Angela Lansbury är barnbarn till George Lansbury och studerade vid teaterskola från tidig barndom. Posteriormente, em 1979, viria a participar na ópera ligeira de Stephen Sondheim, intitulada "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", papel que a atriz considerou em 2006 ser aquele pelo qual talvez viesse a ser mais recordada enquanto atriz de teatro musical. Directed by Anthony Page.

The Tony-winning musical, starring Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou, opened at the Uris Theatre March 1, 1979. Angela Lansbury nasceu em Londres, Inglaterra, em 16 de Outubro de 1925, em uma família de classse média alta. Original Sweeney Todd Len Cariou Joins Angela Lansbury for Irish ... the original cast of the 1979 Sondheim musical. Stephen Sondheim, Len Cariou, Angela Lansbury - Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Original Broadway Cast) - Amazon.com Music Celebrate More Than 40 Years of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd … Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Cris Groenendaal, Len Cariou, Victor Garber - Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Original Broadway Cast) - Amazon.com Music Angela Lansbury is credited as Performer and Other. [1] A sua mãe era uma atriz de origem irlandesa, Moyna Macgill que iniciou a sua carreira no cinema mudo, em 1920, no filme britânico Garryowen. 祖父は労働党の党首だったジョージ・ランズベリー（Lansbury）、父親は政治家のエドガー・ランズベリー（Edgar Lansbury） 、母親は貴族の血を引く女優のモイナ・マクギル（Moyna MacGill）。1940年にアメリカ合衆国に渡り、1951年にアメリカ市民になった。 1940, [1] när London drabbades av Blitzen under andra världskriget, begav hon sig till New York, där hon fortsatte sina teaterstudier medan hon försörjde sig som affärsbiträde. IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. While travelling in pre-war Nazi Germany, a young couple realize a passenger seems to have been kidnapped off of their train, but, no other passenger aside from themselves, recalls her. Moyna viria a contracenar com a filha em duas longas metragens: The Picture of Dorian Gray, em 1945 e Kind Lady, em 1951. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (often referred to simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler.It is based on the 1973 play of the same name by Christopher Bond. Em 1971, Lansbury aceitou o papel principal no musical "Prettybelle". With Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom.

An actress and singer who enjoyed a prolific career in Hollywood before blossoming into a star of Broadway musicals in the ’60s.