Angela Lansbury

Actress | Producer | Soundtrack

The daughter of an actress and the granddaughter of a high-ranking politician, Angela Brigid ...

Born: October 16, 1925

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Known For

The Manchurian Candidate Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin (1962)
Anastasia The Dowager Empress Marie (1997)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks Miss Price (1971)
Known For

Beauty and the Beast Mrs. Potts (1991)
Actress

Buttons, A New Musical Film Rose (2018)
Mary Poppins Returns Balloon Lady (2018)
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Mayor McGerkle (2018)
Little Women Aunt March (2017)
Great Performances Miss Daisy Werthan (2015)
Driving Miss Daisy Miss Daisy Werthan (2014)
Mr. Popper's Penguins Mrs. Van Gundy (2011)
Heidi 4 Paws Grandmamma (2009)
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Mrs. Potts (2007)
Kingdom Hearts II Mrs. Potts (2005)
Nanny McPhee Aunt Adelaide (2005)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury Eleanor Duvall (2005)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Eleanor Duvall (2005)
Sing Along Songs: Disney Princess - Once Upon a Dream Mrs. Potts (2004)
The Blackwater Lightship Dora (2004)
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle Jessica Fletcher (2003)
About Schmidt Angela Lansbury (2002)
Touched by an Angel Lady Penelope Berrington (2002)
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough (2001)
Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Magical Ballroom Mrs. Potts (2000)
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For Jessica Fletcher (2000)
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Mrs. Emily Pollifax (1999)
Anastasia The Dowager Empress Marie (1997)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Mrs. Potts (1997)
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest Jessica Fletcher (1997)
Mrs. Santa Claus Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher (1984-1996)
Your Studio and You Angela Lansbury (1995)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories Narrator (1994)
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris Mrs. Ada Harris (1992)
Mickey's Audition Angela Lansbury (1992)
Beauty and the Beast Mrs. Potts (1991)
The Love She Sought Agatha McGee (1990)
Newhart Angela Lansbury (1990)
The Shell Seekers Penelope Keeling (1989)
Shootdown Nan Moore (1988)
Magnum, P.I. Jessica Fletcher (1986)
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues Marchesa Allabrandi (1986)
The Company of Wolves Granny (1984)
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 Alice Garrett (1984)
Lace Aunt Hortense Boutin (1984)
A Talent for Murder Ann Royce McClain (1984)
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story Amanda Fenwick (1983)
The Pirates of Penzance Ruth (1983)
Little Gloria... Happy at Last Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1982)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Nellie Lovett (1982)
The Last Unicorn Mommy Fortuna (1982)
The Mirror Crack'd Miss Marple (1980)
The Lady Vanishes Miss Froy (1979)
Death on the Nile Mrs. Salome Otterbourne (1978)
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow Sister Theresa / Narrator (1975)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks Miss Price (1971)
Something for Everyone Countess Herthe von Ornstein (1970)
Mister Buddwing Gloria (1966)
The Trials of O'Brien Celeste Thurlow (1965)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Elfie van Donck (1965)
Harlow Mama Jean Bello (1965)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders Lady Blystone (1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told Claudia (1965)
Dear Heart Phyllis (1964)
The World of Henry Orient Isabel Boyd (1964)
In the Cool of the Day Sybil Logan (1963)
The Eleventh Hour Alvera Dunlear (1963)
The Manchurian Candidate Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin (1962)
All Fall Down Annabell Willart (1962)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Marguerite Laurier (1962)
Blue Hawaii Sarah Lee Gates (1961)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Mavis Pruitt (1960)
A Breath of Scandal Countess Lina (1960)
Season of Passion Pearl (1959)
Playhouse 90 Hazel Wills (1958-1959)
The Reluctant Debutante Mabel Claremont (1958)
The Long, Hot Summer Minnie Littlejohn (1958)
Climax! Judith Beresford (1956-1957)
Undercurrent Deborah (1957)
Studio 57 Flossie Norris (1956)
Screen Directors Playhouse Vera Wayne (1956)
Front Row Center Joyce (1956)
Celebrity Playhouse Deborah (1955-1956)
The Star and the Story Mrs. Jane Pritchard (1955-1956)
Please Murder Me! Myra Leeds (1956)
Chevron Hall of Stars Laura Ellsworth (1956)
The Court Jester Princess Gwendolyn (1955)
A Lawless Street Tally Dickenson (1955)
Star Time Playhouse Regular (1955)
The Purple Mask Madame Valentine (1955)
Stage 7 Vanessa Peters (1955)
Four Star Playhouse Mrs. Hallerton (1954-1955)
A Life at Stake Doris Hillman (1955)
Fireside Theatre Brenda Jarvis (1955)
The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis Brenda Jarvis (1955)
General Electric Theater Daphne Rutledge (1954)
Lux Video Theatre Elsa (1950-1954)
Schlitz Playhouse Florie Vandrop (1953)
The Ford Television Theatre Lola Walker (1953)
The Revlon Mirror Theater Joan Dexter (1953)
Robert Montgomery Presents Rosie (1950-1953)
Remains to Be Seen Valeska Chauvel (1953)
Mutiny Leslie (1952)
Kind Lady Mrs. Edwards (1951)
Samson and Delilah Semadar (1949)
The Red Danube Audrey Quail (1949)
The Three Musketeers Queen Anne (1948)
State of the Union Kay Thorndyke (1948)
Tenth Avenue Angel Susan Bratten (1948)
If Winter Comes Mabel Sabre (1947)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Clotilde de Marelle (1947)
Till the Clouds Roll By London Specialty (1946)
The Hoodlum Saint Dusty Millard (1946)
The Harvey Girls Em (1946)
The Picture of Dorian Gray Sibyl Vane (1945)
National Velvet Edwina Brown (1944)
Actress

