Dame Angela Lansbury, born Oct. 16, 1925, in London, has been a big name in TV, movie and theatre for nearly eight decades. The British-Irish-American actress and singer appeared in many projects, including 'Murder, She Wrote,' 'Mary Poppins Returns,' 'Nanny McPhee,' 'The Picture of Dorian Gray,' and many more. Lansbury died 'peacefully in her sleep' at the age of 96 on Oct. 11, 2022, just a few days shy of her birthday. Look back at her incredible life and career in photos.
Actress Angela Lansbury in 1940.
Angela Lansbury had a court approve her film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio in Los Angeles, Calif. on Aug. 19, 1943. Her starting salary will be $500 weekly.
Actress Angela Lansbury was photographed in 1945.
English actress Angela Lansbury wearing a red evening dress in the doorway of her dressing room, circa 1945.
Actress Angela Lansbury and Hurd Hatfield in a scene from the movie “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
English actress Angela Lansbury wearing a long, floral-patterned dress in 1945.
English actress Angela Lansbury was photographed on Nov. 16, 1945.
Angela Lansbury, a screen actress who came here from England at 4, glances backward as she enters the superior court on Sept. 11, 1946, in Los Angeles to obtain a divorce from actor Richard Cromwell on grounds of cruelty.
Actor Van Johnson, center, shown with actresses Diana Lynn, left, Alexis Smith, second from left, and Angela Lansbury, right, attend a reception at Washington, D.C.’s Statler Hotel for Roosevelt’s birthday ball on Jan. 28, 1946.
Portrait of Angela Lansbury as Anne of Austria in “The Three Musketeers,” in 1948.
Angela Lansbury, left, in “State of Union” in 1948.
Angela Lansbury, London-born film actress, was heard to complain that as long as she’d been in Hollywood no one had ever photographed her in a bathing suit at the beach on July 19, 1949.
British actress Angela Lansbury and her husband, Peter Shaw, cutting the cake at their wedding in 1949.
Actress Angela Lansbury after her wedding to actor Peter Shaw at the Chapel of St Columba’s Church House in Lennox Gardens, Kensington, London in August 1949.
Bing Crosby shows off his Christmas present to Angela Lansbury during time off at their studio in Hollywood, Calif. on Jan. 7, 1949. Cameraman Crosby is all excited about his new camera.
Angela Lansbury arrives in town to appear on television’s “Show of Shows” on Jan. 26, 1951, in Idlewild Airport, New York.
Actress Angela Lansbury with her husband, actor Peter Shaw and their three-month-old son Anthony Peter at their home in Hollywood, Calif. in 1952.
Angela Lansbury with her son Anthony in 1956.
Lee Remick, left, relaxes with actors Angela Lansbury and Harry Guardino and musical director Herbert Greene during a break in rehearsals on Feb. 19, 1964, in New York for “Anyone Can Whistle” on Broadway.
Angela Lansbury as Elfie van Donck in “THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.”
Angela Lansbury, the star of Broadway’s newest musical “Mame,” at a party following the opening of the show in New York on May 24, 1966.
Broadway actress Angela Lansbury puts the knife to a one-candled cake at a birthday celebration in New York on Oct. 16, 1966.
Actress Angela Lansbury in June 1966.
Peter Shaw and wife Angela Lansbury at the opening of El Morocco Night Club in 1966.
Angela Lansbury, left, with Carol Channing at a party at Sardis in New York on March 16, 1967.
Ginger Rogers, left, star of the Broadway musical “Hello, Dolly,” crowns Angela Lansbury, who’s starring in “Mame,” with the crown of Miss Ziegfeld 1967 on Dec. 2, 1966, at the 29th Ziegfeld charity ball.
Actress Patricia Neal, right, back in New York City to resume her acting career after suffering three strokes, hugs actress Angela Lansbury backstage at the Winter Gardens Theater in New York on Feb. 3, 1968.
Three Tony Awards nominees, James Earl Jones, left, Angela Lansbury and Herschel Bernardi chat together at Sardi’s where a party was held in their honor on March 19, 1969.
Angela Lansbury and Gower Champion during rehearsals on Feb. 28, 1970.
Angela Lansbury, right, star of “The King and I,” greets Carol Channing, star of “Hello Dolly” in New York on Monday, May 1, 1978. The two Broadway musical stars were attending a dinner in their honor held by composer Jerry Herman.
Angela Lansbury, right, star of Broadway’s “Sweeney Todd,” and Maxine Andrews, center, of the singing Andrews Sisters, visit Patti Lupone backstage at the Broadway Theatre in New York on Oct. 22, 1979. Lupone is starring in “Evita” in the title role.
Christopher Reeve, star of the film version of “Superman” has a word with Angela Lansbury backstage at the Uris Theater in New York, on Feb. 11, 1979. Lansbury is appearing in the Broadway show, “Sweeney Todd.”
Angela Lansbury relaxes in her hotel suite on Nov. 24, 1982, after rehearsals for a new comedy she is returning to Broadway on December 15, called “A Little Family Business.”
Actress Angela Lansbury, starring in “Mame” stands outside the Gershwin Theater in New York on Aug. 16, 1983.
Actress Angela Lansbury happily holds her Golden Globe award for best actress of a dramatic TV series for her role in the mystery series, “Murder, She Wrote,” at the 42nd annual presentation of the awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 26, 1985.
Angela Lansbury, Pierce Brosnan, and Phylicia Ayers-Allen of People’s Choice Awards on March 14, 1985.
Mayor Edward I. Koch and actress Angela Lansbury hold a proclamation presented by Koch on June 1, 1987, at New York’s Gracie Mansion to salute Theater Week.
Actress Angela Lansbury in Los Angeles, October 1988.
Actress Angela Lansbury, star of the CBS-TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” cuts a huge cake on Feb. 13, 1989, in celebration of the show’s 100th episode.
Angela Lansbury, left, as Agatha McGee and Robert Prosky as Bishop Baker in “The Love She Sought” in 1990.
Angela Lansbury stars as mystery writer and crime solver Jessica Fletcher on the television crime drama series “Murder, She Wrote.”
Actress Angela Lansbury holds up the award she received at the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 20, 1990.
“Murder, She Wrote” TV star Angela Lansbury poses for pictures on Oct. 1, 1992, in Pasadena, Calif. after it was announced she would lead the 104th Tournament of Roses Parade as grand marshal on New Year’s Day.
Actress Angela Lansbury poses for a portrait on April 8, 2008, in New York.
Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones appear at the curtain call for the Broadway opening performance of “A Little Night Music” in New York on Dec. 13, 2009.
Angela Lansbury poses for a portrait during press day for “Blithe Spirit” at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Dec.16, 2014.
