Angela Lansbury in 1944’s Gaslight
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Angela Lansbury (1925-2022) was a 3-time Oscar® nominated British actress. Her career lasted 8 decades! Her IMDb page shows 109 acting credits from 1944-2018. This page will rank Angela Lansbury movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her many television appearances and a few movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.
Angela Lansbury in 1962’s The Manchurian Candidate
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Angela Brigid Lansbury was born in Regent’s Park, Central London in 1925.
2. Angela Lansbury met writer John Van Druten when she was 17. Van Druten who had recently co-authored a script for 1944’s Gaslight, suggested that Lansbury would be perfect for the role of Nancy Oliver, a conniving cockney maid. Lansbury accepted the role and would receive her first of three Oscar® nominations for the role. Not a bad start to a career.
3. Angela Lansbury was married 2 times and has two children.
4. Angela Lansbury was offered the role of Nurse Ratchet in 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest but turned it down because she didn’t think she could handle the role.
5. Angela Lansbury was nominated for three Oscars®….she never won. She was nominated for 4 Golden Globes® (movie roles)….she won twice.In 2014 she was given a Honorary Oscar®.
6. Angela Lansbury is one of the last stars (I think) still living in the following 1949 MGM studio photo. Can you name the other one?
7. Angela Lansbury became a household name when she starred as Jessica Fletcher on the television show…Murder She Wrote. She played that role from 1984 to 1996. Check out Angela Lansbury’s movie career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Cogerson
I have little to add to the earlier fine posts. You note that she has been making movies for over 70 years and there aren’t many that can match that. True, but there are some like Mickey Rooney and Peggy Stewart.
But what about the time gap in winning acting awards? Lansbury was nominated for Oscars in ;1944 and 1945, and won a Golden Globe in 1945. She won a stage Olivier award in 2015. That is winning acting awards over a 70 year period! Can;’t think of anyone else who can match that record.
One thing I have noticed in your pages on Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Robert Young, and Lansbury. All were MGM stars and all were in hit TV series. Some ex-MGM star was in a hit TV show all the way from the dawn of TV to near the end of the 20th century, and often several of them at one time.. I guess this reflects the number of stars under contract at MGM, and also the quality of the performers.
Angela Lansbury is one of the all rounders with movies, theatre and T.V. But I think her greatest triumph was on Broadway, winning all those Tony’s. I always liked Murder She Wrote, but I always smiled everytime I think of Jessica Fletcher, because in almost every episode, the murderer or the victim turns out to be somebody she has known for years. You would end up avoiding her like the plague!
As for her movie career, she started off really well with Gaslight and Dorian Grey. And I’m really surprised that her career didn’t take off by the 50’s. But maybe she was just happy staying in character parts. As a kid one of my favourite movies was Bedknobs and Broomsticks, although not a critical success, I always thought was fantastic, especially the songs.
And of course then Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast. My brother in law saw her in London about 2 years ago and he said she was fantastic. And in 2007, she was playing New York, I so desperately wanted to go see her but I couldn’t talk any of my family into going so we ended up going to see Legally Blonde. Says it all really about what I have to put up with! I said to my son, this woman is a legend and he replied, yes dad in your head. But not in mine.
Hey Chris
1. Great comment on Ms. Lansbury.
2. I agree she is somebody that has had and still has great success on venues of acting…from Broadway to movies to television.
3. That is funny about all the murderers on Murder She Wrote.
4. Looking at her filmography….it looks like she concentrated on movies from 1944 to the early 1950s….before turning her attention to the other venues.
5. With the release of Mary Poppins 2 she will have a 74 gap between her first movie and maybe her last movie….not many can make that claim.
🙂
I don’t recognize everyone in the picture but I see 4 others besides Angela that are alive – Dean Stockwell, Jane Powell, Claude Jarman Jr. (top row, kid from The Yearling) and Arlene Dahl. No Margaret O’Brien in the picture, she was at MGM then and is still alive. Angela is no longer on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list but she was # 326 on the original list in 2000 and she’ll be 93 when Mary Poppins Returns comes out on Christmas Day 2018 which she’s in along with Meryl Streep who will add another Oscar winner to her tally. These are the people on the current list (some now long gone) who appeared in films with Angela.
