Angela Lansbury on screen and stage
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British and American actress Angela Lansbury was known for her prolific work in theatre, film and television.
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1944 | Gaslight | Nancy Oliver | |
National Velvet | Edwina Brown | ||
1945 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Sibyl Vane | |
1946 | The Harvey Girls | Em | |
The Hoodlum Saint | Dusty Millard | ||
Till the Clouds Roll By | London Specialty | ||
1947 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | Clotilde de Marelle | |
If Winter Comes | Mabel Sabre | ||
1948 | Tenth Avenue Angel | Susan Bratten | |
State of the Union | Kay Thorndyke | ||
The Three Musketeers | Queen Anne of France | ||
1949 | The Red Danube | Audrey Quail | |
Samson and Delilah | Semadar | ||
1951 | Kind Lady | Mrs. Nathalie Edwards | |
1952 | Mutiny | Leslie Waldridge | |
1953 | Remains to Be Seen | Valeska Chauvel | |
1955 | A Life at Stake | Doris Hillman | |
The Purple Mask | Madame Valentine | ||
A Lawless Street | Tally Dickinsen | Alternate Title: The Marshal of Medicine Bend | |
1956 | The Court Jester | Princess Gwendolyn | |
Please Murder Me | Myra Leeds | ||
1958 | The Long, Hot Summer | Minnie Littlejohn | |
The Reluctant Debutante | Mabel Claremont | ||
1959 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Pearl | Alternate Title: Season of Passion |
1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Mavis Pruitt | |
A Breath of Scandal | Countess Lina Schwatzenfeld | ||
1961 | Blue Hawaii | Sarah Lee Gates | |
1962 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Marguerite Laurier | Voice (uncredited)[1] |
All Fall Down | Annabell Willart | ||
The Manchurian Candidate | Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin | ||
1963 | In the Cool of the Day | Sybil Logan | |
1964 | The World of Henry Orient | Isabel Boyd | |
Dear Heart | Phyllis | ||
1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Claudia Procula | |
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | Lady Blystone | ||
Harlow | Mama Jean Bello | ||
1966 | Mister Buddwing | Gloria | |
1970 | Something for Everyone | Countess Herthe von Ornstein | Alternate Title: Black Flowers for the Bride |
1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Miss Eglantine Price | |
1978 | Death on the Nile | Salome Otterbourne | |
1979 | The Lady Vanishes | Miss Froy | |
1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | Miss Jane Marple | |
1982 | The Last Unicorn | Mommy Fortuna | Voice |
1983 | The Pirates of Penzance | Ruth | |
1984 | The Company of Wolves | Granny | |
1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Mrs. Potts | Voice |
1997 | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Voice; Direct-to-Video | |
Anastasia | Narrator/Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna | Voice | |
2000 | Fantasia 2000 | Herself (Introductory hostess) | Segment: "Firebird Suite - 1919 Version" |
2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age | Herself (Interview) | Documentary |
2005 | Nanny McPhee | Great Aunt Adelaide | |
2009 | Heidi 4 Paws | Grandmamma Sesehound | Voice |
2011 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | Mrs. Selma Van Gundy | |
2014 | Driving Miss Daisy | Miss Daisy Werthan | Theatrical release of Australian stage production |
2018 | The Grinch | Mayor McGerkle | Voice |
Mary Poppins Returns | Balloon Lady | ||
Buttons: A Christmas Tale | Rose | ||
2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery[2] | Herself (Cameo) | Final film role; posthumous release |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1950–1953 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Rosie / Christine Manson | 2 episodes |
1950–1954 | Lux Video Theatre | Various | 4 episodes |
1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater | Joan Dexter | Episode: "Dreams Never Lie" |
Ford Television Theatre | Lola Walker | Episode: "The Ming Lama" | |
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Florie | Episode: "Storm Swept" | |
1954 | Your Show of Shows | Herself - Guest Host | Episode #5.15 |
