Angela Lansbury
Actor
- Harvey Girls, The (1945)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger…
- A much–loved, if rather formless musical about the heyday of the railroad in the Old West and the Harvey House restaurants which sprang up…
- State of the Union (1948)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury
- An idealistic industrialist is urged to run for President, but finds uncomfortable compromises are required on both a political and marital level.…
- Mutiny (1952)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Mark Stevens
- Adventure movie set during the War of 1812, where a captain collecting a war loan of gold finds that his crew have plotted a mutiny to try to obtain…
- Life at Stake, A (1954)
- Dir. Paul Guilfoyle
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglas Dumbrille…
- Minor noir elevated by the presence of Lansbury as a seductress who's business proposition to a struggling architect may not be strictly financial.
- Court Jester, The (1956)
- Dir. Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Feat. Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury
- Much–loved comedy thrives off the charms of Danny Kaye as a bogus jester entangled in spoofed up royal intrigues from the Middle Ages. Basil…
- Please Murder Me (Please Murder Me!) (1956)
- Dir. Peter Godfrey
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran…
- Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury square off in this tough–minded noir about a lawyers who successfully defends his client only to discover…
- Breath of Scandal, A (1960)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, Angela Lansbury…
- SoufflĂ©–light romance tuned to the love streams of Vienna, with a regal Sophia Loren courted by handsome American John Gavin. Sweet,…
- Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh…
- Politically–charged nail–biter with Frank Sinatra experiencing post–war paranoia about a fellow soldier who may have been…
- World of Henry Orient, The (1964)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury…
- An irreverant and oddly unique Sellers comedy, in which the 'Pink Panther' plays a NYC concert pianist who is 'stalked' by two teenage devotees,…
- Harlow (1965)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Carroll Baker, Red Buttons, Raf Vallone…
- Biopic loosely based on the life of 1930's star Jean Harlow, in the years leading up to her tragic death at the age of 26.
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Angela Lansbury
- An apprentice witch wants to use her powers to contribute to the English war effort against the Nazis, plus a trip to the cartoon Island of…
- Agatha Christie Murder Mystery Collection (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, Mirror Crack'd, Evil Under the Sun, Endless Night) (1972-1981)
- Feat. Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Peter Ustinov…
- Four of the best latterday adaptations of mystery–writer Agatha Christie.
- Death on the Nile (1978)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, David Niven…
- An overlong yet none–the–less charming version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. Peter Ustinov, as the definitive Hercule Poirot, holds…
- Lady Vanishes, The (1979)
- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury…
- Curious, though lackluster remake of Hitchcock's classic train thriller. Angela Lansbury plays the vanishing lady whose disappearance is investigated…
- Mirror Crack'd, The (1980)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis…
- Pleasant fun, this Agatha Christie whodunit concerns a quartet of 50s movie stars – played by four real movie stars – embroiled in…
- Pirates of Penzance, The (1980)
- Dir. Wilford Leach, Joshua White
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt…
- A lively version of the Gilbert and Sullivan show, performed live at Delacorte Theatre in Central Park.
- Pirates of Penzance (1982)
- Dir. Wilford Leach
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Rondstadt…
- Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury star in this hammy screen version of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous operetta.
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
- Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal
- TV movie of the 1979 Broadway hit, originally staged by Harold Prince, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Set in London in 1846, where Barber…
- Company of Wolves (1984)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Stephen Rea
- This modest, dream–like horror fantasy was liked so much by author Anne Rice, it led to the Irish director calling the shots on INTERVIEW WITH…
- Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (1984-1990)
- Feat. Angela Lansbury
- The archetypal amateur sleuth series, this long–running show starred the indomitable Angela Lansbury as a mystery…
- Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
- Dir. Anthony Shaw
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Diana Rigg, Omar Sharif
- In this Francophilic fantasy, Angela Lansbury makes a pilgrimage to Paris to purchase an haute couture evening gown from the House of Dior. Fantastic…
- Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, The (1998)
- Dir. Anthony Shaw
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Ed Bishop, Peter Bland
- Game old lady Angela Lansbury fulfils her life ambition to be a CIA–spy when she's accidentally sent on a mission to Morocco. Although this has…
- Nanny McPhee (2005)
- Dir. Kirk Jones
Feat. Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald…
- A well–bred British entertainment for children which fuses the traditional likes of MARY POPPINS with the current wave of gothic fantasy (Harry…
- Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
- Dir. Mark Waters
Feat. Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury…
- Jim Carrey grins and bears his way through this good–natured animal farce, about a businessman who inherits six penguins, and promptly…