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Perhaps best known her for work as TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher on "Murder, She Wrote," Angela Lansbury is one of the most celebrated stars of the Broadway stage. She received Tony Awards for her performances in Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, Dear World and Mame, and she ... appeared on The Great White Way in Hotel Paradiso, A Taste of Honey, Anyone Can Whistle, The King and I and A Little Family Business. Her numerous film credits include "Gaslight," "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Manchurian Candidate," all of which brought the actress Academy Award nominations. Lansbury is slated to return to Broadway later this season in Terrence McNally's Deuce.
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In the world of theatre ... Angela Lansbury was a great success. She had the honor of acting in the title role of Mame, which proved to be the biggest role of her theatrical career. Opened at Winter Garden Theater on 24th May in the year of 1966, the play actually ran for 1508 performances. Wikipedia
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One of the most enduring, versatile, and hard-working actresses around, Angela Lansbury has made an indelible impression in the world of performing arts. A three-time Oscar nominee, twelve-time Emmy nominee, and four-time Tony winner, her accomplishments speak for themselves.
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Angela Lansbury received an Oscar nomination for her first film, Gaslight, in 1944, and has been winning acting awards and audience favor ever since. Born in London to a family that included both politicians and performers, Lansbury came to the U.S. during World War II. She made notable early film appearances as the snooty sister in National Velvet (1944); the pathetic singer in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), which garnered her another Academy nomination; and the madam-with-a-heart-of-gold saloon singer in The Harvey Girls (1946). She turned evil as the manipulative publisher in State of the Union (1948), but was just as convincing as the good queen in The Three Musketeers (1948) and the petulant daughter in The Court Jester (1956). She received another Oscar nomination for her chilling performance as Laurence Harvey's scheming mother in The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and appeared as the addled witch in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), among other later films. On Broadway, she won Tony awards for the musicals Mame (1966), Dear World (1969), the revival of Gypsy (1975), and Sweeney Todd (1979).
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Angela Lansbury had to struggle hard as an upcoming actress. She had to start her career working at the Bullocks Wilshire department store in Los Angeles. However, she came across Mell Ballerino through a distant source of her mother who gave her the offer of performing the role of impertinent and slightly malevolent maid Nancy in the picturisation of Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Grey. This 1944 film debut of hers brought her a nomination for an Academy Award. In the very next year she received another nomination for her portrayal of Sibyl Vane in the movie Dorian Gray.
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Angela Lansbury was born to a well-known Irish actress and is granddaughter to the leader of the British Labor Party. She has been married to her second husband, writer/producer Peter Shaw, since 1949. Together they have one daughter, one son, and one stepson. She continues to appear in made-for-TV movies starring the character Jessica Fletcher, and in other roles for television, stage, and film. ~ Sandy Lawson, All Music Guide
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