Angela Lansbury

About

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...

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984Magnum, P.I.Series • 1980NewhartSeries • 1982Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952Touched by an AngelSeries • 1994Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950Climax!Series • 1954Beauty and the BeastMovie • 1991OmnibusSeries • 1967Knives OutMovie • 2019The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series • 1964The Ford Television TheatreSeries • 1952The GrinchMovie • 2018Studio 57Series • 1954Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryMovie • 2022Your Show of ShowsSeries • 1950Law & Order: Trial by JurySeries • 2005Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950Nanny McPheeMovie • 2005Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries • 1955AnastasiaMovie • 1997Mary Poppins ReturnsMovie • 2018Death on the NileMovie • 1978