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Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Actor, also producer · Died October 11, 2022, aged 96 · London, England, UK

Oscar winner · 6 Golden Globes · BAFTA Award winner · 3 other major award bodies

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was a British-American actress and singer who has appeared in theater, television, and film roles. Her career was spanned almost eight decades, much of it in the United States. Her work has received international attention. Her first film appearance was in the 1944 film Gaslight as a conniving maid, for which she received an Academy Award nomination. Among her other films are The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Beauty and the Beast (1991), and Anastasia (1997). She expanded her repertoire to Broadway musicals and television in the 1950s and was particularly successful in Broadway productions of Gypsy, Mame and Sweeney Todd. Lansbury is perhaps best known to modern audiences for her 12 year run as writer and sleuth Jessica Fletcher on the U.S. television series Murder, She Wrote, in which she starred from 1984 to 1996. Her recent roles include Lady Adelaide Stitch in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee, Leona Mullen in the 2007 Broadway play Deuce, Madame Arcati in the 2009 Broadway revival of the play Blithe Spirit and Madame Armfeldt in the 2010 Broadway revival of the musical A Little Night Music. Respected for her versatility, Lansbury has won five Tony Awards, six Golden Globes, an Honorary Academy Award, and has been nominated for numerous other industry awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on three occasions, and eighteen Emmy Awards.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 16, 1925
Died
October 11, 2022 (aged 96)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
80 on Motif · 120 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 15% in 30 days

What are Angela Lansbury's films like?

Across their 69 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama25 titlesTypical Motif score: 68th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy14 titlesTypical Motif score: 66th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime9 titlesTypical Motif score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Animation7 titlesTypical Motif score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Motif score: 92nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Motif score: 38th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Action2 titlesTypical Motif score: 63rd percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
27%
Morality
22%
Self
18%
Power
10%
Society
10%
Ideas
9%
Survival
5%
Family bonds18 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice17 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love15 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose9 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 67 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 39 · Serious 14 · Dark 14

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 29 · Stylized 26 · Heightened 12

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 26 · Charged 32 · Intense 9

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 45 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 31 · Some laughs 27 · Funny 9

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 38 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 3

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 34 · Engaged 28 · Full focus 5

Easy watch: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their easy watch movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 38 · Affecting 14 · Heavy 15

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 56 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

50 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 13 of 50 analyzed roles.

Hero
13 of 50
Shadow
12 of 50
Mentor
10 of 50
Threshold guardian
5 of 50
Trickster
4 of 50
Shapeshifter
3 of 50
Ally
2 of 50
Herald
1 of 50
Show the 50 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
31
Warm
28
Joyful
19
Melancholic
21
Contemplative
23
Other
66

How their films linger

Feel-good32 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 16 with a twist

  • Happy33
  • Bittersweet29
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Angela Lansbury's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 80 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Angela Lansbury's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

120 credits, 80 with a Motif page; 56 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Glass Onion(2022)

    In Memory Of · as Angela Lansbury

    Motif score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Show of Titles (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

  • Knives Out(2019)

    Thanks

    Motif score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Mary Poppins Returns(2018)

    as Balloon Lady

    Motif score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Buttons, A New Musical Film(2018)

    as Rose

    Motif score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Harold Prince: The Director's Life (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • The Grinch(2018)

    as Mayor McGerkle (voice)

    Motif score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Little Women(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as Aunt March

    Motif score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • Driving Miss Daisy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    as Daisy Werthan

  • Six by Sondheim(2013)

    as Mrs. Lovett (archive footage)

    Motif score: 97th percentile of all films

  • A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington(2012)

    as Kay Thorndyke

    Motif score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Mr. Popper's Penguins(2011)

    as Mrs. Van Gundy

    Motif score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics(2008)

    as Narrator

    Motif score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Heidi 4 Paws (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    as Grandmother (voice)

  • Nanny McPhee(2005)

    as Aunt Adelaide

    Motif score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    as Mrs. Potts (voice)

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    as Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)

  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Eleanor Duvall

    Motif score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures II (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)

    as Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")

  • Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)

    as Mrs. Potts (voice)

  • The Blackwater Lightship(2004)

    as Dora

    Motif score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)

    as Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")

  • Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle(2003)

    as Jessica Fletcher

    Motif score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)

    as Narrator

  • Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man(2001)

    as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough

    Motif score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Disney Through The Decades (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For(2000)

    as Jessica Fletcher

    Motif score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Eleanor Duvall

    Motif score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax(1999)

    as Emily Pollifax

    Motif score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Glorious Technicolor(1998)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Motif score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Anastasia(1997)

    as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)

    Motif score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas(1997)

    as Mrs. Potts (voice)

    Motif score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest(1997)

    as Jessica Fletcher

    Motif score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Mrs. Santa Claus(1996)

    as Mrs. Santa Claus

    Motif score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1995)

    as Narrator

  • Your Studio and You (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1995)

    as Angela Lansbury

  • A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1994)

    as Narrator

  • Touched by an Angel(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Lady Penelope Berrington

    Motif score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • That's Entertainment! III(1994)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Motif score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris(1992)

    as Mrs. Ada Harris

    Motif score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Mickey's Audition (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    as Sylvia

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)

  • Beauty and the Beast(1991)

    as Mrs. Potts (voice)

    Motif score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Love She Sought(1990)

    as Agatha McGee

    Motif score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Shell Seekers(1989)

    as Penelope Keeling

    Motif score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Shootdown(1988)

    as Nan Moore

    Motif score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Rage of Angels: The Story Continues(1986)

    as Marchesa Allabrandi

    Motif score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marchesa Allabrandi

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 264 episodes · Producer · as Jessica Fletcher

    Motif score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Company of Wolves(1984)

    as Granny

    Motif score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · as Alice Garrett

  • Lace (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · as Aunt Hortense Boutin

  • The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story(1983)

    as Amanda Fenwick

    Motif score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • A Talent for Murder (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1983)

    as Ann Royce McClain

  • The Pirates of Penzance(1983)

    as Ruth

    Motif score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Last Unicorn(1982)

    as Mommy Fortuna (voice)

    Motif score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Little Gloria... Happy at Last (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 2 episodes · as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(1982)

    as Nellie Lovett

    Motif score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Magnum, P.I.(1980)

    Show 1 episode · as Jessica Fletcher

    Motif score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Mirror Crack'd(1980)

    as Miss Marple

    Motif score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Lady Vanishes(1979)

    as Miss Froy

    Motif score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Death on the Nile(1978)

    as Salome Otterbourne

    Motif score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow(1975)

    as Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)

    Motif score: 57th percentile of all films

  • That's Entertainment!(1974)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Motif score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1973)

    Actor

  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks(1971)

    as Miss Price

    Motif score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Something for Everyone (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1970)

    as Countess Herthe von Ornstein

  • Omnibus (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Mister Buddwing(1966)

    as Gloria

    Motif score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Harlow(1965)

    as Mama Jean Bello

    Motif score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders(1965)

    as Lady Blystone

    Motif score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told(1965)

    as Claudia

    Motif score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Dear Heart(1964)

    as Phyllis

    Motif score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Elfie van Donck

    Motif score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • The World of Henry Orient(1964)

    as Isabel Boyd

    Motif score: 66th percentile of all films

  • In the Cool of the Day(1963)

    as Sybil Logan

    Motif score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Manchurian Candidate(1962)

    as Mrs. Iselin

    Motif score: 97th percentile of all films

  • All Fall Down(1962)

    as Annabell Willart

    Motif score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Blue Hawaii(1961)

    as Sarah Lee Gates

    Motif score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Dark at the Top of the Stairs(1960)

    as Mavis Pruitt

    Motif score: 76th percentile of all films

  • A Breath of Scandal(1960)

    as Countess Lina

    Motif score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Season of Passion(1959)

    as Pearl

    Motif score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Reluctant Debutante(1958)

    as Mabel Claremont

    Motif score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Long, Hot Summer(1958)

    as Minnie Littlejohn

    Motif score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Claire (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1956)

    as Vera Wayne

  • Please Murder Me!(1956)

    as Myra Leeds

    Motif score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Court Jester(1955)

    as Princess Gwendolyn

    Motif score: 96th percentile of all films

  • A Lawless Street(1955)

    as Tally Dickenson

    Motif score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Screen Director's Playhouse (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Vera Wayne