19 JOHN SAVAGE Beauty and the Beast (1987)
20 MAX VON SYDOW The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
33 FRANK WELKER Beauty and the Beast (1991)
35 CHRISTOPHER LEE The Last Unicorn (1982)
58 ELLIOTT GOULD The Lady Vanishes (1979)
65 ROBERT LOGGIA The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
69 MARTIN LANDAU The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
84 PHILIP BAKER HALL Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
91 JAMES EARL JONES Beauty and the Beast (1981)
99 ALAN ARKIN The Last Unicorn (1982)
122 GERALDINE CHAPLIN The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
126 TERENCE STAMP The Company of Wolves (1984)
142 ERNEST BORGNINE Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
172 MICHAEL YORK Something for Everyone (1970)
213 MARSHALL BELL HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
226 PIERCE BROSNAN The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
245 MICKEY ROONEY National Velvet (1944)
247 CHARLTON HESTON The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
305 JEFF BRIDGES The Last Unicorn (1982)
309 DAVID WARNER The Company of Wolves (1984)
312 JULIAN SANDS HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
313 GEORGE KENNEDY Death on the Nile (1978)
323 DONALD PLEASENCE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
341 RICHARD KIND HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
365 JEFFREY TAMBOR Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
383 ROSEMARY HOWARD MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (2011)
443 CARLA GUGINO Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
452 GENE LEBELL Blue Hawaii (1961)
478 JOHN SAXON The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
518 KEVIN KLINE The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
536 JOANNE BARON HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
548 HENRY SILVA The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
551 EMMA THOMPSON Nanny McPhee (2005)
585 JIM CARREY Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
622 RALPH MORATZ BLUE HAWAII (1961)
622 RALPH MORATZ THE PURPLE MASK (1955)
662 DEREK JACOBI Nanny McPhee (2005)
691 JOSEPH BASILE MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (2011)
709 COLIN FIRTH Nanny McPhee (2005)
731 CLARK GREGG MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (2011)
762 JACK WARDEN Death on the Nile (1978)
781 SHELLEY WINTERS The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
805 JANE FONDA In the Cool of the Day (1963)
855 LESLIE NIELSEN Harlow (1965/I)
897 TONY CURTIS The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
897 TONY CURTIS The Purple Mask (1955)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
932 STEPHEN REA HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
932 STEPHEN REA The Company of Wolves (1984)
957 DAVID KRUMHOLTZ MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (2011)
975 MIA FARROW Death on the Nile (1978)
975 MIA FARROW The Last Unicorn (1982)
Arthur is of course gone now.
People on the 2000 list now gone who appeared with Angela are;
9 ORSON WELLES The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
14 JOHN CARRADINE The Court Jester (1956)
14 JOHN CARRADINE The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
25 RODDY MCDOWELL Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
25 RODDY MCDOWELL The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
43 KEENAN WYNN Kind Lady (1951)
43 KEENAN WYNN The Last Unicorn (1982)
43 KEENAN WYNN The Three Musketeers (1948)
48 MARTIN BALSAM Harlow (1965/I)
67 PAUL NEWMAN The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
75 CAMERON MITCHELL Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
77 JOSE FERRER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
98 HERBERT LOM The Lady Vanishes (1979)
100 IAN WOLFE If Winter Comes (1947)
102 DAVID NIVEN Death on the Nile (1978)
122 JOHN MILLS Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
125 VINCENT PRICE The Three Musketeers (1948)
132 GLENN FORD Dear Heart (1964)
132 GLENN FORD The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
137 CARROLL BAKER Harlow (1965/I)
137 CARROLL BAKER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
144 PETER USTINOV Death on the Nile (1978)
146 MIKE MAZURKI Samson and Delilah (1949)
149 TELLY SAVALAS The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
153 JAMES GARNER Mister Buddwing (1966)
158 JOSEPH COTTEN Gaslight (1944)
164 HARRY ANDREWS Death on the Nile (1978)
166 SOPHIA LOREN A Breath of Scandal (1960)
169 JOHN DEHNER Please Murder Me (1956)
179 JOHN WAYNE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
189 VAL AVERY The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
220 RAF VALLONE Harlow (1965/I)
221 JOHN CRAWFORD The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
222 BESS FLOWERS A Lawless Street (1955)
222 BESS FLOWERS Blue Hawaii (1961)
222 BESS FLOWERS The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
222 BESS FLOWERS Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
231 SIDNEY POITIER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
237 PETER LAWFORD Harlow (1965/I)
237 PETER LAWFORD The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
237 PETER LAWFORD The Red Danube (1949)
