made a return to the stage opposite Marian Seldes in Deuce , and received her fifth nomination. She earned a sixth nomination for Blithe Spirit and won her fifth Tony as a result. Lansbury earned a seventh and final nomination for A Little Night Music , at the following year's ceremony. For her distinguished career, she has been presented with several honorary tributes, including the Honorary Academy Award and a Special Tony Award, plus damehood from Queen Elizabeth II. Lansbury's final role was a cameo as herself in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), which was released posthumously, shortly after her death.

Film

Still from the trailer for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Angela Lansbury in The Picture of Dorian Gray trailer.jpg
Still from the trailer for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
With Patric Knowles in a still from the trailer for Mutiny (1952) Patric Knowles-Angela Lansbury in Mutiny.JPG
With Patric Knowles in a still from the trailer for Mutiny (1952)
List of film credits
YearTitleRole(s)NotesRef(s)
1944 Gaslight Nancy Oliver [14]
1944 National Velvet Edwina Brown [15]
1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray Sibyl Vane [15]
1946 The Harvey Girls Em [15]
1946 The Hoodlum Saint "Dusty" Millard [16]
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By Star of London Gaieties [17]
1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Clotilde de Marelle [16]
1947 If Winter Comes Mabel Sabre [15]
1948 Tenth Avenue Angel Susan Bratten [15]
1948 State of the Union Kay Thorndyke [15]
1948 The Three Musketeers Queen Anne [14]
1949 The Red Danube Audrey Quail [15]
1949 Samson and Delilah Semadar [15]
1951 Kind Lady Mrs. Edwards [15]
1952 Mutiny Leslie Waldridge [15]
1953 Remains to Be Seen Valeska Chauvel [16]
1955 The Purple Mask Madame Valentine [16]
1955 A Life at Stake Doris Hillman [16]
1955 A Lawless Street Tally Dickinsen [16]
1955 The Court Jester Princess Gwendolyn [16]
1956 Please Murder Me Myra Leeds [16]
1958 The Long, Hot Summer Minnie Littlejohn [16]
1958 The Reluctant Debutante Mabel Claremont [16]
1959 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Pearl [15]
1960 A Breath of Scandal Countess Lina Schwatzenfeld [16]
1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Mavis Pruitt [16]
1961 Blue Hawaii Sarah Lee Gates [16]
1962 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Marguerite Laurier (voice)Provided dubbing for Ingrid Thulin [15]
1962 All Fall Down Annabell Willart [16]
1962 The Manchurian Candidate Eleanor Shaw Iselin [18]
1963 In the Cool of the Day Sybil Logan [15]
1964 The World of Henry Orient Isabel Boyd [19]
1964 Dear Heart Phyllis [15]
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told Claudia [20]
1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders Lady Blystone [15]
1965 Harlow Mama Jean Bello [15]
1966 Mister Buddwing Gloria [16]
1970 Something for Everyone Countess Herthe von Ornstein [15]
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Miss Eglantine Price [15]
1978 Death on the Nile Salome Otterbourne [14]
1979 The Lady Vanishes Miss Froy [15]
1980 The Mirror Crack'd Miss Marple [14]
1982 The Last Unicorn Mommy Fortuna (voice) [15]
1983 The Pirates of Penzance Ruth [15]
1984 The Company of Wolves Granny [15]
1991 Beauty and the Beast Mrs. Potts (voice) [14]
1997 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Direct-to-video [15]
1997 Anastasia Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (voice) [21]
1999 Fantasia 2000 HerselfSegment: "Firebird Suite – 1919 Version" [22]
2003 Broadway: The Golden Age Documentary [23]
2005 Nanny McPhee Great Aunt Adelaide [24]
2008 Heidi 4 Paws Grandmamma (voice) [25]
2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins Selma Van Gundy [14]
2014 Driving Miss Daisy Miss Daisy WerthanTheatrical release of stage production [26]
2018 The Grinch Mayor McGerkle (voice) [14]
2018 Mary Poppins Returns Balloon Lady [27]
2018 Buttons: A Christmas Tale Rose [28]
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Herself [29]

