ACTOR
Angela Lansbury
- Known for
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), Murder, She Wrote (1984), The Company of Wolves (1984), The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
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Angela Lansbury is an actor best known for Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Murder, She Wrote and The Company of Wolves.
19 Facts From Angela Lansbury's Career
- #002
She was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one in the Motion Pictures category at 6623 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for Television at 6259 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- #011
After a 40-year absence, she made a triumphant return to London's West End stage as the Tony-winning Madame Arcati in Sir Noël Coward's 'Blithe Spirit.' At the age of 89, in 2015, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
- #012
As of February 2010, she held the record as the youngest actor to receive two Oscar nominations (by age 20). She was tied with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson and Alan Alda for the most Golden Globe Award wins: six, until Streep's seventh win on January 17, 2010.
- #014
2006: To date she has hosted (or co-hosted) the Tony Awards television broadcast more times than any other individual: (1968, 1971, 1987, 1988 and 1989).
- #015
July 21, 2000: She withdrew from the proposed Broadway musical "The Visit" because of her husband's poor health and upcoming heart surgery.
- #017
Angela Lansbury died on October 11, 2022, at the age of 96. Four months before her death, in June 2022, she received a special Lifetime Achievement award at the 75th Tony Awards, but was unable to accept it in person.
- #018
Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur became very close friends after appearing together in the Broadway version of "Mame."
- #019
Angela Lansbury won four Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical and is best known for her work in musicals, yet her singing voice was dubbed in the romantic musical The Harvey Girls (1946).
- #025
In 2000, Angela Lansbury was honored with the John F. Kennedy Center Honor for her services to the arts.
- #028
Angela Lansbury was appointed CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to drama. She was promoted to DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Queen's New Year Honours for her services to drama and to charity and philanthropy. She was invested by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony at Windsor Castle on 15 April 2014.
- #033
Angela Lansbury was nominated 12 times for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Murder, She Wrote (1984), and four more times before, during and after the series, but never won. As of 2018, Lansbury holds the record among performers for the most Emmy nominations without a single win, with 18 unsuccessful nominations.
- #042
She is one of three performers to have won six Tony Awards. Audra McDonald won all six of her awards competitively, while Angela and Julie Harris each won five competitively and a sixth as Lifetime Achievement Award recipients (Angela received her award posthumously at the 75th Tony Awards in 2022).
- #043
As of 2022, Angela holds the record for hosting the most Tony Awards ceremonies. Angela hosted five times: 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988 and 1989. Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman have each hosted four times.
- #050
She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (New York City) in 2007 for her work in "Deuce".
- #051
In New York City she was awarded the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2009 for her performance in "Blithe Spirit" on Broadway.
- #053
She was cremated after her family held a private funeral service for her in a chapel at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The Broadway League in New York City and the West End theatre in London held memorial tributes in her honour on 15 October 2022.
- #056
Angela Lansbury began her career in 1942 as a contract player at MGM.
- #062
She was offered roles in Tea with Mussolini (1999) and David Copperfield (2000) but turned them down because of her husband's health. For the same reason she also withdrew from the 2001 Broadway musical The Visit.
- #068
She appeared in two films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Gaslight (1944) and Beauty and the Beast (1991).
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