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Angela Lansbury (Angela Brigid Lansbury) was born on 16 October, 1925 in Regent's Park, London, England, UK, is an actress,producer,soundtrack. Discover Angela Lansbury's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 96 years old?

Popular As Angela Brigid Lansbury
Occupation actress,producer,soundtrack
Age 96 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 16 October, 1925
Birthday 16 October
Birthplace Regent's Park, London, England, UK
Date of death 11 October, 2022
Died Place Los Angeles, California, US
Nationality United Kingdom

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Angela Lansbury Height, Weight & Measurements

At 96 years old, Angela Lansbury height is 5' 8" (1.73 m) .

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Height 5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Who Is Angela Lansbury's Husband?

Her husband is Peter Shaw (12 August 1949 - 29 January 2003) ( his death) ( 2 children), Richard Cromwell (27 September 1945 - 11 September 1946) ( divorced)

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Husband Peter Shaw (12 August 1949 - 29 January 2003) ( his death) ( 2 children), Richard Cromwell (27 September 1945 - 11 September 1946) ( divorced)
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Angela Lansbury Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Angela Lansbury worth at the age of 96 years old? Angela Lansbury’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Angela Lansbury's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Gaslight (1944)$500 /week
Dear Heart (1964)$16,000
Murder, She Wrote (1984)$300,000 per episode
Fantasia 2000 (1999)£3,000

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Timeline

1542

The play depicted the life of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587, reigned 1542-1567), and Lansbury played one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting.

1752

The park was developed by John Nash (1752-1835), James Burton (1761-1837), and Decimus Burton (1800-1881), with construction starting c.

1762

It was named after the Prince-Regent George, later king George IV (1762-1830, regent 1811-1820, reigned 1820-1830). The park is located in Inner London, and administratively divided between the City of Westminster and the Borough of Camden. Lansbury was born in a prominent family of the upper middle class.

1818

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1820

Lansbury and her husband decided to buy Knockmourne Glebe, an 1820s Irish farmhouse, located near the village of Conna in rural County Cork. Her film career reached a new height.

1835

It was first opened to the general public in 1835.

1846

The musical was loosely based on the penny dreadful serial novel "The String of Pearls: A Domestic Romance" (1846-1847), which first depicted fictional serial killer Sweeney Todd.

1868

The mini-series was an adaptation of the 1868-1869 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). The series lasted for 3 episodes, and was critically well-received.

1878

He was the second Communist mayor in British history, with the first being Joe Vaughan (1878-1938).

1887

Her father was socialist politician Edgar Isaac Lansbury (1887-1935), a member of both the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the Labour Party.

1894

The play was an adaptation of "L'Hôtel du libre échange" (1894-French for "Free Exchange Hotel"), co-written by Maurice Desvallières (1857-1926) and Georges Feydeau (1862-1921). Lansbury's role as "Marcel Cat" was critically well-received. She continued appearing in Broadway over the next several years, most notably cast as the verbally abusive mother in "A Taste of Honey".

1895

Lansbury's mother was Irish film actress Moyna MacGill (1895-1975), originally from Belfast. During the first five years of Angela's life, the Lansbury family lived in a flat located in Poplar.

1901

Through her mother, Lansbury was introduced to screenwriter John Van Druten (1901-1957) who had recently completed his script of "Gaslight" (1944). He suggested that young Lansbury would be perfect for the role of Nancy Oliver, the film's conniving cockney maid. This helped secure Lansbury's first film role at the age of 17, and a seven-year contract with the film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She earned 500 dollars per week, and chose to continue using her own name instead of a stage name.

1908

1908-1977). The new couple started living together, while planning marriage. They wanted to be married in the United Kingdom, but the Church of England refused to marry two divorcees.

The film was a modest box office hit, and Lansbury befriended her co-star Bette Davis (1908-1989).

1915

Edgar served as Honorary Treasurer of the East London Federation of Suffragettes (term 1915), and Mayor of Poplar (term 1924-1925).

1920

The novel was loosely inspired by the life of Gene Tierney (1920-1991). The film was a modest commercial success. There were plans for at least two sequels, but they ended in development hell.

1925

In 1925, Angela Lansbury was born in Regent's Park, one of the Royal Parks of London.

Lansbury remained in the role for 14 months, and was then replaced by Dorothy Loudon (1925-2003). Lansbury won her fourth Tony Award for this role.

She shared the record for most Tony Award victories with Julie Harris (1925-2013).

