Angela Lansbury
Birthday: 1925-10-16
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Biography: 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.
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The Manchurian Candidate
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed...
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The Last Unicorn
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The Cockettes
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenom...
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Beauty and the Beast
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
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Death on the Nile
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The Lady Vanishes
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Nanny McPhee
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The Mirror Crack'd
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Harlow
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The Court Jester
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II
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The Company of Wolves
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Anastasia
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
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State of the Union
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Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
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Gaslight
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The Long, Hot Summer
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The Harvey Girls
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The Three Musketeers
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Samson and Delilah
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A Lawless Street
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The Pirates of Penzance
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The Reluctant Debutante
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Please Murder Me
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National Velvet
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Till the Clouds Roll By
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs fro...
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Blue Hawaii
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The World of Henry Orient
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The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
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A Breath of Scandal
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A Life at Stake
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The Blackwater Lightship
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Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
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The Hoodlum Saint
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Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
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All Fall Down
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Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
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On Cukor
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Dear Heart
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame...
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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of societ...
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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
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The Love She Sought
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Something for Everyone
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Mrs. Santa Claus
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The Purple Mask
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Tenth Avenue Angel
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The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
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The Shell Seekers
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If Winter Comes
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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
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In the Cool of the Day
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Glorious Technicolor
The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work....
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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
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Kind Lady
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Mister Buddwing
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Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
A short documentary concerning the preparations and rehearsals for the March 11, 1973 benefit tribut...
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Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
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Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep Sout...
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Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Jessica Fletcher is off to solve another murder mystery, this time in Ireland....
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Mutiny
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Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
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Shootdown
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Remains to Be Seen
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Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
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Broadway's Lost Treasures
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which...
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Your Studio and You
A parody of 1950s corporate/industrial films, commissioned by Universal Pictures executives after th...
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Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between a stubborn Sou...
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Edith Head: The Paramount Years
A tribute to the legendary costume designer Edith Head during her years providing costumes for the f...
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The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
The Joy of Christmas combines the talent of the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra a...
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding...
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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
It's an enchanted royal tea party, and your little princess is the guest of honor! There, she can si...
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Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Elvis fans, thank your lucky stars. This jam-packed collection of pulse-raising performances from TV...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of c...
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That's Entertainment!
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year hi...
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Women He's Undressed
Hollywood stars, historical footage and stylized reenactments tell the story of costume designer Orr...
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A Talent for Murder
A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder....
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Six by Sondheim
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through ...
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Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Documentary on the parallels between United States racial politics and the narrative of 'Conquest fo...
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The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" series shines a spotlight on the Golden Girls -- Bea Arthur, Betty Wh...
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That's Entertainment! III
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929...
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The Trouble With Agatha Christie
An investigation into the mysterious world of the crime novelist Agatha Christie, with comments from...
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Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magica...
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Fantasia 2000
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The ...
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Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
Angela Lansbury, successful film and television actress, stars in this documentary about her persona...
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Mickey's Audition
A five-minute film for The Disney-MGM Studios combining live-action and animation. Mickey Mouse reca...
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Words and Music by Jerry Herman
WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Do...
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Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor....
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scen...
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A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
Broadway salute to Tony Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury in a star-packed gala November 17,1996...
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Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
He hasn't had a new Broadway show since 1983's La Cage Aux Folles, but composer Jerry Herman has bec...
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Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Elvis fans, thank your lucky stars. This jam-packed collection of pulse-raising performances from TV...
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The Grinch
The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holid...
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Every Act of Life
The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbrea...
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Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Featuring archival clips from his many groundbreaking productions, the performance-documentary inclu...
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Buttons
During a time of robber barons, child labor, and rising industry, two orphan girls get a little help...
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Reflections on 'Gaslight'
A documentary on the 1944 film "Gaslight" starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer....
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Forever Hollywood
Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los...
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To Oz! The Making of a Classic
A look into how L. Frank Baum's classic novel was transformed into one of the most beloved films of ...
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Frank Capra's American Dream
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard....
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Heidi 4 Paws
"Heidi 4 Paws" is a live-action re-telling of Johanna Spyri's 1880 children's classic, "HEIDI", but ...
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose ...
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Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
An interactive, feature-length behind-the-scenes documentary teeming with worthwhile bonus content a...
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Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
A short but informative documentary on the the 1971 Disney movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," which d...
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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
The troubled fraternal relationship between songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, th...
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Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Released as a Bonus Feature for Disney's Platinum DVD Edition of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" t...
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Inside the Dream Factory
Faye Dunaway hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the Hollywood star-making machine....
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Howard
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the ...
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Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury discusses her life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne....
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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Sound the trumpets and prepare for the ultimate celebration of magic, music and dreams come true! In...
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Miracle on 42nd Street
The story of Manhattan Plaza, the renowned experiment in subsidized housing catering to people in th...
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Claire
A doctor's second wife is tormented by the presence of his pet cat, which reminds her of the fact th...
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Disney Through The Decades
features a look through the different decades of the disney company with old footage hosted by Disne...
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-...
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Show of Titles
An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best....
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A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
This special is a recording of the presentation of the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the ...
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The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
On April 11, 1992, The Grand Opening of Euro Disney aired on CBS, offering viewers a spectacular, en...
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Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
Little Gloria is the worst witch-in-training ever to attend Madame Pestilence's Academy of Young Gob...
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