Known for: Acting
Born: 1925-10-16 · London, England, UK
Died: 2022-10-11

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Angela Lansbury

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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Manchurian Candidate

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Company of Wolves

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Long, Hot Summer

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Beauty and the Beast

As Mrs. Potts (voice)

The Grinch

As Mayor McGerkle (voice)

Mary Poppins Returns

As Balloon Lady

Nanny McPhee

As Aunt Adelaide

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Fractured Fables

From Grimm to the modern screen, a journey through films that twist the familiar into the unsettling, the erotic, and the profoundly human.

8 films

Five Essential Summer Films

A curated selection of films that capture summer's heat, languor, and menace, sidestepping the usual suspects for more surprising, evocative choices.

5 films

The Hypnotic Gaze

From Woody Allen's comic hypnosis to the chilling mechanics of control, this chain traces cinema's fascination with the mind's susceptibility.

8 films

When Worlds Collide: The Magic of Live-Action Animation

From Disney's pioneering blend to modern masterpieces, explore films that seamlessly merge reality and animation, celebrating the creative spark when two worlds...

8 films

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