Gaslight Nancy (1944)
Soundtrack

Nostalgia Critic (2019)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
The 25 Songs of Christmas (2016)
Six by Sondheim (2013)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008)
Great Performances (2003-2004)
Concert Number Three (2004)
Anastasia (1997)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Friend Like Me (1993)
The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989)
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988)
Murder, She Wrote (1985-1987)
The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987)
A Talent for Murder (1984)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981)
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979)
The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975)
The Julie Andrews Hour (1973)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971)
The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968)
The Danny Kaye Show (1964)
The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959)
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Soundtrack

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Producer

Murder, She Wrote (1992-1996)
Archive footage

Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along (2020)
Amazing World of Radio (2019)
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (2017)
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix (2014)
The Oscars (2014)
Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre (2014)
Six by Sondheim (2013)
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012)
Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009)
To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009)
Everything Is Terrible: The Movie (2009)
Entertainment Tonight (2009)
Kyle Riabko: The Lead (2009)
That Fellow in the Coat (2008)
Agatha Christie: A Woman of Mystery (2007)
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances (2007)
A Life in Words and Music (2007)
Elvis Presley: Hot Shots and Cool Clips Volume 2 (2007)
America's Top Sleuths (2006)
Screen Goddesses (2006)
Ciclo Agatha Christie (2006)
Great Performances (2004-2005)
Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
There's Only One Elvis (2002)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
The Cockettes (2002)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
Murder, She Wrote: Mystery Jigsaw Puzzles (1996)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Be Our Guest (1992)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs (1988)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: You Can Fly (1988)
Presley (1987)
The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985)
Clapper Board (1981)
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Archive footage

Mondo Hollywood (1967)
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)

Awards

Did You Know

Acting mentor and friend of former co-star Louis Herthum, who played Deputy Andy Broom on 23 episodes of Murder, She Wrote (1984), a character introduced when Will Nye, the actor playing Deputy Floyd, left Murder, She Wrote (1984), in 1991. Herthum ...

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[on handling the early success and Oscar nominations while still being in her teens] I was a very serious teenager at that time and I considered the work to be the most important thing and I concentrated on that. I was a bit goody goody. I didn't ...