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  Angela Lansbury - MSN Encarta
Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English three-time Academy Award -nominated, Emmy -nominated, four-time Tony -winning and six-time Golden Globe...
Angela Lansbury, born in 1925, British-born American actor, best known as the star of the long-running television series “Murder, She Wrote” (1984-1996).
Lansbury began acting in Hollywood in minor motion-picture roles but later found greater fame playing formidable matronly characters.
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  Angela Lansbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lansbury was born in London, the daughter of a Belfast-born actress, Moyna MacGill and the granddaughter of Labour politician George Lansbury.
Lansbury was in The Manchurian Candidate (1962) as Mrs.
Lansbury was briefly married from 1945-1946 to American actor Richard Cromwell when she was 19 and Cromwell was 35.
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 Angela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Angela (comics) - is a character in an eponymous comic book in the Spawn universe.
Angela (Battlestar Galactica) - is a fictional character in the Galactica 1980 episode The Return of Starbuck.
Angela (Inheritance) by: Christopher Paolini - A fictional character, who is a wisewoman in the Eragon and Eldest books.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angela   (288 words)

  
 CMT.com : Angela Lansbury : Biography
A substantial entertainer throughout six decades, Angela Lansbury hit superstardom as a senior citizen with her memorable portrayal of detective Jessica Fletcher in the long-running murder mystery drama Murder, She Wrote.
Angela Lansbury got her start in the 1944 American film Gaslight as a teenager (which also starred Ingrid Bergman).
Angela Lansbury was born to a well-known Irish actress and is granddaughter to the leader of the British Labor Party.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/lansbury_angela/bio.jhtml   (422 words)

  
 News for Angela Lansbury   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Angela Lansbury has registered her strong displeasure at the decision to remake the classic 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate, in which she starred with Frank Sinatra.
Angela Lansbury finds it hard to leave home - because she can't be too far from her sick husband.
Angela, who lives in Los Angeles, is journeying to Washington D.C this weekend to be inducted as a Kennedy Center Honors recipient, but is devastated to have to leave her husband Peter Shaw, who is too ill to travel.
us.imdb.com /name/nm0001450/news   (852 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Angela Lansbury (born October 16 1925) is a British-born American actress and the granddaughter of politician George Lansbury.
Lansbury is an accomplished award-winning stage actress her outstanding acting talent and singular singing earning her rave reviews from her very musical outing the short-lived 1964 Stephen Sondheim musical Anyone Can Whistle.
It was to be one the longest running prime time detective drama in US TV history and made her of the highest paid actresses in the and a record as the most nominated actress without a win in the prime Emmy awards (with 12 nominations).
www.freeglossary.com /Angela_Lansbury   (709 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury - Biography - AOL Music
A substantial entertainer throughout six decades, Angela Lansbury hit superstardom as a senior citizen with her memorable portrayal of detective Jessica Fletcher in the long-running murder mystery drama Murder, She Wrote.
Angela Lansbury got her start in the 1944 American film Gaslight as a teenager (which also starred Ingrid Bergman).
Angela Lansbury was born to a well-known Irish actress and is granddaughter to the leader of the British Labor Party.
music.aol.com /artist/angela-lansbury/145786/biography   (450 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury - Wikipedia
Mit 14, als der Zweite Weltkrieg ausbrach, wanderte Angela mit ihrer Mutter nach Amerika aus.
Angela war 1945-1946 mit dem Schauspieler Richard Cromwell verheiratet.
Angela Lansbury verlieh auch der Madame Pottine in den Spielen Kingdom Hearts und Kingdom Hearts 2 die Stimme.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angela_Lansbury   (530 words)

  
 The Biography Channel - Angela Lansbury Biography
Lansbury’s mother played a significant part influencing her daughter’s love of the theatre, taking her to plays at the Old Vic in London and subsequently removing her from South Hampstead High School for Girls to enroll her at the Ritman School of Dancing (later known as the Webber-Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art) instead.
Lansbury was lucky enough to be offered the role of Nancy in the film (1944) playing the malicious maid to [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/126:0/Ingrid_Bergman.htm]Ingrid Bergman’s[/urlnew] Paula and her performance was so admired that she earned her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her very first film debut.
Lansbury’s long association with murder mysteries dramas began with a turn as a besotted romance novelist who becomes involved in a murder on board an Egyptian boat cruise in Death on the Nile (1979), which brought her a National Board of Review award and a BAFTA nomination.
www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/278:49/Angela_Lansbury.htm   (1434 words)