Television

With Patricia Cutts and Ann Todd in the teleplay The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (1959) Patricia Cutts Ann Todd Angela Lansbury Playhouse 90 1959.JPG
With Patricia Cutts and Ann Todd in the teleplay The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (1959)
List of television credits
Year(s)TitleRole(s)NotesRef(s)
1950
1953		 Robert Montgomery Presents Christine Manson
Rosie		Episode: "The Citadel"
Episode: "Cakes and Ale"		 [30]
[31]
1950
1952
1954		 Lux Video Theatre UnknownEpisode: "Wonderful Night"
Episode: "Operation, Week End"
Episode: "A Chair for a Lady"		 [32]
[33]
[34]
1953 The Revlon Mirror Theater Joan DexterEpisode: "Dreams Never Lie" [35]
[36]
1953 Ford Television Theatre Lola WalkerEpisode: "The Ming Lama" [37]
1953 Pantomime Quiz Guest [38]
1953 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars UnknownEpisode: "Storm Swept" [39]
1954 Your Show of Shows Guest Host [40]
1954 General Electric True Theater Daphne RutledgeEpisode: "The Crime of Daphne Rutledge" [41]
1954–1955 Four Star Playhouse Joan Robinson
Mrs. Hallerton		Episode: "A String of Beads"
Episode: "Madeira, Madeira"
 [42]
[43]
[44]
1954 The George Gobel Show Guest [45]
1955 Fireside Theatre Mrs. JarvisEpisode: "The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis" [46]
1955 Stage 7 UnknownEpisode: "Billy and the Bride" [47]
1955–1956 The Star and the Story Episode: "The Treasure"
Episode: "The Force of Circumstance"		 [48]
[49]
1955–1956 Celebrity Playhouse Unknown
Deborah		Episode: "Empty Arms"
Episode: "Deborah"		 [50]
[51]
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars Laura EllsworthEpisode: "Crisis in Kansas" [52]
1956 Front Row Center UnknownEpisode: "Instant of Truth" [53]
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse Episode: "Claire" [54]
1956 Studio 57 Katy
Unknown		Episode: "The Rarest Stamp"
Episode: "The Brown Leather Case"		 [55]
[56]
1956–1957 Climax! Justina Marshall
Judith Beresford		Episode: "Bury Me Later"
Episode: "The Devil's Brood"		 [57]
[58]
1958–1959 Playhouse 90 Victoria Atkins
Hazel Wills		Episode: "Verdict of Three"
Episode: "The Grey Nurse Said Nothing"		 [59]
[60]
1963 The Eleventh Hour Alvera DunlearEpisode: "Something Crazy's Going on in the Back Room" [61]
1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Elfie van DonckEpisode: "The Deadly Toys Affair" [62]
1965 The Trials of O'Brien Celeste ThurlowEpisode: "Leave It to Me" [63]
1975 The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow Sister Theresa / NarratorTelevision special [64]
1982 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Nellie LovettFilmed stage performance [65]
1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Miniseries [66]
1983 The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story Amanda FenwickTelevision film [67]
1983 A Talent for Murder Ann Royce McClainTelevision film [15]
1984 Lace Aunt Hortense BoutinMiniseries [68]
1984 The First Olympics: Athens 1896 Alice GarrettMiniseries [69]
1984–1996 Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher 264 episodes [70]
1986 Magnum, P.I. Episode: "Novel Connection" [71]
1986 Rage of Angels: The Story ContinuesMarchesa AllabrandiTelevision film [72]
1988 Shootdown Nan MooreTelevision film [73]
1989 The Shell Seekers Penelope KeelingTelevision film [15]
1990The Love She SoughtAgatha McGeeTelevision film [15]
1992 Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris Mrs. Ada HarrisTelevision film [74]
1996 Mrs. Santa Claus Mrs. Santa ClausTelevision film [15]
1997 Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest Jessica FletcherTelevision film [75]
1999The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Emily Pollifax Television film [76]
2000 Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For Jessica FletcherTelevision film [77]
2001 Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man Television film [78]
2002 Touched by an Angel Penelope BerringtonEpisode: "For All the Tea in China" [79]
2003 Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle Jessica Fletcher Television film [80]
2004 The Blackwater Lightship DoraTelevision film [81]
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Eleanor DuvallEpisode: "Night" [82]
2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Episode: "Day" [83]
2014 Great Performances: Driving Miss Daisy Miss Daisy WerthanFilmed stage performance [84]
[85]
2017 Little Women Aunt MarchMiniseries [86]

