ACTOR

Angela Lansbury

1925 - 2022

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Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was a British-American actress. In a career spanning 80 years, she played various roles across film, stage, and television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angela Lansbury has received more than 22,043,884 page views. Her biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Angela Lansbury is the 258th most popular actor (up from 266th in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 378th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Actor.

Angela Lansbury is a British-American actress known for her prolific career in film, television, and stage, and for her iconic role as Jessica Fletcher in the TV series "Murder, She Wrote."

Memorability Metrics

  • 22M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Angela Lansbury ranks 258 out of 13,578. Before her are Malcolm McDowell, Mads Mikkelsen, Nick Nolte, Faye Dunaway, Reese Witherspoon, and James Coburn. After her are Alan Bates, Bill Murray, Sylvia Kristel, Emma Thompson, Talia Shire, and Giuliano Gemma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Angela Lansbury ranks 28. Before her are Jack Lemmon, Rock Hudson, Jacques Delors, Peter Sellers, Michel Piccoli, and Douglas Engelbart. After her are Ananda Mahidol, Nílton Santos, Gabriele Amorth, Simon van der Meer, Frantz Fanon, and Ernst Happel. Among people deceased in 2022, Angela Lansbury ranks 29. Before her are Francisco Gento, Uwe Seeler, Kane Tanaka, Sidney Poitier, Dietrich Mateschitz, and Thích Nhất Hạnh. After her are Lata Mangeshkar, Peter Brook, Wolfgang Petersen, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Bruno Latour, and Mylène Demongeot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Angela Lansbury ranks 349 out of 8,785. Before her are David Beckham (1975), Malcolm McDowell (1943), Chaim Herzog (1918), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), William Henry Bragg (1862), and G. K. Chesterton (1874). After her are Christopher Marlowe (1564), Alan Bates (1934), Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960), Thomas Paine (1737), Emma Thompson (1959), and Richard Wright (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Angela Lansbury ranks 41. Before her are Peter Sellers (1925), Jacqueline Bisset (1944), John Hurt (1940), Robbie Coltrane (1950), Ian McShane (1942), and Malcolm McDowell (1943). After her are Alan Bates (1934), Emma Thompson (1959), Colin Firth (1960), Benny Hill (1924), Hugh Grant (1960), and Kenneth Branagh (1960).

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Television and Movie Roles

Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
Oct 22o 19917.7 / 10
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mrs. Van Gundy
Tom Popper is a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.
Jun 17o 20115.961 / 10
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Miss Price
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Oct 7o 19717 / 10