Happy birthday, Angela Lansbury! The beloved singer and actress turns 91 on October 16, 2016.
Last month, Lansbury brought tears to many an eye with her surprise performance of “Tale As Old As Time” for the 25th anniversary screening of Beauty and the Beast in New York.
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Younger viewers may know her as the motherly teapot Mrs. Potts from the Disney classic, but millions of fans also remember her as sleuth Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote, the scheming Mrs. Iselin from The Manchurian Candidate, or the quirky Miss Eglantine Prince from Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
In honor of Lansbury’s birthday, here are clips of some of her best performances:
“Tale As Old As Time” from Beauty and the Beast (2016 anniversary performance)
“Tale As Old as Time” (1991)
“Substitutiary Locomotion” from Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Trailer for Gaslight
An 18-year-old Lansbury made her film debut in this mystery-thriller starring Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman.
Sweeney Todd (1982)
Lansbury played the villainous Mrs. Lovett in this TV adaptation of the Sondheim musical.
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996)
Lansbury was nominated for 10 Golden Globes and 12 Emmys for her work on this long-running detective series.
The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
Pirates of Penzance (1983)
Lansbury played Ruth in this 1983 production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera.
Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
Lansbury starred alongside Omar Sharif and Diana Rigg in this TV adaptation of Paul Gallico’s 1958 novel.