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>Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born 16 October 1925) is an
English actress and singer whose career has spanned eight decades. Her
first
film appearance was in Gaslight (1944) as a conniving maid,
for which she received an Academy Award nomination. Among her other films
are The
Manchurian
Candidate (1962), Bedknobs
and Broomsticks (1971)
and Beauty
and the Beast (1991).
She expanded her repertoire to Broadway and
television in the 1950s and was
particularly successful in Broadway productions of Gypsy,
MameSweeney
Todd. Lansbury is perhaps best known for her role as writer Jessica Fletcher on
the U.S. television series Murder, She
Wrote, in which she starred from 1984 to 1996. Her recent roles
include
Lady Adelaide Stitch in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee,
Leona Mullen in the 2007
Broadway play Deuce,
Madame Arcati in the 2009 Broadway
revival of the play Blithe
Spirit (2009) and Madame
Armfeldt in the 2010 Broadway revival of the musical A Little Night
Music. and
Respected for her versatility, Lansbury has won five Tony Awards, six Golden Globes,
and has been nominated for
numerous other industry awards, including the Academy
Award for Best
Supporting Actress on three occasions, and eighteen Emmy Awards.
