Angela Lansbury
Actor
Films to Rent
Harvey Girls, The (1945)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger…
- A much–loved, if rather formless musical about the heyday of the railroad in the Old West and the Harvey House restaurants which sprang up…
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley, Henry Koster
Feat. Robert Walker, June Allyson, Lucille Bremer…
- A technicolor MGM musical, which was the first in a series of biopics by MGM about Broadway composers: this one is a fictionalised account of the…
State of the Union (1948)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury
- An idealistic industrialist is urged to run for President, but finds uncomfortable compromises are required on both a political and marital level.…
Mutiny (1952)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Mark Stevens
- Adventure movie set during the War of 1812, where a captain collecting a war loan of gold finds that his crew have plotted a mutiny to try to obtain…
Life at Stake, A (1954)
- Dir. Paul Guilfoyle
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglas Dumbrille…
- Minor noir elevated by the presence of Lansbury as a seductress who's business proposition to a struggling architect may not be strictly financial.
Court Jester, The (1956)
- Dir. Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Feat. Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury
- Much–loved comedy thrives off the charms of Danny Kaye as a bogus jester entangled in spoofed up royal intrigues from the Middle Ages. Basil…
Please Murder Me (Please Murder Me!) (1956)
- Dir. Peter Godfrey
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran…
- Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury square off in this tough–minded noir about a lawyers who successfully defends his client only to discover…
Breath of Scandal, A (1960)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, Angela Lansbury…
- SoufflĂ©–light romance tuned to the love streams of Vienna, with a regal Sophia Loren courted by handsome American John Gavin. Sweet,…
Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh…
- Politically–charged nail–biter with Frank Sinatra experiencing post–war paranoia about a fellow soldier who may have been…
World of Henry Orient, The (1964)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury…
- An irreverant and oddly unique Sellers comedy, in which the 'Pink Panther' plays a NYC concert pianist who is 'stalked' by two teenage devotees,…
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Angela Lansbury
- An apprentice witch wants to use her powers to contribute to the English war effort against the Nazis, plus a trip to the cartoon Island of…
Death on the Nile (1978)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, David Niven…
- An overlong yet none–the–less charming version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. Peter Ustinov, as the definitive Hercule Poirot, holds…
Lady Vanishes, The (1979)
- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury…
- Curious, though lackluster remake of Hitchcock's classic train thriller. Angela Lansbury plays the vanishing lady whose disappearance is investigated…
Mirror Crack'd, The (1980)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis…
- Pleasant fun, this Agatha Christie whodunit concerns a quartet of 50s movie stars – played by four real movie stars – embroiled in…
Pirates of Penzance, The (1980)
- Dir. Wilford Leach, Joshua White
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt…
- A lively version of the Gilbert and Sullivan show, performed live at Delacorte Theatre in Central Park.
Pirates of Penzance (1982)
- Dir. Wilford Leach
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Rondstadt…
- Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury star in this hammy screen version of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous operetta.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
- Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal
- TV movie of the 1979 Broadway hit, originally staged by Harold Prince, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Set in London in 1846, where Barber…
Company of Wolves (1984)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Stephen Rea
- This modest, dream–like horror fantasy was liked so much by author Anne Rice, it led to the Irish director calling the shots on INTERVIEW WITH…
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (1984-1990)
- Feat. Angela Lansbury
- The archetypal amateur sleuth series, this long–running show starred the indomitable Angela Lansbury as a mystery…
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
- Dir. Anthony Shaw
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Diana Rigg, Omar Sharif
- In this Francophilic fantasy, Angela Lansbury makes a pilgrimage to Paris to purchase an haute couture evening gown from the House of Dior. Fantastic…
Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, The (1998)
- Dir. Anthony Shaw
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Ed Bishop, Peter Bland
- Game old lady Angela Lansbury fulfils her life ambition to be a CIA–spy when she's accidentally sent on a mission to Morocco. Although this has…
Nanny McPhee (2005)
- Dir. Kirk Jones
Feat. Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald…
- A well–bred British entertainment for children which fuses the traditional likes of MARY POPPINS with the current wave of gothic fantasy (Harry…
Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
- Dir. Mark Waters
Feat. Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury…
- Jim Carrey grins and bears his way through this good–natured animal farce, about a businessman who inherits six penguins, and promptly…