255 ALEXANDER KNOX In the Cool of the Day (1963)
256 HANK WORDEN Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
270 FRANK SINATRA The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
270 FRANK SINATRA Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
271 PETER BROCCO Mutiny (1952)
273 GEORGE COULOURIS In the Cool of the Day (1963)
281 ELIZABETH TAYLOR National Velvet (1944)
281 ELIZABETH TAYLOR The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
299 FRITZ FELD Harlow (1965/I)
301 LEE J. COBB The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
302 RICHARD ANDERSON The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
308 SAM WANAMAKER Death on the Nile (1978)
323 GEORGE SANDERS Samson and Delilah (1949)
323 GEORGE SANDERS The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
323 GEORGE SANDERS The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
323 GEORGE SANDERS The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
359 KARL MALDEN All Fall Down (1962)
393 CHARLES BOYER Gaslight (1944)
393 CHARLES BOYER The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
395 WALTER PIDGEON If Winter Comes (1947)
395 WALTER PIDGEON The Red Danube (1949)
399 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
421 MICHAEL ANSARA The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
438 GLYNIS JOHNS The Court Jester (1956)
458 WARREN BEATTY All Fall Down (1962)
459 DABBS GREER Remains to Be Seen (1953)
467 VAN JOHNSON Remains to Be Seen (1953)
467 VAN JOHNSON State of the Union (1948)
467 VAN JOHNSON Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
473 RENE AUBERJONOIS The Last Unicorn (1982)
474 WILLIAM HOOTKINS The Lady Vanishes (1979)
481 LILLI PALMER The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
503 RICHARD CONTE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
508 ROBERT BLAKE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
522 RED BUTTONS Harlow (1965/I)
524 RICHARD WATTIS The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
531 LILYAN CHAUVIN The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
538 ARTHUR HILL In the Cool of the Day (1963)
553 DAN O’HERLIHY The Purple Mask (1955)
562 PAUL BRYAR All Fall Down (1962)
564 HARRY GUARDINO The Court Jester (1956)
571 CHARLES LANE Remains to Be Seen (1953)
571 CHARLES LANE State of the Union (1948)
583 PAUL STEWART The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
589 ROCK HUDSON The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
592 WHIT BISSELL The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
602 MAGGIE SMITH Death on the Nile (1978)
606 ALBERTO MORIN The Three Musketeers (1948)
610 EDWARD FOX The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
613 JOHN LE MESURIER In the Cool of the Day (1963)
617 PAUL FREES The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
617 PAUL FREES The Last Unicorn (1982)
617 PAUL FREES The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
621 RICHARD JOHNSON The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
623 RUSS TAMBLYN Samson and Delilah (1949)
631 MEG RYAN Anastasia (1997)
638 HUGH GRIFFITH The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
645 LAURENCE HARVEY The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
650 ARTHUR MALET Anastasia (1997)
650 ARTHUR MALET Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
673 PETER SELLERS The World of Henry Orient (1964)
680 TONY FRANCIOSA The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
682 RAY TEAL Samson and Delilah (1949)
682 RAY TEAL Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
682 RAY TEAL The Harvey Girls (1946)
682 RAY TEAL Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
694 STEVE GUTTENBERG HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
731 JOHN HOYT The Purple Mask (1955)
732 ARTHUR O’CONNELL State of the Union (1948)
783 JAMES FLAVIN The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
792 LOIS CHILES Death on the Nile (1978)
824 FRANK WILCOX Samson and Delilah (1949)
851 CEDRIC HARDWICKE The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
859 MYRON HEALEY Harlow (1965/I)
864 JERRY ORBACH Beauty and the Beast (1991)
871 DESMOND LLEWELYN The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
878 DENVER PYLE Mutiny (1952)
878 DENVER PYLE Please Murder Me (1956)
901 BERNARD LEE The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
918 BETTE DAVIS Death on the Nile (1978)
925 RAYMOND BURR Please Murder Me (1956)
932 NIGEL DAVENPORT In the Cool of the Day (1963)
952 CHARLES GRAY The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
961 NICKY BLAIR The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
963 FRANK FERGUSON A Lawless Street (1955)
965 MARY WICKES Dear Heart (1964)
969 BYRON FOULGER Mutiny (1952)
969 BYRON FOULGER Samson and Delilah (1949)
969 BYRON FOULGER The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
969 BYRON FOULGER The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
969 BYRON FOULGER The Three Musketeers (1948)
969 BYRON FOULGER Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
973 JEAN SIMMONS Mister Buddwing (1966)
980 VICTOR MATURE Samson and Delilah (1949)
982 BILLY BENEDICT Dear Heart (1964)
982 BILLY BENEDICT Harlow (1965/I)
Not counting Meryl Streep, Angela by my count has appeared with 43 Oscar winners.