General Electric True Theater | Daphne Rutledge | Episode: "The Crime of Daphne Rutledge" | |
1954–1955 | Four Star Playhouse | Mrs. Bellatrix Hallerton / Joan Robinson | 2 episodes |
1955 | Fireside Theatre | Brenda Jarvis | Episode: "The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis" |
Stage 7 | Vanessa Peters | Episode: "Billy and the Bride" | |
The Star and the Story | Mrs. Jane Pritchard | Episode: "The Treasure" | |
1955–1956 | Celebrity Playhouse | Deborah | 2 episodes |
1956 | Chevron Hall of Stars | Laura Ellsworth | Episode: "Crisis in Kansas" |
The Star and the Story | Mrs. Jane Pritchard | Episode: "The Force of Circumstance" | |
Front Row Center | Joyce | Episode: "Instant of Truth" | |
Screen Directors Playhouse | Vera Wayne | Episode: "Claire" | |
Studio 57 | Flossie Norris / Katy | 2 episodes | |
1956–1957 | Climax! | Judith Beresford / Justina | 2 episodes |
1957 | Undercurrent | Deborah | Episode: "Deborah" |
1958–1959 | Playhouse 90 | Hazel Wills / Victoria Atkins | 2 episodes |
1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Alvera Dunlear | Episode: "Something Crazy's Going on in the Back Room" |
1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Elfie von Donck | Episode: "The Deadly Toys Affair" |
The Trials of O'Brien | Celeste Thurlow | Episode: "Leave It to Me" | |
1975 | The First Christmas | Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice) | Television special |
1982 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
Nellie Lovett | Filmed performance shown on PBS |
Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney | Television mini-series | |
1983 | A Talent for Murder | Ann Royce McClain | Television film |
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story | Amanda Fenwick | Television film | |
1984 | Lace | Aunt Hortense Boutin | Television mini-series |
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Alice Garrett | Television mini-series | |
1984–1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica Fletcher | Regular role, 264 episodes |
1986 | Magnum, P.I. | Episode: "Novel Connection" | |
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues | Marchesa Allabrandi | Television film | |
1988 | Shootdown | Nan Moore | |
1989 | The Shell Seekers | Penelope Keeling | |
1990 | Newhart | Angela Lansbury (uncredited) | Episode: "Lights! Camera! Contractions!" |
The Love She Sought | Agatha McGee | Television film (alternate title: A Green Journey) | |
1992 | Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris | Mrs. Ada Harris | Television film |
1996 | Mrs. Santa Claus | Mrs. Santa Claus | |
1997 | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Jessica Fletcher | |
1999 | The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax | Mrs. Emily Pollifax | |
2000 | Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For | Jessica Fletcher | |
2001 | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | ||
2002 | Touched by an Angel | Lady Berrington | Episode: "For All the Tea in China" |
2003 | Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Jessica Fletcher | Television film |
2004 | The Blackwater Lightship | Dora Devereux | |
2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Eleanor Duvall | Episode: "Night" |
Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Episode: "Day" | ||
2015 | Great Performances: Driving Miss Daisy | Miss Daisy Werthan | Filmed performance shown in Theaters and on PBS |
2017 | Little Women | Aunt March | Television mini-series |
Stage
Source: PlaybillVault[3]
Year | Title | Role | Theatre Venue | Ref(s) |
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1957 | Hotel Paradiso | Marcelle (Madame Cot) | Henry Miller's Theatre, Broadway | |
1960–1961 | A Taste of Honey | Helen | Lyceum Theatre, Broadway | |
1964 | Anyone Can Whistle | Cora Hoover Hooper | Majestic Theatre, Broadway | |
1966–1968 | Mame | Mame Dennis | Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway | [4] |
1969 | Dear World | Countess Aurelia | Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway | |
1971 | Prettybelle | Prettybelle Sweet | Boch Center, Boston | [5] |
1972 | All Over | The Mistress | Aldwych Theatre, London | [6] |