1928

She was cast as Eleanor Iselin, the mother of her co-star Laurence Harvey (1928-1973), who was only 3 years younger than her. This turned to be one of the most memorable roles in her career. She received critical acclaim and was nominated for a third time for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

1929

She was cast as the mother of co-star Joan Plowright (1929-), who was only four years younger than her.

1930

In 1930, they moved to a house located in Mill Hill, a suburb currently located in the London Borough of Barnet. They spend their weekends vacationing in a rural farm located in Berrick Salome, a village in South Oxfordshire.

1933

She made her theatrical debut in the school's production of the play "Mary of Scotland" (1933) by Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959).

1934

From 1934 to 1939, Angela was a student of South Hampstead High School. During these years, she became interested in films. . She regularly visited the local cinema, and imagined herself in various roles. Angela learned how to play the piano, and received a musical education at the Ritman School of Dancing.

1935

In 1935, Edgar Lansbury died from stomach cancer. Angela reportedly retreated into "playing characters", as a coping mechanism to deal with the loss. The widowed Moyna MacGill soon became engaged to Leckie Forbes, a Scottish colonel. Moyna moved into his house in Hampstead.

The role of her son was played by Elvis Presley (1935-1977), who was only 10 years than her.

1937

The film was an adaptation of the 1937 novel by Agatha Christie (1890-1976), while Otterbourne was loosely based on real-life novelist Elinor Glyn (1864-1943).

1940

In 1940, Lansbury started her acting education at the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art, located in Kensington, West London.

Also in 1940, Lansbury's paternal grandfather George Lansbury died from stomach cancer. When the Blitz started, Moyna MacGill had reasons to fear for the safety of her family and few remaining ties to England. Macgill moved to the United States to escape the Blitz, taking her three youngest children with her. Isolde was already a married adult, and was left behind in England. Macgill secured financial sponsorship from American businessman Charles T. Smith. She and her children (including Angela) moved into Smith's house in Mahopac, New York. Mahopac is a hamlet within the town of Carmel. Lansbury was interested in continuing her studies, and secured a scholarship from the American Theatre Wing.

From 1940 to 1942, Lansbury studied acting at the Feagin School of Dramatic Art, located in New York City. She appeared in performances organized by the school.

1942

In 1942, Lansbury moved with her family in a flat located in Morton Street, Greenwich Village. She soon followed her mother in her theatrical tour of Canada. Lansbury secured her first paying job in Montreal, singing at the nightclub Samovar Club for a payment of 60 dollars per week. Lansbury was 16-years-old at the time, but lied about her age and claimed to be 19-years-old in order to be hired.

Lansbury returned to New York City in August, 1942, but Moyna MacGill soon moved herself and her family again. The family moved to Los Angeles, where Moyna was interested in resurrecting her film career. Their first home there was a bungalow in Laurel Canyon, a mountainous neighborhood located in the Hollywood Hills. Lansbury helped financially support her family by working for the Bullocks Wilshire department store in Los Angeles. Her weekly wages were only 28 dollars, but she had a secure income while her mother was unemployed.

1945

In 1945, Lansbury married actor Richard Cromwell (1910-1960), who was 15-years-older than her.

She appeared in 11 MGM films between 1945 and 1952. MGM at times loaned Lansbury to other film studios.

1946

The troubled marriage ended in a divorce in 1946. The former spouses remained friend's until Cromwell's death.

In 1946, Lansbury started a romantic relationship with aspiring actor Peter Shaw (1918-2003), who was 7 years older than her. Shaw had recently ended his relationship with actress Joan Crawford (c.

The award was instead won by rival actress Patty Duke (1946-2016).

1947

She appeared in United Artists' "The Private Affairs of Bel Ami" (1947), and Paramount Pictures' "Samson and Delilah" (1949).

She also appeared regularly in television roles, and became a regular on game show "Pantomime Quiz" (1947-1959).

1948

In 1948, Lansbury made her debut in radio roles, followed by her television debut in 1950.

1949

They were married in 1949, in a Church of Scotland ceremony at St. Columba's Church, located in Knightsbridge, London. After their return to the United States, they settled into Lansbury's home in Rustic Canyon, Malibu.

Their marriage had lasted for 54 years (1949-2003). Lansbury felt at the time that not take on any more major acting roles, but that she could still make cameos.

1951

In 1951, both Lansbury and Shaw became naturalized citizens of the United States, while retaining their British citizenship. Meanwhile, Lansbury continued appearing in MGM films.

1952

In 1952, Lansbury requested the termination of her contract with MGM, instead of its renewal. She felt unsatisfied with her film career as an MGM contract player. She then joined the East Coast touring productions of two former-Broadway plays.

