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Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Birthday: 1925-10-16 | Place of Birth: Regent's Park, London, England, UK

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE (born October 16, 1925) is a British-American actress and singer who has appeared in theater, television, and film roles. Her career has 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Angela Lansbury, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2018
The Grinch

as    Mayor McGerkle (voice)

2017
Little Women

as    Aunt March

2015
Women He's Undressed

as    Self

2013
Six by Sondheim

as    Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)

2012
Beauty and the Beast

as    Mrs. Potts (voice)

2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins

as    Mrs. Van Gundy

2007
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

as    Self (archive footage)

2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II

as    Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")

2003
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

as    Jessica Fletcher

2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

as    Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough

2000
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

as    Jessica Fletcher

2000
Fantasia 2000

as    Self - Host

1997
Anastasia

as    Dowager Empress Marie (voice)

1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

as    Jessica Fletcher

1997
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

as    Mrs. Potts (voice)

1996
Mrs. Santa Claus

as    Mrs. Santa Claus

1990
The Love She Sought

as    Agatha McGee

1988
Shootdown

as    Nan Moore

1986
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

as    Marchesa Allabrandi

1985
The Company of Wolves

as    Granny

1984
Lace

as    Aunt Hortense Boutin

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as    Jessica Fletcher

1983
A Talent for Murder

as    Ann Royce McClain

1983
The Pirates of Penzance

as    Ruth