  
 Lansbury, Angela
Angela Lansbury's importance to television is primarily related to her production and performance contributions in Murder, She Wrote.
It was on the basis of this success that Lansbury and her husband Peter Fisher--who received a producer's credit for the series--began to negotiate changes in the series.
She is closely identified with a role in a well-constructed popular series; she has retained a significant degree of production authority in that series; and she has used her authority to create a satisfying role for herself while providing a valuable image of a mature woman continuing to explore new and interesting personal activities.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/L/htmlL/lansburyang/lansburyang.htm   (697 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Angela Lansbury demystifies organ donation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lansbury is referring to the priceless gift of organ donation her family gratefully experienced when her daughter Deirdre Battarra received a life-saving liver transplant in 1998.
That's why she and Lansbury are working together on behalf of National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, April 15-21, to promote awareness of the possibilities and continuing problems faced by potential organ recipients.
Lansbury and her daughter know the joy and hope provided by the kindness of strangers.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/spotlight/2001-04-12-lansbury-transplant.htm   (1194 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury
Lansbury has said that her only regret is that she never had the opportunity to star in films, but she was occasionally a movie star, and turned in some unforgettable supporting roles.
Her brother is Bruce Lansbury, the long-time Hollywood producer of enjoyably fluffy TV shows such as The Wild Wild West with Robert Conrad, Mission: Impossible with Peter Graves, Wonder Woman with Lynda Carter, and Knight Rider with David Hasselhoff.
Lansbury's nephew is actor David Lansbury, who had supporting roles in films from Gorillas in the Mist with Sigourney Weaver to Michael Clayton with George Clooney, and is married to actress Ally Sheedy.
www.nndb.com /people/142/000023073   (1287 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury - MovieActors.com
Anglea Brigid Lansbury was born in London, England, on October 16, 1925.
In the 1980’s Angela Lansbury became a household name, known widely as Jessica Fletcher of the popular television series, “Murder, She Wrote.” Although she was nominated nearly annually for an Emmy for her performance as Jessica Fletcher she never managed to snag the honor.
One of Angela Lansbury's most memorable roles was in 1955's THE COURT JESTER.
www.movieactors.com /actors/angelalansbury.htm   (256 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury @ Filmbug UK   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Angela Lansbury is a British-born American actress and the granddaughter of politician George Lansbury.
Lansbury is an accomplished, award-winning stage actress, with her outstanding acting talent and singular singing voice earning her rave reviews from her very first musical outing, the short-lived 1964 Stephen Sondheim musical Anyone Can Whistle.
Lansbury has the honour of batting 1.000 in her four Tony awards nominations for Best Lead Actress in a Musical, with those four wins.
www.filmbug.co.uk /db/25786   (535 words)

  
 Honorary Academy Awards Nomination : Angela Lansbury   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Angela Lansbury is not only a fine actress, she is a fine lady as well.
Angela was nominated 12 times for a Golden Globe with MSW and she never won once!
Ms Lansbury says that she still believes that she has another great role waiting for her but I don't believe we should have to wait until then to honor her.
www.oscarworld.net /awardlobby_read.asp?LobbyId=517   (615 words)

  
 The Angela Lansbury Picture Pages
Angela Brigid Lansbury was born on October 16, 1925 in London (United Kingdom, EU).
Edgar Lansbury died in 1934: he was 48 and his 9-year-old daughter Angela stood at the bedside, holding her mother's hand.
Angela married Peter Shaw (Peter Pullen) on August 12, 1949 in London (UK), St. Columbia's Church, after they won approval from the Church of Scotland (both Angela and Peter was divorced).
www.superiorpics.com /angela_lansbury   (384 words)

