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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.

Filmography

2018
Mary Poppins Returns

as Balloon Lady

Movie
2018
The Grinch

as Mayor McGerkle (voice)

Movie
2005
Nanny McPhee

as Aunt Adelaide

Movie
2000
Fantasia 2000

as Self - Host

Movie
1997
Anastasia

as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)

Movie
1997
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

as Mrs. Potts (voice)

Movie
1991
Beauty and the Beast

as Mrs. Potts (voice)

Movie
1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

as Self / Host

Movie
1982
The Last Unicorn

as Mommy Fortuna (voice)

Movie
1978
Death on the Nile

as Salome Otterbourne

Movie
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Claudia

Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Jessica Fletcher

TV Show
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV Show