Angela Lansbury

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury, DBE.

Actress. Recipient of five Tony Awards and six Golden Globe Awards.

Nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Nominated for eighteen Emmy Awards.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) bestowed upon her a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. She received an honouary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2013.

She was apppointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1994 and elevated to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2014.

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