Actor
Angela Lansbury
- Born: 16 October 1925, London, England
- Estimated net worth: $70 million
Angela Lansbury was a versatile actress known for her roles in film, television, and theater. She gained fame for her performances in 'Murder, She Wrote' and films like 'The Manchurian Candidate' and 'Beauty and the Beast.' Renowned for her distinctive voice…
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About Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury was a versatile actress known for her roles in film, television, and theater. She gained fame for her performances in 'Murder, She Wrote' and films like 'The Manchurian Candidate' and 'Beauty and the Beast.' Renowned for her distinctive voice and charm, Lansbury enjoyed a long and acclaimed career spanning over seven decades.
- Born
- 16 October 1925, London, England
- Height
- 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
- Spouses
- Peter Shaw (1949-2003)
- Children
- 1 child, Anthony Shaw
- Parents
- Angela Lansbury (mother), Edgar Lansbury (father)
- Estimated net worth
- $70 million
Fun facts about Angela Lansbury
- Angela Lansbury was nominated for an Academy Award three times before becoming known for her television roles.
- She was also a successful stage actress, winning five Tony Awards throughout her career.
Famous Angela Lansbury quotes
“There's no such thing as a small part, only small actors.”
“I think we all have a little bit of magic in us.”
“I have a very good life, and I want to share it with my audience.”
Angela Lansbury filmography
Cast (190)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Commitment to Life Movie | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Movie | Angela Lansbury | 7.0 |
| 2021 | Show of Titles Movie | "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer | |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns Movie | Balloon Lady | 6.5 |
| 2018 | Buttons Movie | Rose | 6.0 |
| 2018 | Harold Prince: The Director's Life Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2018 | The Grinch Movie | Mayor McGerkle (voice) | 6.9 |
| 2018 | Every Act of Life Movie | Self | 6.4 |
| 2018 | Howard Movie | Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage) | 6.8 |
| 2017 | Little Women TV | Aunt March | 7.2 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Miracle on 42nd Street Movie | Self | |
| 2017 | Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches Movie | Self | |
| 2015 | Women He's Undressed Movie | Self | 5.4 |
| 2015 | Driving Miss Daisy Movie | Daisy Werthan | 8.0 |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim Movie | Mrs. Lovett (archive footage) | 7.1 |
| 2011 | Mr. Popper's Penguins Movie | Mrs. Van Gundy | 6.0 |
| 2010 | Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast Movie | Self | 6.0 |
| 2010 | Waking Sleeping Beauty Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.2 |
| 2009 | To Oz! The Making of a Classic Movie | Self / Hostess | |
| 2009 | The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story Movie | Self | 7.4 |
| 2008 | The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics Movie | Narrator | 7.3 |
| 2008 | Heidi 4 Paws Movie | Grandmother (voice) | 6.0 |
| 2008 | Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times Movie | Self | |
| 2007 | Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll Movie | Self (archive footage) | 10.0 |
| 2007 | Elvis: #1 Hit Performances Movie | Self (archive footage) | 5.5 |
| 2007 | Words and Music by Jerry Herman Movie | Self | |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee Movie | Aunt Adelaide | 6.7 |
| 2005 | Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party Movie | Mrs. Potts (voice) | 8.0 |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards Movie | Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage) | 7.2 |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury TV | Eleanor Duvall | 8.1 |
| 2004 | Broadway's Lost Treasures II Movie | Mame Dennis (segment "Mame") | 8.2 |
| 2004 | Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream Movie | Mrs. Potts (voice) | 9.0 |
| 2004 | Queen of Diamonds Movie | Herself | |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies Movie | Self | 8.3 |
| 2004 | The Blackwater Lightship Movie | Dora | 6.1 |
| 2003 | Reflections on 'Gaslight' Movie | Self | 7.3 |
| 2003 | Broadway's Lost Treasures Movie | Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd") | 6.4 |
| 2003 | Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle Movie | Jessica Fletcher | 7.1 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2003 | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series Movie | Self | 9.4 |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.7 |
| 2002 | The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury Movie | Self | 9.0 |
| 2002 | The Cockettes Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.9 |
| 2001 | Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All Movie | Narrator | 8.5 |
| 2001 | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man Movie | Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough | 6.5 |
| 2001 | Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks Movie | Self | 7.7 |
| 2001 | Disney Through The Decades Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2000 | On Cukor Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2000 | Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For Movie | Jessica Fletcher | 6.8 |
| 2000 | Fantasia 2000 Movie | Self - Host | 7.0 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Eleanor Duvall | 8.0 |
| 1999 | The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Movie | Emily Pollifax | 6.6 |
| 1999 | Forever Hollywood Movie | Self | 8.3 |
| 1998 | Glorious Technicolor Movie | Narrator (voice) | 6.9 |
| 1997 | Anastasia Movie | Dowager Empress Marie (voice) | 7.6 |
