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Angela Lansbury’s Milestones
| Briefly went on unemployment in the early 1950s after her MGM contract expired | |
| Due to family problems, retreated to Ireland in the early 1970s | |
| Formed Corymore Productions | |
| Signed to contract at MGM after a screen test | |
| 1940 | Moved to America with family; first settled in NYC |
| 1942 | Family moved to Los Angeles |
| 1942 | Worked as a singer at the Samovar Club in Montreal |
| 1944 | Nominated for an Academy Award for her film debut in "Gaslight" as the slightly malevolent maid Nancy |
| 1945 | First leading lady role in film, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"; earned second Academy Award nomination |
| 1946 | Portrayed a madam in "The Harvey Girls"; singing voice dubbed |
| 1948 | Played a matronly newspaper editor in "State of the Union" (was only 23 years old) |
| 1953 | American TV debut, "Revlon Mirror Theater" |
| 1957 | Broadway debut, "Hotel Paradiso" co-starring Burt Lahr |
| 1960 | Had stage success with the Broadway production of "A Taste of Honey" |
| 1960 | Received critical attention for her performance in the film "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" |
| 1962 | Received third Academy Award nomination for her role in "The Manchurian Candidate" as the mother of Laurence Harvey who was only three years her junior |
| 1964 | First Broadway musical, "Anyone Can Whistle"; first collaboration with composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim |
| 1966 | Cast in the title role of Mame Dennis in the Jerry Herman Broadway musical "Mame" |
| 1968 | Re-teamed with Jerry Herman for the musical "Dear World" |
| 1970 | Co-starred in the Harold Prince directed "Something for Everyone" |
| 1971 | Appeared in the Disney animated-live action feature "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"; last film for seven years |
| 1972 | Made London stage debut in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "All Over" |
| 1974 - 1975 | Cast in the role of Mama Rose in the Broadway revival of the musical "Gypsy"; lyrics provided by Stephen Sondheim |
| 1978 | Played Anna for two weeks in the Broadway revival of "The King and I" opposite Yul Brynner |
| 1978 | Returned to features as a dotty novelist in the Agatha Christie adaptation "Death on the Nile" |
| 1979 | Triumphed as the Cockney baker Mrs. Lovett in Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street: A Musical Thriller" |
| 1980 | Portrayed the Agatha Christie sleuth Miss Marple in "The Mirror Crack'd" |
| 1982 | Had featured role of Ruth in the film version of the New York Shakespeare Production of "The Pirates of Penzance" |
| 1982 | Portrayed Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in the NBC miniseries "Little Gloria... Happy at Last" |
| 1982 | Reprised role as Mrs. Lovett in the Showtime adaptation of "Sweeney Todd" |
| 1984 - 1996 | Starred as Jessica Fletcher in hit TV series "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS) |
| 1985 | Played Granny in Neil Jordan's "The Company of Wolves" |
| 1989 | Starred in the ABC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation of "The Shell Seekers" |
| 1991 | Voiced the character of Mrs Potts in Disney's animated "Beauty and the Beast"; sang Oscar-winning title song |
| 1992 | Became executive producer of "Murder, She Wrote" |
| 1992 | Starred in the CBS TV-movie "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris"; directed by son, Anthony Shaw |
| 1994 | Named a Comander of the British Empire |
| 1996 | Had title role in the CBS original musical "Mrs. Santa Claus" |
| 1996 | Production company, Corymore, signed development deal with Universal |
| 1997 | Reprised signature role of Jessica Fletcher in the CBS TV-movie "Murder, She Wrote: South By Southwest" |
| 1997 | Voiced the character of the Dowager Empress in the animated film "Anastasia" |
| 2000 | Again played sleuth Jessica Fletcher in "Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For" (CBS) |
| 2004 | Starred in the CBS drama "The Blackwater Lightship"; earned an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actress in a Miniseries |
| 2005 | Earned an Emmy nomination for her guest-starring role on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) |
| 2006 | Co-starred with Emma Thompson and Colin Firth in "Nanny McPhee"; also scripted by Thompson |
| 2007 | Returned to Broadway to star opposite Marian Seldes as retired women tennis players in "Deuce"; earned a Tony nomination |
| 2009 | Cast as Madame Arkati in the Broadway revival of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" |
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