  • The Purple Mask(1955)

    as Madame Valentine

    Motif score: 38th percentile of all films

  • A Life at Stake(1955)

    as Doris Hillman

    Motif score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Stage 7 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 2 episodes · as Vanessa Peters

  • Climax! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Judith Beresford · as Justina Marshall

  • Studio 57 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Revlon Mirror Theatre (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Remains to Be Seen(1953)

    as Valeska Chauvel

    Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • General Electric Theater (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Daphne Rutledge

  • The Ford Television Theatre (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1952)

    Show 1 episode · as Lola Walker

  • Four Star Playhouse(1952)

    Show 1 episode · as Joan Robinson · as Mrs. Hallerton

    Motif score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Mutiny(1952)

    as Leslie Waldridge

    Motif score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Dora · as Penelope Keeling

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Florie Vandrop

  • Kind Lady(1951)

    as Mrs. Edwards

    Motif score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Lux Video Theatre (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Elsa · as Leslie · as Lucy Landor · as Self - Intermission Guest · as Tina Rafferty

  • Your Show of Shows (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Robert Montgomery Presents (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Christine Manson · as Rosie

  • Samson and Delilah(1949)

    as Semadar

    Motif score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Red Danube(1949)

    as Audrey Quail

    Motif score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Three Musketeers(1948)

    as Queen Ann

    Motif score: 84th percentile of all films

  • State of the Union(1948)

    as Kay Thorndyke

    Motif score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Tenth Avenue Angel (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)

    as Susan Bratten

  • If Winter Comes(1947)

    as Mabel Sabre

    Motif score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Private Affairs of Bel Ami(1947)

    as Clotilde de Marelle

    Motif score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Till the Clouds Roll By(1946)

    as London Specialty

    Motif score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Hoodlum Saint (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    as Dusty Millard

  • The Harvey Girls(1946)

    as Em

    Motif score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945)

    as Sibyl Vane

    Motif score: 91st percentile of all films

  • National Velvet(1944)

    as Edwina Brown

    Motif score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Gaslight(1944)

    as Nancy

    Motif score: 97th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 119 titles from 1944 to 2022; peak year 1996.

Biggest box office

The Grinch (2018)

$553M worldwide

Highest rated

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Motif 98th

Most popular right now

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19442022

Peak 1996 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 19 Motif titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 4 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting118 of 119: 116 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Motif score69thProducing1 of 119: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 119: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1940s13 · acting1950s25 · acting1960s14 · acting1970s7 · acting1980s16 · 16 acting · 1 crew1990s18 · acting2000s15 · acting2010s9 · 8 acting · 1 crew2020s2 · 2 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 21% of 42 roles
444959698499

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

an Oscar, 6 Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award from 42 major nominations, 1945–2014.

WinNomination
  1. 2014
    • Oscar, won
  2. 2005
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
  3. 2004
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
  4. 1997
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won
  5. 1996
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  6. 1995
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
  7. 1994
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  8. 1993
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
Show 16 earlier years
  1. 1992
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  2. 1991
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, won · Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
  3. 1990
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  4. 1989
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  5. 1988
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  6. 1987
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  7. 1986
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  8. 1985
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  9. 1984
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  10. 1983
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
  11. 1979
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
  12. 1972
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  13. 1971
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  14. 1963
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Supporting Actress
  15. 1946
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Supporting Actress
  16. 1945
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Angela Lansbury's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 72; across their 67 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 67

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 67

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 67

Motif score across 80 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up35
  • 50th to 74th24
  • 25th to 49th18
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

43 of their 80 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved14
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser43
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor

Buttons, A New Musical Film (2018)

85th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Motif 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 61 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Angela Lansbury's work okay for kids?

Across up to 20 Motif titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles15–59 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity20 titles6–28 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 31
Profanity16 titles3–29 · median 18 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 35
Alcohol & Drugs15 titles15–38 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense16 titles13–62 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Angela Lansbury work with?

People who share at least 2 of Angela Lansbury's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anthony Pullen Shaw shares the most, 7.

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