ALAN ARKIN The Last Unicorn (1982)
ANNE BAXTER Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
BETTE DAVIS Death on the Nile (1978)
CHARLTON HESTON The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
COLIN FIRTH Nanny McPhee (2005)
DAVID NIVEN Death on the Nile (1978)
DONALD CRISP NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
DONNA REED The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR National Velvet (1944)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
EMMA THOMPSON Nanny McPhee (2005)
ERNEST BORGNINE Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
ETHEL BARRYMORE Kind Lady (1951)
ETHEL BARRYMORE The Red Danube (1949)
EVA MARIE SAINT All Fall Down (1962)
FRANK SINATRA The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
FRANK SINATRA Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
GEORGE KENNEDY Death on the Nile (1978)
GEORGE SANDERS Samson and Delilah (1949)
GEORGE SANDERS The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
GEORGE SANDERS The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
GEORGE SANDERS The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
GERALDINE PAGE Dear Heart (1964)
GIG YOUNG The Three Musketeers (1948)
INGRID BERGMAN Gaslight (1944)
JANE DARWELL A Life at Stake (1954)
JANE FONDA In the Cool of the Day (1963)
JEFF BRIDGES The Last Unicorn (1982)
JOANNE WOODWARD The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
JOHN MILLS Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
JOHN WAYNE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
JOSE FERRER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965)
KARL MALDEN All Fall Down (1962)
KATHARINE HEPBURN State of the Union (1948)
KEVIN KLINE The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
MAGGIE SMITH Death on the Nile (1978)
MARTIN BALSAM Harlow (1965/I)
MARTIN LANDAU The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
PAUL LUKAS The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
PAUL NEWMAN The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
PETER FINCH In the Cool of the Day (1963)
PETER USTINOV Death on the Nile (1978)
REX HARRISON The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
SHELLEY WINTERS The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
SIDNEY POITIER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
SOPHIA LOREN A Breath of Scandal (1960)
SPENCER TRACY State of the Union (1948)
VAN HEFLIN The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
VAN HEFLIN The Three Musketeers (1948)
VAN HEFLIN Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Congrats Dan! Neither did I recognize Stockwell nor did I notice Miss Dahl…but the worst:although I did recognize Miss Powell, I didn’t know that she was still alive 🙁
So the picture shows the following people:
1.Row: Lionel Barrymore, June Allyson, Leon Ames, Fred Astaire, Edward Arnold, (Lassie/Pal or one of his ancestors/offspring), Mary Astor, Ethel Barrymore, James Craig, Arlene Dahl.
2.Row: Gloria de Haven, Tom Drake, Jimmy Durante, Vera Ellen, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Betty Garrett, Edmund Gwenn, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin.
3.Row: Katharine Hepburn, John Hodiak, Claude Jarman, jr, Van Johnson, Jennifer Jones, Louis Jourdan, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Alf Kjellin, Miss Lansbury herself, Mario Lanza, Janet Leigh.
4.Row: Peter Lawford, Jeanette MacDonald, Ann Miller, Ricardo Montalban, Jules Munshin, George Murphy, Reginald Owen, Walter Pidgeon, Jane Powell, Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton.
Top Row: ???, Ann Sothern, J. Carrol Naish, Dean Stockwell, Lewis Stone, (Clinton Sundberg?), Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Spencer Tracy, Esther Williams, Keenan Wynn.
