Angela Lansbury
Born in London, England, UK — Oct 16 1925• Died Oct 11 2022
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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 (19…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eleanor Duvall
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher
Great Performances
Self
Magnum, P.I.
Jessica Fletcher
Climax!
Justina Marshall
Robert Montgomery Presents
Christine Manson
Touched by an Angel
Lady Penelope Berrington
Intimate Portrait
Self
Four Star Playhouse
Joan Robinson
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
Self
The Ford Television Theatre
Lola Walker
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Studio 57
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Elfie van Donck
Knives Out
Crew
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Eleanor Duvall
Screen Director's Playhouse
Vera Wayne
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Angela Lansbury
Lux Video Theatre
Leslie
Anastasia
Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Your Show of Shows
The George Gobel Show
Self
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self
The Manchurian Candidate
Mrs. Iselin
The Grinch
Mayor McGerkle (voice)
Little Women
Aunt March
Nanny McPhee
Aunt Adelaide
Death on the Nile
Salome Otterbourne
The Emmy Awards
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Penelope Keeling
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Claudia
Lace
Aunt Hortense Boutin
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
Mary Poppins Returns
Balloon Lady
Gaslight
Nancy
Samson and Delilah
Semadar
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mrs. Van Gundy
Howard
Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Florie Vandrop
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Miss Price
Fantasia 2000
Self - Host
General Electric Theater
Daphne Rutledge
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
The Long, Hot Summer
Minnie Littlejohn
The Three Musketeers
Queen Ann
Till the Clouds Roll By
London Specialty
The Last Unicorn
Mommy Fortuna (voice)
The Harvey Girls
Em
The Court Jester
Princess Gwendolyn
The Mirror Crack'd
Miss Marple
The Lady Vanishes
Miss Froy
Blue Hawaii
Sarah Lee Gates
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
Alice Garrett
Every Act of Life
Self
Harlow
Mama Jean Bello
Buttons
Rose
State of the Union
Kay Thorndyke
Show of Titles
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sibyl Vane
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Jessica Fletcher
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
The Hoodlum Saint
Dusty Millard
Your Studio and You
Angela Lansbury
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
National Velvet
Edwina Brown
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Marchesa Allabrandi
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
The Company of Wolves
Granny
Six by Sondheim
Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
A Lawless Street
Tally Dickenson
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Jessica Fletcher
The Purple Mask
Madame Valentine
Mister Buddwing
Gloria
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Lady Blystone
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Mavis Pruitt
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
Self / Host
A Life at Stake
Doris Hillman
The Pirates of Penzance
Ruth
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
The World of Henry Orient
Isabel Boyd
All Fall Down
Annabell Willart
Forever Hollywood
Self
Kind Lady
Mrs. Edwards
The Cockettes
Self (archive footage)
Shootdown
Nan Moore
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
In the Cool of the Day
Sybil Logan
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Clotilde de Marelle
Dear Heart
Phyllis
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
Mutiny
Leslie Waldridge
On Cukor
Self
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Jessica Fletcher
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Ada Harris
The Blackwater Lightship
Dora
The Reluctant Debutante
Mabel Claremont
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Marchesa Allabrandi
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Amanda Fenwick
Women He's Undressed
Self
Remains to Be Seen
Valeska Chauvel
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Self
Please Murder Me
Myra Leeds
The Red Danube
Audrey Quail
Tenth Avenue Angel
Susan Bratten
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
Self
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
A Breath of Scandal
Countess Lina
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Emily Pollifax
If Winter Comes
Mabel Sabre
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Nellie Lovett
Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
Mrs. Santa Claus
Mrs. Santa Claus
Glorious Technicolor
Narrator (voice)
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Narrator
The Shell Seekers
Penelope Keeling
Something for Everyone
Countess Herthe von Ornstein
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
Self - Performer
The Love She Sought
Agatha McGee
Claire
Vera Wayne
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Self
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Self
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
Self / Hostess
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Narrator
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Heidi 4 Paws
Grandmother (voice)
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Pearl
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Mrs. Potts (voice)
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
Mickey's Audition
Sylvia
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Self (archive footage)
Disney Through The Decades
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
Self - Chanteuse
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Self
The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
Self
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
Driving Miss Daisy
Daisy Werthan
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Self (archive footage)
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Self
A Talent for Murder
Ann Royce McClain
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Self - Actress
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
Self
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
Narrator
Stage 7
Vanessa Peters
Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
Self
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
Herself
Queen of Diamonds
Herself
Tony Awards
Self - Host / Performer