Angela Lansbury

Cast as Madame Arkati in the Broadway revival of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit"

Co-starred with Catherine Zeta-Jones in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's "A Little Night Music"

Returned to Broadway to star opposite Marian Seldes as retired women tennis players in "Deuce"; earned a Tony nomination

Co-starred with Emma Thompson and Colin Firth in "Nanny McPhee"; also scripted by Thompson

Earned an Emmy nomination for her guest-starring role on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC)

Starred in the CBS drama "The Blackwater Lightship"; earned an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actress in a Miniseries

Again played sleuth Jessica Fletcher in "Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For" (CBS)

Reprised signature role of Jessica Fletcher in the CBS TV-movie "Murder, She Wrote: South By Southwest"

Voiced the character of the Dowager Empress in the animated film "Anastasia"

Had title role in the CBS original musical "Mrs. Santa Claus"

Production company, Corymore, signed development deal with Universal

Named a Comander of the British Empire

Became executive producer of "Murder, She Wrote"

Starred in the CBS TV-movie "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris"; directed by son, Anthony Shaw

Voiced the character of Mrs Potts in Disney's animated "Beauty and the Beast"; sang Oscar-winning title song

Starred in the ABC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation of "The Shell Seekers"

Played Granny in Neil Jordan's "The Company of Wolves"

Starred as Jessica Fletcher in hit TV series "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS)

Had featured role of Ruth in the film version of the New York Shakespeare Production of "The Pirates of Penzance"

Portrayed Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in the NBC miniseries "Little Gloria... Happy at Last"

Reprised role as Mrs. Lovett in the Showtime adaptation of "Sweeney Todd"

Portrayed the Agatha Christie sleuth Miss Marple in "The Mirror Crack'd"

Triumphed as the Cockney baker Mrs. Lovett in Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street: A Musical Thriller"

Played Anna for two weeks in the Broadway revival of "The King and I" opposite Yul Brynner

Returned to features as a dotty novelist in the Agatha Christie adaptation "Death on the Nile"

Cast in the role of Mama Rose in the Broadway revival of the musical "Gypsy"; lyrics provided by Stephen Sondheim

Made London stage debut in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "All Over"

Appeared in the Disney animated-live action feature "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"; last film for seven years

Co-starred in the Harold Prince directed "Something for Everyone"

Re-teamed with Jerry Herman for the musical "Dear World"

Cast in the title role of Mame Dennis in the Jerry Herman Broadway musical "Mame"

First Broadway musical, "Anyone Can Whistle"; first collaboration with composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim

Received third Academy Award nomination for her role in "The Manchurian Candidate" as the mother of Laurence Harvey who was only three years her junior

Had stage success with the Broadway production of "A Taste of Honey"

Received critical attention for her performance in the film "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs"

Broadway debut, "Hotel Paradiso" co-starring Burt Lahr

American TV debut, "Revlon Mirror Theater"

Played a matronly newspaper editor in "State of the Union" (was only 23 years old)

Portrayed a madam in "The Harvey Girls"; singing voice dubbed

First leading lady role in film, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"; earned second Academy Award nomination

Nominated for an Academy Award for her film debut in "Gaslight" as the slightly malevolent maid Nancy

Family moved to Los Angeles

Worked as a singer at the Samovar Club in Montreal

Moved to America with family; first settled in NYC

Briefly went on unemployment in the early 1950s after her MGM contract expired

Due to family problems, retreated to Ireland in the early 1970s

Formed Corymore Productions

Signed to contract at MGM after a screen test