History Creator / AngelaLansbury

Born in London, she was [[BlitzEvacuees moved]] to New York City in 1940 to avoid [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German air raids]]. Her first film roles were in ''Film/{{Gaslight}}'' (1944) and ''Film/{{The Picture of Dorian Gray|1945}}'' (1945), both of which earned her MediaNotes/AcademyAward nominations for Best Supporting Actress (at age 20, she was – and still is – the youngest actress with two nominations). She went on to extensive and acclaimed work in film, television, and theatre, in the process earning another Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, seven MediaNotes/{{Tony Award|Winners}} nominations (winning two), fifteen MediaNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}} nominations (winning six), and eighteen MediaNotes/EmmyAward nominations. In 1994, Lansbury was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII. In 2013, she received an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement.

Born in London, she was [[BlitzEvacuees moved]] to New York City in 1940 to avoid [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German air raids]]. Her first film roles were in ''Film/{{Gaslight}}'' (1944) and ''Film/{{The Picture of Dorian Gray|1945}}'' (1945), both of which earned her MediaNotes/AcademyAward nominations for Best Supporting Actress (at age 20, she was – and still is – the youngest actress with two nominations). She went on to extensive and acclaimed work in film, television, and theatre, in the process earning another Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, seven MediaNotes/{{Tony Award|Winners}} nominations (winning two), fifteen MediaNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}} nominations (winning six), and eighteen MediaNotes UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations. In 1994, Lansbury was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII. In 2013, she received an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement.

Born in London, she was [[BlitzEvacuees moved]] to New York City in 1940 to avoid [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German air raids]]. Her first film roles were in ''Film/{{Gaslight}}'' (1944) and ''Film/{{The Picture of Dorian Gray|1945}}'' (1945), both of which earned her UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations for Best Supporting Actress (at age 20, she was – and still is – the youngest actress with two nominations). She went on to extensive and acclaimed work in film, television, and theatre, in the process earning another Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, seven UsefulNotes/{{Tony Award|Winners}} nominations (winning two), fifteen UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}} nominations (winning six), and eighteen Primetime UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations. In 1994, Lansbury was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII. In 2013, she received an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement.

Her paternal grandfather was British politician George Lansbury, who led the [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem Labour Party]] in the 1930s. Her first cousin, writer and animator Oliver Postgate, created some of Britain's most beloved children's television programmes ever in the 1950s-70s, including ''WesternAnimation/TheSagaOfNogginTheNog'', ''WesternAnimation/IvorTheEngine'', ''WesternAnimation/TheClangers'' and ''Series/{{Bagpuss}}''.

Born in London, she was [[BlitzEvacuees moved]] to New York City in 1940 to avoid [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German air raids]]. Her first film roles were in ''Film/{{Gaslight}}'' (1944) and ''Film/{{The Picture of Dorian Gray|1945}}'' (1945), both of which earned her UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations for Best Supporting Actress (at age 20, she was – and still is – the youngest actress with two nominations). She went on to extensive work in film, on television, and on the stage, in the process earning five UsefulNotes/{{Tony Award|Winners}}s (and two nominations), six UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s, another Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, and 19 UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations. In 1994, she was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII. In 2013, she received an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement.

Additional memorable roles came in such films as ''Literature/NationalVelvet'', ''Film/TheHarveyGirls'', ''Film/NannyMcPhee'', ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Film/TheCourtJester'' and ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''. On Broadway, she won acclaim in ''Theatre/{{Mame}}'', ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' and ''Theatre/{{Sweeney Todd|TheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet}}''. On television, she is best known for starring as Jessica Fletcher in ''Series/MurderSheWrote''. She's also noteworthy as the only individual to have an original song written for her from four of Creator/{{Disney}}'s most famous songwriters: "The Age of Not Believing" from ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'' (by Music/TheShermanBrothers) and "Beauty and the Beast" from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (by Howard Ashman and Music/AlanMenken; she also ''performed the entire take'' of "Tale as Old as Time" in one go and reduced the entire room listening to tears).

Born in London, she moved with her family to New York City in 1940 to avoid [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German air raids]] (making her a {{Blitz evacuee|s}}). Her first film roles were in ''Film/{{Gaslight}}'' (1944) and ''Film/{{The Picture of Dorian Gray|1945}}'' (1945), both of which earned her UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations for Best Supporting Actress (at age 20, she was – and still is – the youngest actress with two nominations). She went on to extensive work in film, on television, and on the stage, in the process earning five UsefulNotes/{{Tony Award|Winners}}s (and two nominations), six UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s, another Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, and 19 UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations. In 1994, she was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII. In 2013, she received an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement.

Born in London, she moved with her family to New York City in 1940 to avoid [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German air raids]] (making her a BlitzEvacuee). Her first film roles were in ''Film/{{Gaslight}}'' (1944) and ''Film/{{The Picture of Dorian Gray|1945}}'' (1945), both of which earned her UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations for Best Supporting Actress (at age 20, she was – and still is – the youngest actress with two nominations). She went on to extensive work in film, on television, and on the stage, in the process earning five UsefulNotes/{{Tony Award|Winners}}s (and two nominations), six UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s, another Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, and 19 UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations. In 1994, she was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII. In 2013, she received an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement.

Born in London, she moved with her family to New York City in 1940. Her first film roles were in ''Film/{{Gaslight}}'' (1944) and ''Film/{{The Picture of Dorian Gray|1945}}'' (1945), both of which earned her UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations for Best Supporting Actress. (At age 20, she was – and still is – the youngest actress with two nominations.) She went on to extensive work in film, on television, and on the stage, in the process earning five UsefulNotes/{{Tony Award|Winners}}s (and two nominations), six UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s, another Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, and 19 UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations. In 1994, she was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII. In 2013, she received an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement.

* LittleOldLadyInvestigates: Her role on ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' and in ''[[Literature/MissMarple The Mirror Crack'd]]'' as well as a 1999 MadeForTVMovie based on the ''Literature/MrsPollifax'' books.

** Said of her early years at MGM, "I kept wanting to play the Creator/JeanArthur roles, and Mr. Mayer kept casting me as a series of venal bitches."

* ''Literature/SamsonAndDelilah'' (1949) as Semadar