Lansbury in a trailer for Gaslight (1944), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. | ||
Award | Wins | Nominations |
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Academy Awards | 0 (H) | 3 |
Tony Awards | 5 (H) | 7 |
Golden Globe Awards | 6 | 15 |
Primetime Emmy Awards | 0 | 18 |
Grammy Awards | 0 | 1 |
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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by British-American actress Dame Angela Lansbury.
Lansbury is one of few performers who have received nominations for all EGOT awards — Emmy, Grammy, Academy Award (Oscar), and Tony Awards.
Lansbury, an icon in musical theatre, received seven Tony Award nominations winning five awards for Mame in 1966, Dear World in 1969, Gypsy in 1975, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 1979, and Blithe Spirit in 2009. In 2022 she received the Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. She also earned a Laurence Olivier Award, three Drama Desk Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards.
For her work in film she earned three Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Gaslight (1944), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). She received an Honorary Academy Award for her lifetime achievement in film in 2013. She also earned two Golden Globe Awards for The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Manchurian Candidate. She earned a Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year for Beauty and the Beast (1991). For her work in television she earned 18 Primetime Emmy Award nominations including 12 consecutive nominations for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996). She also received four Golden Globe Awards for Murder, She Wrote. In 1997 she earned a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and in 2003 she earned a Britannia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Television and Film.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1944 | Best Supporting Actress | Gaslight | Nominated |
1945 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Nominated | |
1962 | The Manchurian Candidate | Nominated | |
2013 | Academy Honorary Award | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1993 | Album of the Year | Beauty and the Beast | Nominated |
Lansbury was nominated for eighteen Primetime Emmy Awards without a win, including twelve consecutive nominations as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for every season of Murder, She Wrote , the most-nominated performer in this category.
Lansbury won five competitive Tony Awards. She tied with Julie Harris, and was surpassed only by Audra McDonald with six wins for the most Tonys any performer has received. (Both Harris and Lansbury have also been awarded Special Tonys as their sixth non-competitive award.): [2] Lansbury was one of only five perfomers who have been nominated for all four Tony acting awards, the others being Raúl Esparza, Jan Maxwell, Boyd Gaines, and Audra McDonald.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1966 | Best Actress in a Musical | Mame | Won |
1969 | Dear World | Won | |
1975 | Gypsy | Won | |
1979 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won | |
2007 | Best Actress in a Play | Deuce | Nominated |
2009 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Blithe Spirit | Won |
2010 | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | A Little Night Music | Nominated |
2022 | Lifetime Achievement Tony Award | Won | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1975 | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Gypsy | Won |
1978 | The King and I | Nominated | |
1979 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won | |
2009 | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Blithe Spirit | Won |
2010 | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | A Little Night Music | Nominated |
2012 | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | The Best Man | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2015 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Blithe Spirit | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1966 | Outstanding Performance | Mame | Won |
2009 | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Blithe Spirit | Won |
2010 | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | A Little Night Music | Nominated |
2012 | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | The Best Man | Nominated |
Lansbury was nominated for fifteen Golden Globes, and won six times. [3] Lansbury tied with Alan Alda, Shirley MacLaine, and Jack Nicholson as the second-most awarded performer in acting categories, and surpassed only by Meryl Streep with eight wins.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1945 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Won |
1962 | The Manchurian Candidate | Won | |
1970 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Something for Everyone | Nominated |
1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Nominated | |
1983 | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or TV Film | The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story | Nominated |
1984 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Murder, She Wrote | Won |
1985 | Nominated | ||
1986 | Won | ||
1987 | Nominated | ||
1988 | Nominated | ||
1989 | Won | ||
1990 | Nominated | ||
1991 | Won | ||
1992 | Nominated | ||
1994 | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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BAFTA Award | |||
1978 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Death on the Nile | Nominated |
1991 | Special Award | Won | |
Britannia Award | |||
2003 | Lifetime Achievement in Television and Film | — | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1995 | Female Actor in a Drama Series | Murder, She Wrote | Nominated |
1997 | Life Time Achievement Award | Won | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1998 | Outstanding Female in an Animated Feature Production | Anastasia | Nominated |
Lansbury has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – one for film (north side of the 6600 block of Hollywood Boulevard) and one for television (west side of the 1500 block of Vine Street) [24]
In 1982, Lansbury was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. [25] She was also inducted into the Television Hall of Fame of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, an honour she earned in 1996. [26]
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