1953

By 1953, Lansbury had two children of her own and was also raising a stepson. She and her family moved into a larger house, located on San Vincente Boulevard in Santa Monica.

1955

The play was an adaptation of the novel "Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade" (1955) by Patrick Dennis (1921-1976), and focused on the life and ideas of eccentric bohemian Mame Dennis. The musical received critical and popular praise, and Lansbury won her first Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Lansbury gained significant fame from her success, becoming a "superstar". Her newfound fame led to other high-profile appearances by Lansbury.

1957

In 1957, Lansbury made her Broadway debut in a performance of "Hotel Paradiso".

1958

She regained her A-picture actress through well-received roles in the drama film "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958) and the comedy film "The Reluctant Debutante" (1958).

1959

In 1959, she and her family moved into a house in Malibu. The married couple were able to send their children to a local public school. Meanwhile she continued her film career as a freelance actress, but continued to be cast in middle-aged roles.

1960

In the early 1960s, Lansbury was cast as an overbearing mother in "Blue Hawaii" (1961).

Lansbury gained critical praise for a sympathetic role in the drama film "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (1960), and the role of a manipulative mother in the drama film "All Fall Down" (1962).

1961

The film was a box office hit, it finished as the 10th top-grossing film of 1961 and 14th for 1962 on the "Variety" national box office survey. It gained Lansbury renewed fame, at a difficult point of her career.

1962

Based on her success in "All Fall Down", she was cast in a similar role in the Cold War-themed thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962).

1966

Lansbury made a career comeback in the starring role of Mame Dennis in the musical "Mame" (1966), co-written by Jerome Lawrence (1915-2004) and Robert Edwin Lee (1918-1994).

1968

She starred in a musical performance at the 1968 Academy Awards ceremony, and co-hosted the 1968 Tony Awards. The Hasty Pudding Club, a social club for Harvard students.

elected her "Woman of the Year" in 1968.

1969

Lansbury's next theatrical success was in 1969 performances of "The Madwoman of Chaillot" (1945) by Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944). The play concerns an eccentric Parisian woman's struggles with authority figures. Lansbury was cast in the starring role of 75-year-old Countess Aurelia, despite her actual age of 44 years. The show was well received and lasted for 132 performances. Lansbury won her second Tony Award for this role.

1970

In 1970, Lansbury's Malibu home was destroyed in a brush fire.

1971

She was cast in the starring role of benevolent witch Eglantine Price in Disney's fantasy film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" (1971). The film was a box-office hit, it was critically well-received, and introduced Lansbury to a wider audience of children and families.

1972

In 1972, Lansbury returned to the British stage, performing in London's West End with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

1973

In 1973, Lansbury appeared in the role of Rose in London performances of the musical "Gypsy" (1959) by Arthur Laurents. It was quite successful.

1974

In 1974, "Gypsy" went on tour in the United States. with the same cast. For her role, Lanbury won the Sarah Siddons Award and her third Tony Award.

1975

The musical had its second tour in 1975. Tired from musicals. Lansbury next sought Shakespearean roles in the United Kingdom.

From 1975 to 1976, she appeared as Queen Gertrude in the National Theatre Company's production of Hamlet.

In November 1975, Lansbury's mother Moyna MacGill died at the age of 79. Lansbury arranged for her mother's remains to be cremated, and the ashes scattered near her own County Cork home.

1976

In 1976, Lansbury returned to the American stage.

1978

In 1978, Lansbury temporarily replaced Constance Towers (1933-) in the starring role of Anna Leonowens (1831-1915) in The King and I. While Towers was on a break from the role, Lansbury appeared in 24 performances.

In 1978, Lansbury appeared in her first film role in seven years, cast as the novelist and murder victim Salome Otterbourne in the mystery film"Death on the Nile" (1978).

1979

In 1979, Lansbury was cast in the role of meat pie seller Mrs.

Lovett in the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (1979), co-written by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler (1912-1987).

Lansbury's next prominent film role was that of Miss Froy in "The Lady Vanishes" (1979), a remake of the 1938 directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980).

1980

She returned to the role for 10 months in 1980.

She was next cast in the role of amateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple in the mystery film "The Mirror Crack'd" (1980), an adaptation of the novel "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" (1962) by Agatha Christie.

During the late 1980s and 1990s, Lansbury lived most of the year in California.

1982

In 1982, Lansbury was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame, She appeared at the time in the new play "A Little Family Business" and a revival of "Mame", but both shows were commercial failures.