| 1997 | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Movie | Mrs. Potts (voice) | 6.2 |
| 1997 | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest Movie | Jessica Fletcher | 7.0 |
| 1997 | The View TV | Self | 4.3 |
| 1997 | Frank Capra's American Dream Movie | Self | 6.3 |
| 1996 | Mrs. Santa Claus Movie | Mrs. Santa Claus | 6.2 |
| 1996 | A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury Movie | Self | |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show TV | Self - Guest | 4.1 |
| 1995 | Inside the Dream Factory Movie | Self | 8.0 |
| 1995 | Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall Movie | Narrator | |
| 1995 | Your Studio and You Movie | Angela Lansbury | 7.0 |
| 1995 | A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim Movie | Unknown character | |
| 1994 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch Movie | Narrator | |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel TV | Lady Penelope Berrington | 7.2 |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer TV | Self (archive footage) | 6.8 |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III Movie | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.1 |
| 1994 | Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl Movie | Self | 9.0 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait TV | Self | 4.5 |
| 1992 | Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris Movie | Mrs. Ada Harris | 7.5 |
| 1992 | Mickey's Audition Movie | Sylvia | 4.0 |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories TV | Narrator (voice) | 9.5 |
| 1992 | Euro Disney : L'Ouverture Movie | Self - Chanteuse | 6.8 |
| 1992 | The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland Movie | Self - Performer | 7.3 |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast Movie | Mrs. Potts (voice) | 7.7 |
| 1991 | The Trouble With Agatha Christie Movie | Self - Actress | 10.0 |
| 1990 | The Love She Sought Movie | Agatha McGee | 6.8 |
| 1990 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic Movie | Self - Host | 8.3 |
| 1989 | The Shell Seekers Movie | Penelope Keeling | 6.5 |
| 1988 | Shootdown Movie | Nan Moore | 5.7 |
| 1988 | Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves Movie | Herself | |
| 1986 | Rage of Angels: The Story Continues TV | Marchesa Allabrandi | 8.5 |
| 1986 | Rage of Angels: The Story Continues Movie | Marchesa Allabrandi | 5.8 |
| 1986 | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn Movie | Self | 8.3 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Jessica Fletcher | 7.5 |
| 1984 | The Company of Wolves Movie | Granny | 6.3 |
| 1984 | The First Olympics: Athens 1896 TV | Alice Garrett | 5.9 |
| 1984 | Lace TV | Aunt Hortense Boutin | 7.2 |
| 1983 | The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story Movie | Amanda Fenwick | 5.4 |
| 1983 | A Talent for Murder Movie | Ann Royce McClain | 6.9 |
| 1983 | The Pirates of Penzance Movie | Ruth | 6.1 |
| 1982 | The Last Unicorn Movie | Mommy Fortuna (voice) | 7.3 |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last TV | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney | 5.8 |
| 1982 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Movie | Nellie Lovett | 8.2 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. TV | Jessica Fletcher | 7.3 |
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd Movie | Miss Marple | 6.1 |
| 1979 | The Lady Vanishes Movie | Miss Froy | 6.0 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors TV | Self | 7.4 |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile Movie | Salome Otterbourne | 7.2 |
| 1975 | The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow Movie | Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice) | 5.4 |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! Movie | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.4 |
| 1973 | Sondheim: A Musical Tribute Movie | Unknown character | |
| 1972 | The Julie Andrews Hour TV | Self | 8.0 |
| 1971 | Film '72 TV | Self | 5.1 |
| 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks Movie | Miss Price | 7.0 |
| 1971 | Great Performances TV | Self | 6.1 |
| 1970 | Something for Everyone Movie | Countess Herthe von Ornstein | 6.5 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show TV | Self - Guest | 6.8 |
| 1967 | Omnibus TV | Unknown character | 7.2 |
| 1966 | Mister Buddwing Movie | Gloria | 6.1 |
| 1965 | Harlow Movie | Mama Jean Bello | 5.6 |
| 1965 | The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders Movie | Lady Blystone | 5.7 |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told Movie | Claudia | 6.4 |
| 1965 | Dear Heart Movie | Phyllis | 6.5 |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV | Elfie van Donck | 7.2 |
| 1964 | The World of Henry Orient Movie | Isabel Boyd | 5.9 |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show TV | Self | 7.0 |
| 1963 | In the Cool of the Day Movie | Sybil Logan | 5.8 |
| 1962 | The Manchurian Candidate Movie | Mrs. Iselin | 7.5 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show TV | Self | 6.8 |
| 1962 | All Fall Down Movie | Annabell Willart | 6.0 |
| 1961 | Blue Hawaii Movie | Sarah Lee Gates | 6.0 |
| 1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Movie | Mavis Pruitt | 6.5 |
| 1960 | A Breath of Scandal Movie | Countess Lina | 5.5 |
| 1959 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Movie | Pearl | 6.8 |
| 1958 | The Reluctant Debutante Movie | Mabel Claremont | 6.7 |
| 1958 | The Long, Hot Summer Movie | Minnie Littlejohn | 7.0 |
