Angela Lansbury's Best Performances

Gaslight (1944) AZ Gaslight (1944) Set in Victorian London, the film was directed by George Cukor and starred Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. Lansbury was cast as Nancy Oliver, a conniving cockney maid (at that time she was 17 and had to be accompanied to the set by a social worker). The film had mixed reviews from the critics but went on to be nominated for six Academy Awards, Winning for Best Actress and Art Direction. Lansbury earned her first Best Supporting Actress nod. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) AZ The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) After taking a minor role as Elizabeth Taylor’s elder sister in National Velvet, she took the part of Sybil Vane, a working-class music hall...