Timeline Angela Lansbury

British-American actress whose career spanned eight decades, from Gaslight to Broadway's Mame and television's Murder, She Wrote.

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1925 Angela Lansbury born in London Angela Lansbury is born in London.
1940 Angela Lansbury evacuated to the United States During the Blitz, her mother takes her to New York.
1944 Angela Lansbury's film debut in Gaslight Her first film role earns her an Oscar nomination at 18.
1962 Angela Lansbury stars in The Manchurian Candidate Her chilling performance as the manipulative mother earns a third Oscar nomination.
1966 Angela Lansbury opens in Mame on Broadway Mame brings her the first of five Tony Awards.
1979 Angela Lansbury stars in Sweeney Todd She plays Mrs. Lovett in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd on Broadway.
1984 Murder, She Wrote premieres Lansbury plays Jessica Fletcher in the CBS series, which runs for twelve seasons.
1991 Angela Lansbury voices Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast She sings the title song in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
2022 Angela Lansbury dies in Los Angeles Angela Lansbury dies aged 96.