To Steve: I enjoyed your video on Miss Lansbury very much 😉
Hello Lupino,
I am so Sorry I did not recognise Louis Jourdan ( à french actor I remenbered him in the paradine case) but this photo is a little far and I préfère the 1944 MGM Stars photos where I çan see Jean Pierre Aumont, in the mean Time Lionel Barrymore is on the extrem left of the first row in 1944 and in1949 he is on the extrem left first row but he is on the two pictures and that is a Common point.
Thank you to give all the name except one or two, and I think you are an expert in classical movies in these decades.
A bientot
Pierre
Hey Pierre…I agree the 1944 photo is better…but they are both awesome to look at. I love that Errol Flynn got into this photo after spending years at Warners.
Hey Lupino…thanks for naming all of these stars….good work…..you are forgiven for your Jane Powell mistake….lol. I of course made the same mistake…not too mention thinking Jarman had passed away too.
good job. You probably just missed typing in Spring Byington who is seated between Ethel Barrymore and James Craig as she is front and center.
the ??? at beginning of the top row is I think Alexis Smith, who was at MGM (like Flynn) to make a film. She co-starred with Clark Gable.
Yes, and that one you had doubts about is indeed Clinton Sundberg. He was a regular character man at MGM back then.
I am certain you are correct about the first person in the second row being Gloria DeHaven, but boy is that an unflattering photo. I wouldn’t have guessed her.
And thanks for recognizing Alf Kjellin. I have to admit I have never even heard of him and am on my way to IMDB to find out who he was.
to myself. Turns out the Swedish actor Alf Kjellin used the name Christopher Kent in American movies. I have seen Madame Bovary, but don’t recall his role. Thanks again Lupino for identifying him.
Hey John,
Spring Byington is one of my fav character actresses of way back then- I didn’t even notice I forgot to mention her. Thanks for confirming Mr. Sundberg. He had one of those faces you immediately recognize when seeing him, but not knowing where to put him. The moment I published my post, it dawned on me that Alf Kjellin went by an english name during his early Hollywood days- but without an edit button, I couldn’t do much about it. I remember him for some swedish films (Bergman’s Torment and some I can’t come up with an english title for) as well as his parts in Ice Station Zebra and Ship of Fools, where he went under his real name. Did you know he worked as a director on TV quite successfully? His name popped up frequently on the credits of The Waltons, Dynasty and others.
About Alexis Smith being the mysterious lady behind the 3 questionmarks- not going to doubt you, but even with that name attached I don’t recognize her…but then, I had a hard time with quite a few celebs in that picture (Miss DeHaven, for example).. Thank you for your reply and help, greatly appreciated.
MGM 1949 Photo Lineup from my MGM book that also has the photo
Bottom Row: Right to Left: L. Barrymore, J. Allyson, Leon Ames, F. Astaire, Edward Arnold, Lassie, Mary Astor, E. Barrymore, Spring Byington, James Craig, Arlene Dahl
2nd Row: Gloria DeHavem, Tom Drake, J. Durante, Vera Ellen, Flynn, Gable, A. Gardner. J.Garland, Betty Garrett, Edmund Gwenn, K. Grayson, Van Heflin
3rd Row: K. Hepburn, John Hodiak, Claude Jarman Jr., V. Johnson, J. Jones, Louis Jourdan, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Christian Kent aka Alf Kjellin, Angela Lansbury, Mario Lanza, Janet Leigh
4th Row: Peter Lawford, J. MacDonald, Ann Miller, Ricardo Montalban, Jules Munshin, George Murphy, Reginald Owen, Walter Pidgeon, Jane Powell, G. Rogers, Frank, R. Skelton
5th row: Alexis Smith, Ann Sothern, J. Carrol Naish, Dean Stockwell, Lewis Stone, Clinton Sundberg, Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Spencer Tracy, Esther Williams, Keenan Wynn
Hey Dan
1. Good job of coming up with the 5 living members. Sorry the photo was so small….I have a huge version of that photo in a MGM book…but I could not get it to fit on the page.
2. I bet Arlene Dahl thinks Angels is still a young pup…..lol.
3. Surprised that Lansbury was so high on the 2000 list….seems her movie career was so long ago that she would not have that many connections.
4. Her old list is pretty massive indeed….she has worked with so many stars during her career.
5. 43 Oscar winners is ahead of many of these acting stars.