1973–1975 | Gypsy | Rose | Piccadilly Theatre, London Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway |
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1975–1976 | Hamlet | Gertrude | National Theatre, London | [7][8] |
1978 | The King and I | Anna Leonowens | Uris Theatre, Broadway | |
1979–1981 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
Mrs. Nellie Lovett | Uris Theatre, Broadway U.S. Tour |
[9] |
1982 | A Little Family Business | Lillian Ridley | Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway |
[10] |
1983 | Mame | Mame Dennis | Gershwin Theatre, Broadway | |
2007 | Deuce | Leona Mullen | Music Box Theatre, Broadway | |
2009 | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati | Shubert Theatre, Broadway | |
2009–2010 | A Little Night Music | Madame Armfeldt | Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway | |
2012 | The Best Man | Mrs. Sue-Ellen Gamadge | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway | |
2013 | Driving Miss Daisy | Miss Daisy Werthan | Australian Tour | [11] |
2014–2015 | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati | Gielgud Theatre, London North American Tour |
[12] |
2017 | The Chalk Garden | Mrs. St. Maugham | Stage Reading Hunter College, New York City |
[13] |
2019 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell | Stage Reading American Airlines Theatre, Broadway |
[14] |
Radio
Year | Program | Episode | Notes |
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1947 | Suspense | "A Thing of Beauty" | [15] |
1952 | Theatre Guild on the Air | "Dear Brutus" | [16] |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom | Mrs. Potts (voice) | |
2006 | Kingdom Hearts II | ||
2007 | Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ |
References
- ^ "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)".
- ^ Fujishima, Kenji (2022-09-14). "'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' Review: A Pandering Yarn". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ "Angela Lansbury Broadway" playbillvault.com, accessed October 6, 2015
- ^ Windeler, Robert (June 29, 1968). "Angela Lansbury a Hit in Coast 'Mame'". The New York Times. p. 19. "She played it [Mame]...in San Francisco for seven weeks... The show is here also for a seven- week run...In September, Miss Lansbury will be involved with 'Dear World' "
- ^ "Off-Broadway/Regional, 'Prettybelle' (1971)" julestyne.com, accessed October 7, 2015
- ^ Gussow, Mel."Death and Life" Edward Albee: A Singular Journey : A Biography, (books.google.com) Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000, ISBN 1-55783-447-4, pp. 283-286
- ^ "See NT Programmes: 1975, Hamlet, 1975 at Old Vic; and NT Programmes: 1976, Hamlet, 1976 at Lyttelton". Rob Wilton Theatricalia; retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ David, Richard. "Chapter 5. 'Hamlet', Lyttleton, May 1976, with Barbara Jefford as Gertrude" Shakespeare in the Theatre, CUP Archive, 1981, p. 246; ISBN 0521284902.
- ^ Hutchins, Michael H. "Sweeney Todd listing, Original Broadway production, cast notes; 1980 National Touring Production". Sondheimguide.com. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ Rich, Frank (December 16, 1982). "Stage: 'Family Business,' With Angela Lansbury". The New York Times.
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Driving Miss Daisy Will Ride Into Australia with James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury" Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Playbill, 31 July 2012.
- ^ Purcell, Carey. "Will Angela Lansbury Bring Her' Blithe Spirit' Back to the States?" Playbill, August 15, 2015
- ^ McPhee, Ryan. "Tickets Now on Sale for Angela Lansbury-Led The Chalk Garden" Playbill, April 17, 2017
- ^ "The Importance of Being Earnest Stage Reading 2019". November 15, 2019. Roundabout Theatre Company, 5 March 2019.
- ^ http://www.escape-suspense.com/2007/08/suspense---a-th.html
- ^ Kirby, Walter (4 May 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 50. Retrieved 8 May 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading
- "Complete Filmography of Angela Lansbury". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 26, 2015.