Angela Lansbury biography
Angela Lansbury was a British actress, born on 16 October 1925 in London, who died on 11 October 2022.
Angela Lansbury's screen career began in 1944 with National Velvet, playing Edwina Brown.
Angela Lansbury appeared in 73 films and 46 television or streaming titles between 1944 and 2022.
Honours include Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, National Medal of Arts and Laurence Olivier Awards.
- Also known as
- Angela Brigid Lansbury, Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury, Ángela Lansbury
- Born
- 16 October 1925
- Died
- 11 October 2022 (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- London
- Work
- Voice actor, Singer, Film producer, Writer, Character actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1942 to 2022
- Awards
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- National Medal of Arts
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (2 times)
Angela Lansbury filmography
73 films and 46 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | English | ||
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Balloon Lady | ||
| 2018 | Buttons | English | ||
| 2018 | The Grinch | Mayor McGerkle (voice) | ||
| 2018 | Buttons: A Christmas Tale | Rose | ||
| 2015 | Women He's Undressed | English | ||
| 2014 | Driving Miss Daisy | Miss Daisy Werthan | Theatrical release of stage production | |
| 2011 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | Selma Van Gundy | ||
| 2008 | Heidi 4 Paws | Grandmamma (voice) | ||
| 2008 | The Age of Believing: The Disney Live-Action Classics | |||
| 2007 | Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ | Mrs. Potts (voice) | ||
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee | Great Aunt Adelaide | ||
| 2005 | Kingdom Hearts II | Mrs. Potts (voice) | ||
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | English | ||
| 2002 | About Schmidt | English | ||
| 2000 | Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth | |||
| 2000 | Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom | Mrs. Potts (voice) | ||
| 1999 | Fantasia 2000 | English | ||
| 1997 | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Mrs. Potts (voice) | Direct-to-video | |
| 1997 | Anastasia | Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (voice) | ||
| 1992 | Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992 film) | |||
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Mrs. Potts (voice) | ||
| 1984 | The Company of Wolves | Granny | ||
| 1983 | The Pirates of Penzance | Ruth | ||
| 1982 | The Last Unicorn | Mommy Fortuna (voice) |
Show all 73 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | Miss Marple | ||
| 1979 | The Lady Vanishes | Miss Froy | ||
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Salome Otterbourne | ||
| 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Miss Eglantine Price | ||
| 1970 | Something for Everyone | Countess Herthe von Ornstein | ||
| 1966 | Mister Buddwing | Gloria | ||
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Claudia | ||
| 1965 | The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | Lady Blystone | ||
| 1965 | Harlow | Mama Jean Bello | ||
| 1964 | The World of Henry Orient | Isabel Boyd | ||
| 1964 | Dear Heart | Phyllis | ||
| 1963 | In the Cool of the Day | Sybil Logan | ||
| 1962 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Marguerite Laurier (voice) | Provided dubbing for Ingrid Thulin | |
| 1962 | The Manchurian Candidate | Eleanor Shaw Iselin | ||
| 1962 | All Fall Down | Annabell Willart | ||
| 1961 | Blue Hawaii | Sarah Lee Gates | ||
| 1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Mavis Pruitt | ||
| 1960 | A Breath of Scandal | Countess Lina Schwatzenfeld | ||
| 1959 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Pearl | ||
| 1958 | The Reluctant Debutante | Mabel Claremont | ||
| 1958 | The Long, Hot Summer | Minnie Littlejohn | ||
| 1956 | Please Murder Me! | Myra Leeds | ||
| 1955 | The Court Jester | Princess Gwendolyn | ||
| 1955 | A Lawless Street | Tally Dickinsen | ||
| 1955 | The Purple Mask | Madame Valentine | ||
| 1955 | A Life at Stake | Doris Hillman | ||
| 1953 | Remains to Be Seen | Valeska Chauvel | ||
| 1952 | Mutiny | Leslie Waldridge | ||
| 1952 | Theatre Guild on the Air | Unknown | Episode: "Dear Brutus" | |
| 1952 | Stars over Hollywood | Unknown | Episode: "The Lady and the Beachcomber" | |
| 1951 | Kind Lady | Mrs. Edwards | ||
| 1950 | Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership | |||
| 1950 | The MGM Theater of the Air | Unknown | Episode: "Stamboul Quest" | |
| 1949 | The Red Danube | Audrey Quail | ||
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Semadar | ||
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers | Queen Anne | ||
| 1948 | Tenth Avenue Angel | Susan Bratten | ||
| 1948 | State of the Union | Kay Thorndyke | ||
