Angela Lansbury

Acting

Born 1925-10-16 Died 2022-10-11 London, England, UK 175 credits Golden Globe Awards 6 Tony Awards 5 Sarah Siddons Award 2 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 Laurence Olivier Awards 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1

Awards

Nominated for 3 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 3 nominated

1963 Best Supporting Actress Nominated The Manchurian Candidate
1946 Best Supporting Actress Nominated The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 Best Supporting Actress Nominated Gaslight

Golden Globe Awards 6 won

1992 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Won Murder, She Wrote
1990 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Won Murder, She Wrote
1987 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Won Murder, She Wrote
1984 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Won Murder, She Wrote
1963 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Won The Manchurian Candidate
1945 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Won The Picture of Dorian Gray

Tony Awards 5 won · 1 nominated

2009 Best Featured Actress in a Play Won
2007 Best Actress in a Play Nominated
1979 Best Actress in a Musical Won
1975 Best Actress in a Musical Won
1969 Best Actress in a Musical Won
1966 Best Actress in a Musical Won

Sarah Siddons Award 2 won

1981 Sarah Siddons Award Won
1975 Sarah Siddons Award Won

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 won

— Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire Won

Laurence Olivier Awards 1 won

— Laurence Olivier Awards Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

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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.