Angela Lansbury
London, England, UK
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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.
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The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
