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  1. Lansbury is one of few performers who have received nominations for all EGOT awards — Emmy, Grammy, Academy Award (Oscar), and Tony Awards . Lansbury, an icon in musical theatre, received seven Tony Award nominations winning five awards for Mame in 1966, Dear World in 1969, Gypsy in 1975, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 1979 ...

  2. The Manchurian Candidate. 1946 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The Picture of Dorian Gray. 1945 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Gaslight. 2014 Winner Honorary Award. To Angela Lansbury, an entertainment icon who has created some of cinema's most memorable characters, inspiring generations of actors.

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  3. Lansbury, an icon in musical theatre, received seven Tony Award nominations winning five awards for Mame in 1966, Dear World in 1969, Gypsy in 1975, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 1979, and Blithe Spirit in 2009. In 2022 she received the Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. She also earned a Laurence Olivier Award, three Drama ...

  4. Angela Lansbury. When Lansbury was nine, her father died from stomach cancer ; she retreated into playing characters as a coping mechanism. Facing financial difficulty, her mother entered a relationship with a Scottish colonel, Leckie Forbes, and moved into his house in Hampstead. Lansbury then received an education at South Hampstead High School from 1934 until 1939, where she was a ...

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  6. Oct 12, 2022 · Angela Lansbury 's mantle of accolades was made complete with a royal honor. The London-born actress best known for her role on CBS' Murder, She Wrote died Tuesday at age 96, leaving a legacy that ...

  7. Back in Hollywood, Lansbury charmed audiences as the witchcraft-loving heroine of Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). She demon strated her singing and dancing prowess in yet another venue with a dazzling opening number for the Academy Awards telecast in 1973. In 1978, she co-starred in the Agatha Christie whodunit Death on the Nile ...

  8. Oct 11, 2022 · Angela Lansbury was a British-American-Irish actress who appeared in theatre, television and film. Her career spanned seven decades, much of it in the United States, and her work attracted international attention. In 1983, Lansbury was offered the lead role in Murder, She Wrote, which centered on the character of Jessica Fletcher, a retired ...