Most Recent Role: Herself on The Today Show
Alias Name(s): Angela Landsbury
Gender: Female
Birthplace: London, England
Birthday: 10-16-1925
Birth Name: Angela Brigid MacGill Lansbury
Alias Name(s): Angela Landsbury
Gender: Female
Birthplace: London, England
Birthday: 10-16-1925
Birth Name: Angela Brigid MacGill Lansbury
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,...
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Tuesday 1 April 2008 on NBC
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- external: The View 2006-01-23
- external: Lansbury's Knee Sugery - Today 2005-07-14
- external: Surgery, She Wrote 2005-07-13
- external: The Leg of Lansbury 2005-07-12
- external: 'Law' & Lansbury 2005-04-29
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Murder, She Wrote was not the first time Angela portrayed a detective. She starred as Miss Jane Marple in the 1980 film version of Agatha Christi's The Mirror Crack'd.
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Angela was one of the speakers at Jerry Orbach's memorial service in 2005.
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In the 1950s, Peter won custody of his son, David, and then he and Angela agreed that the time had come to bring over the ten-year-old boy. David was born in 1944, while Peter was still married with Mercia Squires, a model he knew in London.
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Deirdre Angela Shaw was Angela and Peter's second child together, Deirdre was born on April 26, 1953, at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital.
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Anthony Peter Shaw was Angela and Peter's first child together, Anthony was born on January 7, 1952 in Angela and Peter's home in Encino (San Fernando Valley).
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Angela Lansbury: I'm a character actress. I can play anything, and my entire career was built on that premise. That's the reason I am what I am today.
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Angela Lansbury: People find mysteries extremely satisfying. There's a beginning, middle and end. You solve the mystery along with me. Like a crossword puzzle. It's a perfect recipe. Children watch the show with their parents or grandparents. The show is sort of a lollipop.
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Angela Lansbury: What appealed to me about Jessica Fletcher is that I could do what I do best and have little chance to play - a sincere, down-to-earth woman. Mostly, I've played very spectacular bitches. Jessica has extreme sincerity, compassion, extraordinary intuition. I'm not like her. My imagination runs riot. I'm not a pragmatist. Jessica is.
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Angela Lansbury: I found that people were helping me across the street. I had to pull myself up the stairs. I began to feel ancient, and I feel very young at heart.
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Angela Lansbury: I'm in a very enviable position, being able to work like this 45 years later. It's always beginning! I never have a sense of finishing up, just new things beginning. When I die, they're going to carry me off a stage.
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Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher |
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AMC Backstory
The Long Hot Summer Herself |
Aspel & Company
Angela Lansbury, Julie Walters, David Suchet Herself |
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Biography
Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act Herself/Subject |
Circus of the Stars
SPECIAL #5 Ringmaster |
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Climax
The Devil's Brood Judith Beresford |
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Bury Me Later Justina |
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Murder, She Wrote
Night of the Coyote Executive Producer |
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"Personal favorite"Perfect 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 » Posted Jan 18, 2008 12:50 pm PST |
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"One of the all-time greats"Perfect A legend in her own right! Continue » Posted Jun 22, 2007 9:10 pm PST |
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"One of the all-time greats"Perfect Angela Lansbury is talented in many ways. Continue » Posted Jan 25, 2007 6:29 pm PST |
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"One of the all-time greats"Superb Angela Landbury exuded style and dignity that is rarely found today. Continue » Posted Jul 15, 2005 1:54 pm PST |
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