Lansbury made her Broadway debut in 1957's Hotel Paradiso . She worked consistently on Broadway through the 1960s and 1970s, taking on such roles as Cora Hoover Hooper in Anyone Can Whistle , Rose in Gypsy , Mame Dennis in Mame , Anna in The King and I and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd .
Following a nearly 25-year hiatus, she returned to the Great White Way in the 2007 production of Terrence McNally's Deuce . Lansbury was last on Broadway as Mrs. Sue-Ellen Gamadge in Gore Vidal's election-time comedy The Best Man .
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Celebrating More Than 60 Years of Angela Lansbury on the Stage
Celebrating More Than 60 Years of Angela Lansbury on the Stage
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Angela Lansbury in 1945
Angela Lansbury and Joan Plowright in A Taste of Honey , 1960
Angela Lansbury and Joan Plowright in A Taste of Honey , 1960
Angela Lansbury in A Taste of Honey , 1960
James Frawley, Angela Lansbury and Arnold Soboloff in Anyone Can Whistle , 1964
Angela Lansbury and company of A Little Family Business, 1982
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Angela Lansbury in A Little Family Business, 1982
Angela Lansbury and John McMartin in A Little Family Business, 1982
Angela Lansbury in Mame , 1966
Angela Lansbury in Mame , 1966
Angela Lansbury in Mame
Angela Lansbury in Mame.
Angela Lansbury and company in Mame
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Angela Lansbury and Anne Francine in Mame
Angela Lansbury and cast in Mame , 1966
Angela Lansbury, Jane Connell, Sab Shimono and Frankie Michaels in Mame , 1966
Milo O’Shea and Angela Lansbury in Dear World , 1969
Angela Lansbury and Kurt Peterson in Dear World , 1969
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Angela Lansbury in Dear World , 1969
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Ed Riley and Angela Lansbury
Bonnie Langford, Lisa Peluso, and Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury and Zan Charisse
Angela Lansbury and Zan Charisse
Angela Lansbury and Rex Robbins
Bonnie Langford, Lisa Peluso, and Angela Lansbury
Charles Rule, Rex Robbins, and Angela Lansbury
Zan Charisse, Angela Lansbury, and Maureen Moore
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Zan Charisse, Angela Lansbury, and Rex Robbins
Mary Louise Wilson, Zan Charisse and Angela Lansbury in Gypsy , 1974
Zan Charisse, Angela Lansbury and Rex Robbins in Gypsy , 1974
Angela Lansbury and in Gypsy , 1974
Zan Charisse, Angela Lansbury and Rex Robbins in Gypsy , 1974
Angela Lansbury and children in The King and I
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Angela Lansbury and children in The King and I
Angela Lansbury in The King and I
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Angela Lansbury and Michael Kermoyan in The King and I
Angela Lansbury in The King and I
Angela Lansbruy in The King and I
Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd
Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd
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Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou in Sweeney Todd
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Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou in Sweeney Todd
Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd
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Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou
Angela Lansbury and Jack Eric Williams
Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou
Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou
Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou
Len Cariou, Merle Louise, and Angela Lansbury
Len Cariou, Victor Garber, and Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury
Martha Swope
Deuce Playbill
Marian Seldes and Angela Lansbury in Deuce
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Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury
Blithe Spirit Playbill
Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury, Rupert Everett and Susan Louise O'Connor
Deborah Rush, Rupert Everett, Angela Lansbury, Jayne Atkinson and Simon Jones
A Little Night Music Playbill - Opening Night
Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Keaton Whittaker
Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones
Joan Marcus
The Best Man Playbill - Opening Night
Angela Lansbury and Candice Bergen in The Best Man , 2012
Angela Lansbury in The Best Man , 2012
Kerry Butler, Eric McCormack and Angela Lansbury in The Best Man , 2012
John Larroquette, Angela Lansbury and Candice Bergen in The Best Man , 2012
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