| 1948 | NBC University Theatre | Mildred Elizabeth Bennet | Episode: "Of Human Bondage" Episode: "Pride and Prejudice" | |
| 1947 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | Clotilde de Marelle | ||
| 1947 | If Winter Comes | Mabel Sabre | ||
| 1947 | Suspense | Unknown | Episode: "A Thing of Beauty" | |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By | Star of London Gaieties | ||
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | "Dusty" Millard | ||
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls | Em | ||
| 1945 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Sibyl Vane | ||
| 1944 | Gaslight | Nancy Oliver | ||
| 1944 | National Velvet | Edwina Brown |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Little Women | Aunt March | Miniseries | |
| 2014 | Great Performances: Driving Miss Daisy | Miss Daisy Werthan | Filmed stage performance | |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Eleanor Duvall | Episode: "Day" | |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Eleanor Duvall | Episode: "Night" | |
| 2004 | The Blackwater Lightship | Dora | Television film | |
| 2003 | Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Fletcher | Television film | |
| 2002 | Touched by an Angel | Penelope Berrington | Episode: "For All the Tea in China" | |
| 2001 | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Jessica Fletcher | Television film | |
| 2000 | Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For | Jessica Fletcher | Television film | |
| 1999 | The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax | Emily Pollifax | Television film | |
| 1997 | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Jessica Fletcher | Television film | |
| 1996 | Mrs. Santa Claus | Mrs. Santa Claus | Television film | |
| 1992 | Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris | Mrs. Ada Harris | Television film | |
| 1990 | The Love She Sought | Agatha McGee | Television film | |
| 1989 | The Shell Seekers | Penelope Keeling | Television film | |
| 1988 | Shootdown | Nan Moore | Television film | |
| 1986 | Rage of Angels: The Story Continues | Marchesa Allabrandi | Television film | |
| 1986 | Magnum, P.I | Jessica Fletcher | Episode: "Novel Connection" | |
| 1984 | The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Alice Garrett | Miniseries | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica Fletcher | 264 episodes | |
| 1984 | Lace | Aunt Hortense Boutin | Miniseries | |
| 1983 | A Talent for Murder | Ann Royce McClain | Television film | |
| 1983 | The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story | Amanda Fenwick | Television film | |
| 1982 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Nellie Lovett | Television special (filmed stage performance) | |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney | Miniseries |
Show all 46 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow | Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice) | Television special | |
| 1965 | The Trials of O'Brien | Celeste Thurlow | Episode: "Leave It to Me" | |
| 1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E | Elfie van Donck | Episode: "The Deadly Toys Affair" | |
| 1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Alvera Dunlear | Episode: "Something Crazy's Going on in the Back Room" | |
| 1958 | Playhouse 90 | Victoria Atkins Hazel Wills | ||
| 1956 | Studio 57 | Katy Flossie Norris | ||
| 1956 | Screen Directors Playhouse | Vera Wayne | Episode: "Claire" | |
| 1956 | Front Row Center | Joyce | Episode: "Instant of Truth" | |
| 1956 | Climax! | Justina Marshall Judith Beresford | Episode: "Bury Me Later" Episode: "The Devil's Brood" | |
| 1956 | Chevron Hall of Stars | Laura Ellsworth | Episode: "Crisis in Kansas" | |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story | Mrs. Jane Pritchard | Episode: "The Treasure" Episode: "The Force of Circumstance" | |
| 1955 | Stage 7 | Vanessa Peters | Episode: "Billy and the Bride" | |
| 1955 | Fireside Theatre | Mrs. Jarvis | Episode: "The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis" | |
| 1955 | Celebrity Playhouse | Unknown Deborah | Episode: "Empty Arms" Episode: "Deborah" | |
| 1954 | General Electric True Theater | Daphne Rutledge | Episode: "The Crime of Daphne Rutledge" | |
| 1954 | Four Star Playhouse | Joan Robinson Mrs. Hallerton | Episode: "A String of Beads" Episode: "Madeira, Madeira" | |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater | Joan Dexter | Episode: "Dreams Never Lie" | |
| 1953 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Florie Vandrop | Episode: "Storm Swept" | |
| 1953 | Ford Television Theatre | Lola Walker | Episode: "The Ming Lama" | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Christine Manson Rosie | Episode: "The Citadel" Episode: "Cakes and Ale" | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Leslie Lucy Landor Tina Rafferty Elsa |