  
 Broadway: The American Musical . Stars Over Broadway . Angela Lansbury | PBS
Angela Lansbury's grandfather was George Lansbury, the legendary social reformer, and leader of the British Labour Party for a time during the '30s.
In 1992 Angela Lansbury was back to her Cockney roots playing a charlady in the television film MRS 'ARRIS GOES TO PARIS, and two years later she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
SANTA CLAUS (1996), and was honored in "Angela Lansbury: A Celebration." The latter gala benefit was held in November 1996 at the Majestic Theater, the same house that launched her first musical, "Anyone Can Whistle." Paying tribute were Barbara Cook, George Hearn, Tyne Daly, and a host of other stars from theater and film.
www.pbs.org /wnet/broadway/stars/lansbury_a.html   (495 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury, actress   (Site not responding. Last check: )
But perhaps today, there is perhaps no better-loved thespian in America than Angela Lansbury, who, for the past 60 years, has stamped scores of roles with her imprimatur.
Lansbury is one character actor who has always commanded a lead.
Lansbury: I'll probably be remembered for Jessica Fletcher and (1962's) "The Manchurian Candidate." I'd like to be remembered for "Gaslight," certainly for "Manchurian Candidate," because that was a landmark performance at a time when I probably needed it.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/interviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2024219   (465 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury - Internet Accuracy Project
Angela Lansbury is a multi-Tony award-winning actress who attained her greatest level of fame in the 1980s, portraying middle-aged mystery writer and amateur sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, on the long-running light mystery television series Murder, She Wrote (1984-96).
Angela Lansbury was the first child born to Edgar Lansbury and Moyna Macgill.
Angela was just nine when she lost her 48 year-old father to cancer.
www.accuracyproject.org /cbe-Lansbury,Angela.html   (897 words)

  
 Beth's Angela Lansbury Club
Shaw and his loving wife, Angela Lansbury, had been married 54 years with a very close family of three children, David, Anthony and Deidre, and three grandchildren.
Peter Shaw, husband of Angela Lansbury, had died Army Acherd I was saddened to learn Wednesday morning that Peter Shaw had died, at home, of congestive heart failure after a long illness.
Shaw and his loving wife, Angela Lansbury (news), had been married 54 years with a very close family of three children, David, Anthony and Deidre, and three grandchildren.
www.angelfire.com /bc3/juney_06010/mswlist.index.html   (719 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury - a Brief Biography
Lansbury was born in London, the daughter of a British lumber merchant and a famous stage actress named Moyna Macgill, who was the toast of the London stage in the 1920s and 30s.
Lansbury received a second Oscar nomination for her portrayal of 'Sybil Vane' in "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945).
With the legendary Angela Lansbury cast as the voice of Marie, the character's design became the easiest one to develop.
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 Angela Lansbury Photos - Angela Lansbury News - Angela Lansbury Information
Angela is the only actress to go undefeated in a Tony Awards competition, having won all 4 for which she was nominated.
Angela holds the record for the most Emmy nominations without a win.
Angela won the role of Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote after fellow actress Jean Stapleton turned it down.
www.tvtome.com /tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-17138   (200 words)

  
 Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Angela Lansbury
Lansbury has also been inducted into both the Theater and the Television Halls of Fame and in 1994 Queen Elizabeth named her a Commander of the British Empire.
The granddaughter of a British Labour Party leader and the daughter of a well-known West End star, Lansbury studied drama as a child before she and her family fled the German blitz and relocated to the United States.
Lansbury made her Broadway musical debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Anyone Can Whistle, where she proved to the critics that the stage was where she belonged.
www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3751&source_type=A   (567 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury adds another role: ALS spokeswoman - Boston.com
Then Lansbury reassures her audience that continued funding for research "will help people with ALS do this" -- she rises to her feet and pertly steps out of view, having dodged the bullet by a fraction of an inch as it pierces the wall behind her.
This forceful TV spot is part of a public-awareness campaign featuring Lansbury as the new spokeswoman for the ALS Association.
Now, when Lansbury pauses long enough to take stock, "I'm astonished," she concedes, "at the amount of stuff I managed to pack into the years that I have been in the business.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2008/04/15/angela_lansbury_adds_another_role_als_spokeswoman   (752 words)

  
 Rai Uno   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lansbury Angela B. E' nata a Londra il 16 ottobre 1925; la madre era una nota attrice irlandese, il nonno un leader del partito laburista inglese.
Angela vanta anche una lunga carriera teatrale: dal 1971 all'82 lavora a Londra, poi a New York, dove riceve ben 4 Tony Awards in sedici anni di lavoro, recitando in musical e commedie.
Come doppiatrice, Angela presta la sua voce a personaggi di cartoni animati quali "La Bella e la Bestia" di Walt Disney (dove era la mamma-teiera), "L'ultimo unicorno" e "Anastasia", naturalmente nelle rispettive versioni originali.
www.raiuno.rai.it /biografia/0,4504,74,00.html   (313 words)

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