| 1956 | Claire Movie | Vera Wayne | 7.0 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Winner / Presenter | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Presenter | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Presenter / Winner | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Nominee / Presenter | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Host / Performer | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Host / Presenter | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Host/Presenter | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Performer | |
| 1956 | Please Murder Me Movie | Myra Leeds | 5.9 |
| 1955 | The Court Jester Movie | Princess Gwendolyn | 7.3 |
| 1955 | A Lawless Street Movie | Tally Dickenson | 5.6 |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse TV | Vera Wayne | 7.0 |
| 1955 | The Purple Mask Movie | Madame Valentine | 5.8 |
| 1955 | A Life at Stake Movie | Doris Hillman | 5.3 |
| 1955 | Stage 7 TV | Vanessa Peters | 7.5 |
| 1954 | Climax! TV | Justina Marshall | 3.8 |
| 1954 | Climax! TV | Judith Beresford | 3.8 |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show TV | Self | 7.8 |
| 1954 | Studio 57 TV | Unknown character | 7.5 |
| 1953 | Revlon Mirror Theatre TV | Unknown character | |
| 1953 | Remains to Be Seen Movie | Valeska Chauvel | 6.0 |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self | 7.1 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater TV | Daphne Rutledge | 6.8 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre TV | Lola Walker | 7.8 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse TV | Joan Robinson | 6.8 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse TV | Mrs. Hallerton | 6.8 |
| 1952 | Mutiny Movie | Leslie Waldridge | 5.2 |
| 1952 | Today TV | Self | 5.6 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame TV | Penelope Keeling | 8.8 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame TV | Dora | 8.8 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV | Florie Vandrop | 7.2 |
| 1951 | Kind Lady Movie | Mrs. Edwards | 7.0 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre TV | Lucy Landor | 6.7 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre TV | Elsa | 6.7 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre TV | Self - Intermission Guest | 6.7 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre TV | Leslie | 6.7 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre TV | Tina Rafferty | 6.7 |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows TV | Unknown character | 7.2 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? TV | Self - Mystery Guest | 7.0 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents TV | Christine Manson | 6.0 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents TV | Rosie | 6.0 |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah Movie | Semadar | 6.6 |
| 1949 | The Red Danube Movie | Audrey Quail | 6.7 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards TV | Self | 7.9 |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers Movie | Queen Ann | 6.8 |
| 1948 | State of the Union Movie | Kay Thorndyke | 6.8 |
| 1948 | Tenth Avenue Angel Movie | Susan Bratten | 6.5 |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes Movie | Mabel Sabre | 6.7 |
| 1947 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Movie | Clotilde de Marelle | 6.2 |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By Movie | London Specialty | 5.8 |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint Movie | Dusty Millard | 5.5 |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls Movie | Em | 6.6 |
| 1945 | The Picture of Dorian Gray Movie | Sibyl Vane | 7.1 |
| 1945 | National Velvet Movie | Edwina Brown | 7.2 |
| 1944 | Gaslight Movie | Nancy | 7.5 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards TV | Self - Presenter | 7.0 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards TV | Self - Nominee | 7.0 |
Crew (3)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Movie | In Memory Of · Crew | 7.0 |
| 2019 | Knives Out Movie | Thanks · Crew | 7.8 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Producer · Production | 7.5 |
Latest releases
- Commitment to Life2023
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022 / TMDB 7.0
- Show of Titles2021
- Mary Poppins Returns2018 / TMDB 6.5
- Buttons2018 / TMDB 6.0
- Harold Prince: The Director's Life2018
Questions about Angela Lansbury
What are Angela Lansbury's most famous roles?
Angela Lansbury is most famous for her role as Jessica Fletcher in the television series 'Murder, She Wrote' and for her performances in films like 'The Manchurian Candidate' and 'Beauty and the Beast.'
Did Angela Lansbury win any awards?
Yes, Angela Lansbury won numerous awards, including five Tony Awards and an Honorary Academy Award, acknowledging her lifetime achievements in film and theater.
What was Angela Lansbury's first film?
Angela Lansbury's first film was 'Gaslight' in 1944, where she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
What is Angela Lansbury's estimated net worth?
Angela Lansbury's estimated net worth is reported to be around $70 million, reflecting her extensive career in film, television, and stage.
What are some of Angela Lansbury's successful films?
Some of Angela Lansbury's successful films include 'The Manchurian Candidate,' 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks,' and 'Beauty and the Beast,' showcasing her versatility as an actress.
How many children does Angela Lansbury have?
Angela Lansbury has one child, a son named Anthony Shaw, who has worked in the film industry as a producer.
What was Angela Lansbury's career highlight?
One of Angela Lansbury's career highlights was her iconic role in 'Murder, She Wrote,' which earned her a significant fanbase and critical acclaim over 12 seasons.
When did Angela Lansbury pass away?
Angela Lansbury passed away on 11 October 2022, just five days before her 97th birthday, leaving behind a legacy of remarkable performances.