Biography
An incredibly talented, versatile and durable actress-singer, Angela Lansbury garnered the industry's top awards in film, theater and television in career that spanned more than 60 years. Nominated for an Oscar with her feature film debut in "Gaslight" (1944), Lansbury took home the prize for Best Supporting Actress the following year for her work in "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945). She made the often difficult transition from ingénue to …
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Career Milestones
| 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 | ||
1940 | Moved to America with family; first settled in NYC | |
1942 | Family moved to Los Angeles | |
1942 | Worked as a singer at the Samovar Club in Montreal | |
1944 | Nominated for an Academy Award for her film debut in "Gaslight" as the slightly malevolent maid Nancy | |
1945 | First leading lady role in film, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"; earned second Academy Award nomination | |
1946 | Portrayed a madam in "The Harvey Girls"; singing voice dubbed | |
1948 | Played a matronly newspaper editor in "State of the Union" (was only 23 years old) | |
1953 | American TV debut, "Revlon Mirror Theater" (CBS) | |
1957 | Broadway debut, "Hotel Paradiso" co-starring Burt Lahr | |
1960 | Had stage success with the Broadway production of "A Taste of Honey" | |
1960 | Received critical attention for her performance in the film "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" | |
1962 | Received third Academy Award nomination for her role in "The Manchurian Candidate"; played the mother of Laurence Harvey who was only three years her junior | |
1964 | First Broadway musical, "Anyone Can Whistle"; first collaboration with composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim | |
1966 | Cast in the title role of Mame Dennis in the Jerry Herman Broadway musical "Mame" | |
1968 | Re-teamed with Jerry Herman for the musical "Dear World" | |
1970 | Co-starred in the Harold Prince directed "Something for Everyone" | |
1971 | Appeared in the Disney animated-live action feature "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"; last film for seven years | |
1972 | Made London stage debut in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "All Over" | |
1974 | Cast in the role of Mama Rose in the Broadway revival of the musical "Gypsy"; lyrics provided by Stephen Sondheim | |
1978 | Played Anna for two weeks in the Broadway revival of "The King and I" opposite Yul Brynner | |
1978 | Returned to features as a dotty novelist in the Agatha Christie adaptation "Death on the Nile" | |
1979 | Triumphed as the Cockney baker Mrs. Lovett in Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street: A Musical Thriller" | |
1980 | Portrayed the Agatha Christie sleuth Miss Marple in "The Mirror Crack'd" | |
1982 | Had featured role of Ruth in the film version of the New York Shakespeare Production of "The Pirates of Penzance" | |
1982 | Portrayed Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in the NBC miniseries "Little Gloria...Happy at Last" | |
1982 | Reprised role as Mrs. Lovett in the Showtime adaptation of "Sweeney Todd" | |
1984 | Starred as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher on hit TV series "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS) | |
1985 | Played Granny in Neil Jordan's "The Company of Wolves" | |
1989 | Starred in the ABC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation of "The Shell Seekers" | |
1991 | Voiced the character of Mrs Potts in Disney's animated "Beauty and the Beast"; sang Oscar-winning title song | |
1992 | Became executive producer of "Murder, She Wrote" | |
1992 | Starred in the CBS TV-movie "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris," directed by son Anthony Shaw | |
1994 | Named a Comander of the British Empire | |
1996 | Had title role in the CBS original musical "Mrs. Santa Claus" | |
1996 | Production company, Corymore, signed development deal with Universal | |
1997 | Reprised signature role of Jessica Fletcher in the CBS TV-movie "Murder, She Wrote: South By Southwest" | |
1997 | Voiced the character of the Dowager Empress in the animated film "Anastasia" | |
2000 | Again played sleuth Jessica Fletcher in "Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For" (CBS) | |
2004 | Starred in the CBS drama "The Blackwater Lightship"; earned an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actress in a Miniseries | |
2005 | Earned an Emmy nomination for her guest starring role on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) | |
2006 | Co-starred with Emma Thompson and Colin Firth in "Nanny McPhee"; also scripted by Thompson | |
2007 | Returned to Broadway to star opposite Marian Seldes as retired women tennis players in "Deuce"; earned a Tony nomination | |
2009 | Cast as Madame Arkati in the Broadway revival of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" | |
2009 | Co-starred with Catherine Zeta-Jones in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's "A Little Night Music"; earned a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actress in a Musical | |
2011 | Co-starred opposite Jim Carrey in "Mr. Popper's Penguins" | |
2012 | Starred in Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" on Broadway | |
Awards
1944 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Gaslight |
1945 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in The Picture of Dorian Gray |
1962 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in The Manchurian Candidate |
1962 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in The Manchurian Candidate |
1962 | National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Manchurian Candidate |
1966 | Tony Award for Actress (Musical) |
1969 | Tony Award for Actress (Musical) |
1970 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy in Something For Everyone |
1971 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy in Bedknobs and Broomsticks |
1975 | Tony Award for Actress (Musical) |
1978 | BAFTA Award for Supporting Actress in Death on the Nile |
1978 | National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress in Death on the Nile |
1979 | Tony Award for Actress (Musical) |
1983 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story |
1983 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In a Limited Series or a Special in Little Gloria... Happy at Last |
1984 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Murder, She Wrote |
1985 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Murder, She Wrote |
1985 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1986 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Murder, She Wrote |
1986 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1987 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Murder, She Wrote |
1987 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1988 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Murder, She Wrote |
1988 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1989 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Murder, She Wrote |
1989 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1990 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Murder, She Wrote |
1990 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance In a Variety or Music Program in The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation |
1990 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1991 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Murder, She Wrote |
1991 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1992 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Murder, She Wrote |
1992 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1993 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1994 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Murder, She Wrote |
1994 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1995 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1995 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1996 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress For a Drama Series in Murder, She Wrote |
1996 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Life Achievement |
2004 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or Movie in The Blackwater Lightship |
2005 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in Law & Order: Trial by Jury |
2009 | Tony Award for Actress (Featured Role--Play) |