British character actress, long in the United States. The daughter of an actress and the granddaughter of a high-ranking politician, Lansbury studied acting from her youth, departing for the United States as the Second World War began. She was contracted by MGM while still a teenager and nominated for an Academy Award for her first film...See full bio »
1982Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(TV movie)
(performer: "Ballad Of Sweeney Todd", "Worst Pies In London", "Poor Thing", "My Friends", "Pirellis Miracle Elixir", "Wait", "Epiphany", "Little Priest", "God Thats Good!", "By The Sea", "Not While Im Around", "Parlor Songs", "Final Sequence")
–
Episode #1.19
(1973)
(performer: "I Don't Want to Know")
1971Bedknobs and Broomsticks
(performer: "A Step in the Right Direction", "The Age of Not Believing", "Eglantine", "The Beautiful Briny", "Substitutiary Locomotion", "Nobody's Problems")
1995The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Presenter: Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
1994The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series & Presenter: Best Made for Television Movie
1993The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Host/Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series/Co-Presenter: Best Comedy Series & Best Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1990The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series/Best Performance in a Variety or Music Program & Presenter: Best Comedy Series/Best Miniseries
1987The 39th Annual Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series & Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1986The 38th Annual Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series & Presenter
1985The 37th Annual Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series & Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1985The 57th Annual Academy Awards
(TV special documentary)
Herself - Accepting Best Supporting Actress Award for Peggy Ashcroft
It has been erroneously reported that I am a Republican! I am not a Republican. It's all over the Internet and It's bizarre. I'm a huge Obama fan. I've already voted for him by absentee ballot. I am Democrat from the ground up.
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Trivia:
Angela Lansbury recreated the role of Mrs. Pollifax in the 1999 TV movie who was originally in the movie was played by Rosalind Russell. She also recreated Miss Russell's title role in
Auntie Mame in the original Broadway cast of the musical "Mame".
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