Radio

List of radio credits
Year(s)TitleRoleNotesRef(s)
1947 Suspense UnknownEpisode: "A Thing of Beauty" [87]
1948–1949 NBC University Theatre Mildred
Elizabeth Bennet 		Episode: "Of Human Bondage"
Episode: "Pride and Prejudice"		 [88]
1950 The MGM Theater of the Air UnknownEpisode: "Stamboul Quest" [89]
1952 Theatre Guild on the Air Episode: "Dear Brutus" [90]
1952 Stars over Hollywood Episode: "The Lady and the Beachcomber" [91]

Stage

In A Taste of Honey (1960) with Nigel Davenport Nigel Davenport Angela Lansbury A Taste of Honey 1960.jpg
In A Taste of Honey (1960) with Nigel Davenport
In Driving Miss Daisy (2013) Driving Miss Daisy (8521420918).jpg
In Driving Miss Daisy (2013)
List of theatre credits
Year(s)TitleRoleTheatreNotesRef(s)
1952The Gramercy GhostNancy WillardUnknownSummer tour [92]
1952 Affairs of State Irene Elliott Bucks County Playhouse Summer tour [93]
1957 Hotel Paradiso Marcelle Henry Miller's Theatre 11 April – 13 July [94]
[95]
1960–1961 A Taste of Honey Helen Lyceum Theatre 4 October 1960 – 9 September 1961 [95]
1964 Anyone Can Whistle Cora Hoover Hooper Majestic Theatre 4–11 April [95]
1966–1968 Mame Mame Dennis Winter Garden Theatre 18 May 1966 – 30 March 1968 [95]
1969 Dear World Countess Aurelia Mark Hellinger Theatre 6 February – 31 May [95]
1971 Prettybelle Prettybelle Sweet Shubert Theatre 1 February – 6 March [96]
[97]
1972 All Over The Mistress Aldwych Theatre [98]
1973–1975 Gypsy Rose Piccadilly Theatre
Winter Garden Theatre 		29 May – December 1973
23 September 1974 – 4 January 1975		 [95]
[99]
1975–1976 Hamlet Gertrude National Theatre [100]
[101]
1978 The King and I Anna Leonowens Uris Theatre 11–30 April
(replacement for Constance Towers)		 [95]
1979–1981 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Nellie Lovett Uris Theatre
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Shubert Theatre
Boston Metropolitan Theatre
Arie Crown Theater
Golden Gate Theatre
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 		American tour [95]
[102]
1982A Little Family BusinessLillian Ridley Ahmanson Theatre
Martin Beck Theatre 		[95]
[103]
[104]
1983 Mame Mame Dennis Gershwin Theatre 24 July – 28 August [95]
2007 Deuce Leona Mullen Music Box Theatre 6 May – 19 August [95]
2009 Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati Shubert Theatre 15 March – 19 July [95]
2009–2010 A Little Night Music Madame Armfeldt Walter Kerr Theatre 24 November 2009 – 20 June 2010 [95]
2012 The Best Man Mrs. Sue-Ellen Gamadge Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 1 April – 9 September [95]
2013 Driving Miss Daisy Miss Daisy Werthan Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Theatre Royal, Sydney
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide
His Majesty's Theatre, Perth 		Australian tour [26]
[105]
2014–2015 Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati Gielgud Theatre
Ahmanson Theatre
Golden Gate Theatre
Princess of Wales Theatre
National Theatre 		West End
North American tour		 [106]
[107]
2017 The Chalk Garden Mrs. St. Maugham Hunter College 19 June [108]
2019 The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell American Airlines Theatre 18 November [109]

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