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.
Acting
Movie
Beauty and the Beast
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
1991
Movie
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Angela Lansbury
2022
Movie
Anastasia
as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
1997
Movie
The Grinch
as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
2018
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Eleanor Duvall
1999
Movie
Mary Poppins Returns
as Balloon Lady
2018
Movie
Nanny McPhee
as Aunt Adelaide
2005
Movie
Mr. Popper's Penguins
as Mrs. Van Gundy
2011
Movie
Fantasia 2000
as Self - Host
2000
Movie
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
1997
Movie
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Miss Price
1971
Movie
Death on the Nile
as Salome Otterbourne
1978
Movie
The Manchurian Candidate
as Mrs. Iselin
1962
Movie
The Last Unicorn
as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
1982
Movie
Gaslight
as Nancy
1944
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Jessica Fletcher
1984
TV
Magnum, P.I.
as Jessica Fletcher
1980
Movie
The Company of Wolves
as Granny
1984
Movie
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sibyl Vane
1945
Movie
Samson and Delilah
as Semadar
1949
Movie
The Mirror Crack'd
as Miss Marple
1980
Movie
The Long, Hot Summer
as Minnie Littlejohn
1958
Movie
The Court Jester
as Princess Gwendolyn
1955
Movie
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Claudia
1965
