Angela Lansbury Movies

Angela Lansbury in 1944’s Gaslight

Want to know the best Angela Lansbury movies?  How about the worst Angela Lansbury movies?  Curious about Angela Lansbury box office grosses or which Angela Lansbury movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Angela Lansbury movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
 
Angela Lansbury (1925-2022) was a 3-time Oscar® nominated British actress.  Her career lasted 8 decades!  Her IMDb page shows 109 acting credits from 1944-2018. This page will rank Angela Lansbury movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.  Her many television appearances and a few movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.

Angela Lansbury in 1962’s The Manchurian Candidate

Angela Lansbury Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Angela Lansbury Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Angela Lansbury movies by co-stars of his movies.
  • Sort Angela Lansbury movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Angela Lansbury movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Angela Lansbury movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Angela Lansbury movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Angela Lansbury movie won.
  • Sort Angela Lansbury movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Angela Lansbury Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses 

Angela Lansbury in 1980’s The Mirror Crack’d

Possibly Interesting Facts About Angela Lansbury

  1. Angela Brigid Lansbury was born in Regent’s Park, Central London in 1925.

2. Angela Lansbury met writer John Van Druten when she was 17.  Van Druten who had recently co-authored a script for 1944’s Gaslight,  suggested that Lansbury would be perfect for the role of Nancy Oliver, a conniving cockney maid.  Lansbury accepted the role and would receive her first of three Oscar® nominations for the role.  Not a bad start to a career.

3. Angela Lansbury was married 2 times and has two children.

4. Angela Lansbury was offered the role of Nurse Ratchet in 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest but turned it down because she didn’t think she could handle the role.

5. Angela Lansbury was nominated for three Oscars®….she never won.  She was nominated for 4 Golden Globes® (movie roles)….she won twice.  In 2014 she was given a Honorary Oscar®.

6. Angela Lansbury is one of the last stars (I think) still living in the following 1949 MGM studio photo.  Can you name the other one?

7.  Angela Lansbury became a household name when she starred as Jessica Fletcher on the television show…Murder She Wrote.  She played that role from 1984 to 1996. Check out Angela Lansbury’s movie career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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58 thoughts on “Angela Lansbury Movies

  1. Mom just told me about Angela Lansbury dying. She was one of the last remaining stars of the studio system era. I adored her. This id so sad. Rest in peace

    1. Hey Flora. I agree with you 100%. There is a famous MGM photo from 1949. It featured many many movie stars and movie legends….she was one of the last ones around from that photo. Still think there might be one left….but it is possible she was the last one. RIP.

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