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 Broom...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
as Angela Lansbury
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of frien...

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
In Memory Of
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of frien...

Show of Titles
2021
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.

Knives Out
2019
Thanks
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit B...

Mary Poppins Returns
2018
as Balloon Lady
Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

Buttons
2018
as Rose
During a time of robber barons, child labor, and rising industry, two orphan girls get a little help from their unexpected guardian angels who turn th...

Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
Featuring archival clips from his many groundbreaking productions, the performance-documentary includes interviews with many of Prince's collaborators...

The Grinch
2018
as Mayor McGerkle (voice)
The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.

Every Act of Life
2018
as Self
The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay righ...

Howard
2018
as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely ...

Miracle on 42nd Street
2017
as self
The story of Manhattan Plaza, the renowned experiment in subsidized housing catering to people in the arts. Numerous celebrities pay homage to the imp...

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Self
Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor.

Women He's Undressed
2015
as Self
Hollywood stars, historical footage and stylized reenactments tell the story of costume designer Orry-Kelly, who ruled Tinseltown fashion for decades.

Driving Miss Daisy
2015
as Daisy Werthan
Driving Miss Daisy tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur. A...

Six by Sondheim
2013
as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011
as Mrs. Van Gundy
Tom Popper is a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins...

Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010
as Self
An interactive, feature-length behind-the-scenes documentary teeming with worthwhile bonus content all its own.

Casino Jack and the United States of Money
2010
as Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin (archive footage)
A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
2009
as Self / Hostess
A look into how L. Frank Baum's classic novel was transformed into one of the most beloved films of all time including archival interviews, behind-the...

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovat...

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
as Self
The troubled fraternal relationship between songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the Oscar and Grammy-winning Sherman Brothers, famou...

Heidi 4 Paws
2008
as Grandmother (voice)
"Heidi 4 Paws" is a live-action re-telling of Johanna Spyri's 1880 children's classic, "HEIDI", but with fully mouth-articulated dogs in all of the ro...

Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
2008
as Self
Documentary on the parallels between United States racial politics and the narrative of 'Conquest for the Planet of the Apes' (1972).

Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis fans, thank your lucky stars. This jam-packed collection of pulse-raising performances from TV, movies, concerts and special events showcases th...

Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis fans, thank your lucky stars. This jam-packed collection of pulse-raising performances from TV, movies, concerts and special events showcases th...

Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
as Self
WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles. Jerry Herman an...

Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
2006
as Self
Angela Lansbury discusses her life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.

Nanny McPhee
2005
as Aunt Adelaide
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and h...

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
It's an enchanted royal tea party, and your little princess is the guest of honor! There, she can sing along with all her favorite Disney Princesses a...

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great m...

Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on ope...

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2004
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Sound the trumpets and prepare for the ultimate celebration of magic, music and dreams come true! Introduce your little princess to the one special co...
Queen of Diamonds
2004
as Herself
Angela Lansbury on the Manchurian Candidate

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Self
The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta.

The Blackwater Lightship
2004
as Dora
A man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother.

Reflections on 'Gaslight'
2003
as Self
A documentary on the 1944 film "Gaslight" starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer.

Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, wer...

Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
2003
as Jessica Fletcher
Jessica Fletcher is off to solve another murder mystery, this time in Ireland.

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
as Self
Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" series shines a spotlight on the Golden Girls -- Bea Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan -- with a co...

Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as (archive footage)
A tribute to the legendary costume designer Edith Head during her years providing costumes for the films of Paramount studio which includes Sunset Bou...

The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
2002
as Self
The Joy of Christmas combines the talent of the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square with one of the most enduring and ...

The Cockettes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.

Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001
as Narrator
Released as a Bonus Feature for Disney's Platinum DVD Edition of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" this short documentary shows how this classic film ...

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001
as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surroun...

Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
2001
as Self
A short but informative documentary on the the 1971 Disney movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," which discusses the making of the film, the origins of th...
Disney Through The Decades
2001
features a look through the different decades of the disney company with old footage hosted by Disney stars. appeared on the 2009 Blu-Ray release of S...

On Cukor
2000
as Self
Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and interviews with his friends...

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from inter...

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000
as Jessica Fletcher
Jessica Fletcher, lecturing at a writers' conference, finds herself called on to solve the killing of a guest speaker, an arrogant Russian author who'...

Fantasia 2000
2000
as Self - Host
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1999
as Emily Pollifax
When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn't realize that she has always wanted to be a spy. Sending a le...

Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los Angeles.

Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Narrator (voice)
The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.

Anastasia
1997
as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting...

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seeded hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
as Jessica Fletcher
Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code.

Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

Mrs. Santa Claus
1996
as Mrs. Santa Claus
Neglected by her husband during the pre-Christmas rush, Mrs. Claus takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a drive, only to end up stranded in the neigh...
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
1996
as Self
Broadway salute to Tony Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury in a star-packed gala November 17,1996 at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. The event wa...

Inside the Dream Factory
1995
as Self
Faye Dunaway hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the Hollywood star-making machine.

Your Studio and You
1995
as Angela Lansbury
A parody of 1950s corporate/industrial films, commissioned by Universal Pictures executives after the studio's purchase by Seagrams, and featuring cam...

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995
This special is a recording of the presentation of the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts presented by Southern Methodist University in...

That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to G...

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994
as Self
He hasn't had a new Broadway show since 1983's La Cage Aux Folles, but composer Jerry Herman has become ubiquitous on the concert, tribute and benefit...

