Angela Lansbury: Summary

Recent Role:: Herself on Today

Gender:: Female

Birthday:: 10-16-1925

Birthplace:: London, England

Birth Name:: Angela Brigid MacGill Lansbury

AKA:: Angela Landsbury

Angela Brigid MacGill Lansbury was born on the 16th of October, 1925. She was the first child of Edgar Lansbury and Moyna MacGill (Charlotte Lillian McIldowie), married in 1924.

Angela is best know for her role of Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote (1984 - 1996) but got her first Oscar nomination with her first movie, Gaslight, with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and Joseph Cotten (1944, an MGM production).

In 1945, Angela married her first husband, Richard Cromwell (Roy Radabaugh). The marriage only lasted 11 months.

For her role in, The Picture of Dorian Gray, got her second Oscar nomination in 1946.

Angela married her second husband Peter Shaw(Peter Pullen)on August 12, 1949. Angela has two children, Anthony Peter Shaw (born, January 7, 1952) and Deirdre Angela Shaw (born, April 26, 1953) to Peter Shaw. Peter won custody of his fist son David (born, 1944) in the 1950's. Peter and Angela both agreed the time had come to bring over the ten-year-old boy. Angela Brigid MacGill Lansbury was born on the 16th of October, 1925. She was the first child of Edgar Lansbury and Moyna MacGill (Charlotte Lillian McIldowie), married in 1924.

Angela is best know for her role of Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote (1984 - 1996) but got her first Oscar nomination with her first movie, Gaslight, with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and...

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mharvey10
member since: May 19, 2006
Angela Lansbury has been one of the most influential actors of the last century. She has been in countless movies, Broadway shows, and TV roles, but she is best known by American TV audiences as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote. ...Continue »
When I was a child, my brother and I took turns picking laserdiscs to play. He always chose Smokey and the Bandit and I always chose Bedknobs and Broomsticks. When I got older, I found I loved Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote. This summer I saw Ms. Lansbury on Broadway in Deuce. I was so excited I cried most of the play. I had front row center seats and I could have touched her, though that would have been very inappropriate. Her faux fan in the play observed very much the same thing. Every Christmas, I listen to her Broadway recording from Aunt Mame "We need a little Christmas."
01/18/08 12:50pm | report abuse
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JPPT1974
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A legend in her own right! ...Continue »
I have always loved Angela Lansbury and considered her one
Of the all-time greats if not THE all time greats.
But really started following her career with Murder She Wrote and that Jean Stapleton turning down Jessica Fletcher proved to be a blessing in disguise for Lansbury as her all-time famous role. She can sing as well as act. Does it all in stride.
06/22/07 09:10pm | report abuse
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Bountyhunterc28
member since: Oct 4, 2005
Angela Lansbury is talented in many ways. ...Continue »
Angela Lansbury is most known as Jessica Fletcher from Murder She Wrote, a former English teacher and writer who seemed to attract murder wherever she went, but Angela's talents where not just limited to tv, she played the voice of Mrs. Potts in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and later reprised that role in Beauty and the Beast The Enchanted Christmas, and the Playstation 2 game Kingdom Hearts 2.

She also provided the voice of the Empress in Anastasia, and in each character she played she gave a superb performance, she gave Mrs. Potts a kind and loving nature, and Ana's grandmother, you couldn't help but feel sorry for her all she want was to find Anastasia.

She also played in movies and TV specials like Nanny McPhee and Mrs. Santa Clause. Angela Lansbury brings a certain flare to any part she plays, and no mater the part, you can't help but like her.
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thepoetineye
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Angela Landbury exuded style and dignity that is rarely found today. ...Continue »
Watching Angela Lansbury portray the mystery novelist, JB Fletcher, on \'MURDER, SHE WROTE\' was a breath of fresh air. So many of today\'s actors portray \"cheap\" characters. The screenwriters, directors, in today\'s films tend to over rely on sex and violence in order to give their audience a cheap thrill. MURDER, SHE WROTE was never like that. I could sit, reclined and ready, with a cup of tea at hand, and a brand of creativity that seemed to mimic JB\'s very own. Angela was dignified and elegant, well manered and well spoken. It was always a pleasure to watch her portray the novelist, JB Fletcher. She seemed to wear her character with a certain style, remeniscent of the silver screen. She was all of the above, and yet she was never, not once, boring. She managed to attract an audience of all ages and backgrounds.
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