Angela Lansbury

RECENT CREDITS
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (FILM)  Jan. 20, 2012
Beauty and the Beast 3D (FILM)  Jan. 13, 2012
Mr. Popper's Penguins (FILM)  Jun. 17, 2011
Nanny McPhee (FILM)  Jan. 27, 2006


HIGHLIGHTS
Left her native England with her mother and two brothers in 1940 on the last boat to America following the London Blitz; became a U.S. citizen in 1951.
Her role in the film The Manchurian Candidate (1962) was originally intended for Lucille Ball. Later, Ball bought the rights to and starred in the movie musical Mame, the show that had w
Was only three years older than Laurence Harvey, who played her son in The Manchurian Candidate.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Beauty and the Beast 3D  2012 -Mrs. Potts
Voice
Film


Nanny McPhee  2006 -Aunt Adelaide
Actor
Film


Fantasia 2000  2000 -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Glorious Technicolor   -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Lace   -Aunt Hortence
Actor
Film


Narrator
TV


Actor
TV
Expand


Law & Order: Trial by Jury   -Eleanor Duvall
Actor
TV
Expand


Mrs. 'arris Goes to Paris   -Ada Harris
Actor
TV


Mrs. Santa Claus   -Mrs. Santa Claus
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax   -Mrs. Pollifax
Actor
TV


Anastasia  1997 -Empress Dowager Marie Fedorovna
Voice
Film


The Company of Wolves  1985 -Granny
Actor
Film


The Last Unicorn  1982 -Mommy Fortuna
Voice
Film


Death on the Nile  1978 -Mrs. Salome Otterbourne
Actor
Film


Bedknobs and Broomsticks  1971 -Eglantine Price
Actor
Film


Mister Buddwing  1966 -Gloria
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Harlow  1965 -Mama Jean Bello
Actor
Film


Dear Heart  1964 -Phyllis
Actor
Film


The World of Henry Orient  1964 -Isabel Boyd
Actor
Film


In the Cool of the Day  1963 -Sybil Logan
Actor
Film


All Fall Down  1962 -Annabel Willan
Actor
Film


The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse  1962 -Marguerite Laurier
Voice
Film


The Manchurian Candidate  1962 -Mrs. Iselin
Actor
Film


Blue Hawaii  1961 -Sarah Lee Gates
Actor
Film


A Breath of Scandal  1960 -Countess Lina
Actor
Film


The Dark at the Top of the Stairs  1960 -Mavis Pruitt
Actor
Film


The Reluctant Debutante  1958 -Mabel Claremont
Actor
Film


The Long, Hot Summer  1958 -Minnie Littlejohn
Actor
Film


The Court Jester  1956 -Princess Gwendolyn
Actor
Film


The Purple Mask  1955 -Mme. Valentine
Actor
Film


A Lawless Street  1955 -Tally Dickinson
Actor
Film


The Red Danube  1949 -Audrey Quail
Actor
Film


State of the Union  1948 -Kay Thorndyke
Actor
Film


National Velvet  1944 -Edwina Brown
Actor
Film


Gaslight  1944 -Nancy Oliver
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Ingrid  
Actor
Film


Ingrid  
Actor
Film


Key Man   -Doris Hillman
Actor
Film


Kind Lady   -Mrs. Edwards
Actor
Film


If Winter Comes   -Mabel Sabre
Actor
Film


Little Gloria... Happy at Last   -Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Actor
Film


Please Murder Me   -Myra Leeds
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Remains to Be Seen   -Valeska Chauval
Actor
Film


Samson and Delilah   -Semadar
Actor
Film


Season of Passion   -Pearl
Actor
Film


Actor, Voice
Film


Shootdown   -Nan Moore
Actor
Film


Something for Everyone   -Countess Von Ornstein
Actor
Film


Tenth Avenue Angel   -Susan Bratten
Actor
Film


Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris   -Mrs. Harris
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Mutiny   -Leslie
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Mirror Crack'd   -Miss Marple
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Private Affairs of Bel Ami   -Clothilde de Marelle
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Hoodlum Saint   -Dusty Millard
Actor
Film


The Lady Vanishes   -Miss Froy
Actor
Film


The Love She Sought   -Agatha McGee
Actor
Film


The Three Musketeers   -Queen Anne
Actor
Film


The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax   -Emily Pollifax
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Mr. Popper's Penguins  2011 -Mrs. Van Gundy
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Left her native England with her mother and two brothers in 1940 on the last boat to America following the London Blitz; became a U.S. citizen in 1951.
Her role in the film The Manchurian Candidate (1962) was originally intended for Lucille Ball. Later, Ball bought the rights to and starred in the movie musical Mame, the show that had w
Was only three years older than Laurence Harvey, who played her son in The Manchurian Candidate.
Declined the role of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), for which Louise Fletcher won an Oscar.
Although she received an Emmy nomination for her performance as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote for each of the 12 seasons the detective drama aired, she never won.


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Released: Jun. 17, 2011

Nanny McPhee
Released: Jan. 27, 2006

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Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Aired: May. 3, 2005

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Aired: May. 3, 2005


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