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992
as Mrs. Ada Harris
Ada Harris, a London charwoman in the 1950's, sees a Dior dress and decides that she's going to own one. First, she scrimps and saves her money, but w...
Mickey's Audition
1992
as Sylvia
A five-minute film for The Disney-MGM Studios combining live-action and animation. Mickey Mouse recalls his first big audition and subsequent filmmaki...

Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
1992
as Self - Chanteuse

The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992
as Self - Performer
On April 11, 1992, The Grand Opening of Euro Disney aired on CBS, offering viewers a spectacular, entertainment-filled evening as well as a special “s...

Beauty and the Beast
1991
as Mrs. Potts (voice)
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the h...

The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
as Self - Actress
An investigation into the mysterious world of the crime novelist Agatha Christie, with comments from poison experts, policeman and pathologists and me...

The Love She Sought
1990
as Agatha McGee
An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new bisho...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990
as Self / Host
Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of t...

The Shell Seekers
1989
as Penelope Keeling
After a mild heart attack at 63, Penelope Keeling is not ready to be an invalid yet...despite her children's attempts to take control of her life. She...

Shootdown
1988
as Nan Moore
Nan Moore is a U.S. government employee whose son is killed when Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by Soviets on September 1, 1983. While the "offici...

Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
1988
as Herself
Angela Lansbury, successful film and television actress, stars in this documentary about her personal program for fitness and well-being. "Easy does i...

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986
as Marchesa Allabrandi
Jennifer's life changes when Warner, now Vice President of the United States, decides to see her and her son, Joshua. At the same time, Jennifer is un...

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and profession...

The Company of Wolves
1984
as Granny
An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which i...

The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
1983
as Amanda Fenwick
After experiencing several stressful situations within a short time — including the failure of the family business and the loss of her mother — Janet ...

A Talent for Murder
1983
as Ann Royce McClain
A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.

The Pirates of Penzance
1983
as Ruth
In spite of being apprenticed to a Pirate King as a child, Frederic has led a very sheltered life. So when he arrives in Cornwall with his boisterous ...

The Last Unicorn
1982
as Mommy Fortuna (voice)
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1982
as Nellie Lovett
In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justic...

The Mirror Crack'd
1980
as Miss Marple
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

The Lady Vanishes
1979
as Miss Froy
On the eve of World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly travels by train to Switzerland. While passing through Germany, she meets a sweet elderly lady, ...

Death on the Nile
1978
as Salome Otterbourne
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime s...

The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
1975
as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
A young shepherd, Lucas, is blinded by lightening, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine describes snow to Lucas, who h...

That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973
A short documentary concerning the preparations and rehearsals for the March 11, 1973 benefit tribute to Stephen Sondheim. Includes a photo-montage of...

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Miss Price
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when th...

Something For Everyone
1970
as Countess Herthe von Ornstein
In post-war Austria, an opportunistic young man begins working as a footman to a widowed countess and uses his sexual talents to better his station in...

Mister Buddwing
1966
as Gloria
An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.

Harlow
1965
as Mama Jean Bello
Jean Harlow arrives in Los Angeles as a teenager, pushed into showbiz by her mother and stepfather. Kindhearted agent Arthur Landau becomes Jean's men...

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
as Lady Blystone
A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Claudia
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. M...

Dear Heart
1965
as Phyllis
A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.

The World of Henry Orient
1964
as Isabel Boyd
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she de...

In the Cool of the Day
1963
as Sybil Logan
After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who...

The Manchurian Candidate
1962
as Mrs. Iselin
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home,...

All Fall Down
1962
as Annabell Willart
Ralph and Annabell Willart are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for-nothing son Berry-Berry. When Berry-Berry ...

Blue Hawaii
1961
as Sarah Lee Gates
Chad Gates has just been discharged from the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies and his girlfriend.

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
as Mavis Pruitt
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife...

A Breath of Scandal
1960
as Countess Lina
A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
as Pearl
Two Australian sugarcane cutters spend their annual five-month vacations in Sydney with their mistresses.

The Reluctant Debutante
1958
as Mabel Claremont
While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."

The Long, Hot Summer
1958
as Minnie Littlejohn
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Claire
1956
as Vera Wayne
A doctor's second wife is tormented by the presence of his pet cat, which reminds her of the fact that she was involved in her husband's first wife's ...

Please Murder Me
1956
as Myra Leeds
A lawyer tries to exact justice on a woman he defended in court -- a woman whom he found out was guilty after getting her off.

The Court Jester
1955
as Princess Gwendolyn
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

A Lawless Street
1955
as Tally Dickenson
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.

The Purple Mask
1955
as Madame Valentine
France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distre...

A Life at Stake
1955
as Doris Hillman
An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is ...

Remains to Be Seen
1953
as Valeska Chauvel
A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.

Mutiny
1952
as Leslie Waldridge
Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first ma...

Kind Lady
1951
as Mrs. Edwards
Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. One d...

Samson and Delilah
1949
as Semadar
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regr...

The Red Danube
1949
as Audrey Quail
A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.

The Three Musketeers
1948
as Queen Ann
Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.

State of the Union
1948
as Kay Thorndyke
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Tenth Avenue Angel
1948
as Susan Bratten
Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve wonders...

If Winter Comes
1947
as Mabel Sabre
The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily married to the shrewish Mabel, cultivates a friend...

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
as Clotilde de Marelle
A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.

Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
as London Specialty
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists,...

The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Dusty Millard
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. ...

The Harvey Girls
1946
as Em
On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaur...

The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
as Sibyl Vane
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

National Velvet
1945
as Edwina Brown
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velv...

Gaslight
1944
as Nancy Oliver
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.