In film, Lansbury voiced the witch Mommy Fortuna in the animated fantasy film "The Last Unicorn" (1982). The film was critically well-received, but was not a box office hit.

1983

Lansbury played Ruth in the musical comedy "The Pirates of Penzance" (1983), a film adaptation of the 1879 comic opera by William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911) and Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900). The film was a box office bomb, earning about 695,000 dollars at the box office.

1984

Lansbury's next film role was that of Granny in the gothic fantasy film "The Company of Wolves" (1984), based on a 1979 short story by Angela Carter (1940-1992). Lansbury was cast as the grandmother of protagonist Rosaleen (played by Sarah Patterson), in a tale featuring werewolves and shape-shifting. The film was critically well-received, but barely broke even at the box office. At about that time, Lansbury appeared regularly in television films and mini-series.

Her most prominent television role was that of Jessica Fletcher in the detective series "Murder, She Wrote" (1984-1996). Jessica was depicted as a successful mystery novelist from Maine, who encounters and solves many murders during her troubles. The character was considered an American counterpart to Miss Marple. Despite regularly depicting murders, the series followed the "whodunit" format and mostly avoided depictions of violence or gore. The series was considered a television landmark for having an older female character as the protagonist. It was aimed primarily at middle aged audience, but also attracted both younger viewers and senior citizen viewers. Ratings remained high for most of its run. Lansbury rejected pressure from network executives to put her character in a relationship, as she believed that Fletcher should remain remain a strong single female.

1985

1985: She accepted the Oscar for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" on behalf of Peggy Ashcroft, who wasn't present at the awards ceremony.

1989

In 1989, Lansbury co-founded the production company Corymore Productions, which started co-producing the television series with Universal Television. This allowed Lansbury to have more creative input on the series. She was appointed an executive producer.

1991

Potts in Disney's animated fantasy film "Beauty and the Beast" (1991). Lansbury performed the film's title song, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

In 1991, she had Corymore House, a farmhouse at Ballywilliam, County Cork, built as her new family home. She spend Christmases and summers there. Following the end of "Murder, She Wrote", Lansbury returned to a career as a theatrical actress.

1996

By the time the series ended in 1996, it tied with the original "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980) as the longest-running detective drama series in television history. Her popularity from "Murder, She Wrote" made Lansbury a much sought figure for advertisers. She appeared in advertisements and infomercials for Bufferin, MasterCard and the Beatrix Potter Company. Lansbury's highest profile film in decades was voicing the character of singing teapot Mrs.

1997

1997: She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D.C.

1999

Angela Lansbury recreated the role of Mrs. Pollifax in the 1999 television movie who was originally in the movie was played by Rosalind Russell. She also recreated Miss Russell's title role in Auntie Mame (1958) in the original Broadway cast of the musical "Mame".

2000

2000: She was the recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center Honors in 2000 for her services to the arts.

2001

She temporarily retired from the stage in 2001, to take care of her husband Peter Shaw, whose health was failing.

2003

Shaw died in 2003, from congestive heart failure at the couple's Brentwood, California home.

2005

Her first prominent film role in years was that of Aunt Adelaide in the fantasy film "Nanny McPhee" (2005). She credits her performance in the film with pulling her out of depression,a state of mind which had lasted since her husband's death.

2006

She moved back to New York City in 2006, buying a condominium in Manhattan.

2007

Lansbury returned to performing on the Broadway stage in 2007, after an absence of 23 years.

2009

In 2009, she won her fifth Tony Award.

2010

In the 2010s, she continued regularly appearing in theatrical performances,.

2013

In November 2013, it was announced that NBC would reboot Murder, She Wrote (1984) with Octavia Spencer in the role of Jessica Fletcher. Lansbury was unhappy about the idea, but was relieved when, in January 2014, the network decided not to go forward with the project.

2014

In 2014. she returned to the London stage, after an absence of nearly 40 years.

2015

In 2015, Lansbury received her first Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress. At age 89, she was among the oldest first-time winners.

Also in 2015, November 2015 was awarded the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre.

2017

In 2017, she was cast as Aunt March in the mini-series "Little Women".

2018

In 2018, Lansbury gained her next film role in Disney's fantasy film "Mary Poppins Returns" (2018), a sequel to "Mary Poppins". Lansbury was cast in the role of the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sells balloons at the park. The films was a commercial hit, earning about 350 million dollars at the worldwide box office.

2019

In 2019, Lansbury performed at a one-night benefit staging of Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895). a farce satirizing Victorian morals. She was cast in the role of society lady Lady Bracknell, mother to Gwendolen Fairfax.