6. As always great feedback….especially on the photo.
Thank you for setting the record straight, Mr. Cogerson 🙂
Still, I would never have been able to identify Miss Smith on that photo- but to quote my good old friend Osgood Fielding lll: “Nobody’s perfect!”
Hey Lupino….she shows up better in my MGM book….as it is on two pages…and it is a very big book. It is one of my favorite pictures for sure….I especially like seeing Gable and Flynn together.
Before starring on television as Jessica Fletcher, Angela Lansbury had a prolific and highly successful career as a character actress in movies and as a Star of Broadway, winning 4 Tony Awards within 16 years. In Hollywood, while never a Top Star, she was beloved by the public in strong supporting parts, much like Thelma Ritter or Claire Trevor. I have seen 28 of the listed movies, and I must say she gave me the creeps in Manchurian Candidate. You mentioned her being only slightly younger than Laurence Harvey, but then Miss Lansbury was often cast as women older than her actual age. I loved her performance in The Long, Hot Summer as the mistress of Orson Welles, and noone would have guessed she was only 33 at the time. Other favorites include The Picture of Dorian Gray, Samson and Delilah, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, All Fall Down, Dear Heart, The Company of Wolves, The Mirror cracked (love the catfight Taylor vs. Novak) and Death on the Nile, although I think she was a little over the top as “authoress” Salome Otterbourne. Along with her many wins and nominations in other categories, she was nominated at least 15 times for a Prime Time Emmy Award- 12 nominations were for her performance as Jessica Fletcher!
Bruce, my “wild guess” concerning the MGM picture would be Claude Jarman,jr.
Thanks for adding another classic actress to this site!
Hey Lupino
1. We have a tie….you and Flora have both seen 28 Lansbury movies…..with Pierre in third place with 20….quick watch another Lansbury movie…lol.
2. I am right there with you in her performance in Long Hot Summer…amazing that she was only in her 30s.
3. Yet another comment on the greatness of Dorian Gray….I am going to have to track that movie down and watch it.
4. As great as an actress that Meryl Streep is….when comparing the same role in Manchurian Candidate….Lansbury blows Meryl off the screen. I think Lansbury gave lots of people the creeps when they saw that performance.
5. Your guess is correct…..I was thinking only Lansbury and Dean Stockwell were the only living people in that picture. But you are right Jarman is still alive as well as Arlene Dahl (thanks to Dan). Glad people are looking at that photo…it is one of my favorites.
Hello Bruce,
Amazing , I saw a lot of films of Angela Lansbury even I dont remember always her part for instance in Gaslight I think she was not a good person (memory)….
But I like her very much in Dorian and Death on the Nil…
I think I saw may be 20 films and my favorite part is in the three Musketeers where she plaid the Queen.
Bui I dont remember her in Harlow just Carrol Baker.
She was a very good miss Marple in the Mirror so I like her very much in the série Murder she Wrote…
And with my kids we saw her a lot in the Disney bedknobs by video k7.
I dont know she made a film with Elvis Presley one of my favorite singer .
In the photo of MGM that I dont know too I think I dont find all the name but in the main Time I found the two Barrymore ,Ethel and Lionel…a King and a Crooner.
Thanks again
Good day
Pierre
Hey Pierre.
1. Thanks for the tally count…your 20 puts you in second place…with only Flora topping you.
2. She got a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Gaslight…she was the maid in that one.
3. Lots of people have mentioned her Dorian Gray movie….I am going to have to watch that.
4. I agree she was outstanding as Ms. Marbles….which paved the way for her to play Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote.
5. I love that picture….you are correct there are two Barrymores in the front row.
Good comment.
Cogerson
I have little to add to the earlier fine posts. You note that she has been making movies for over 70 years and there aren’t many that can match that. True, but there are some like Mickey Rooney and Peggy Stewart.
But what about the time gap in winning acting awards? Lansbury was nominated for Oscars in ;1944 and 1945, and won a Golden Globe in 1945. She won a stage Olivier award in 2015. That is winning acting awards over a 70 year period! Can;’t think of anyone else who can match that record.
One thing I have noticed in your pages on Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Robert Young, and Lansbury. All were MGM stars and all were in hit TV series. Some ex-MGM star was in a hit TV show all the way from the dawn of TV to near the end of the 20th century, and often several of them at one time.. I guess this reflects the number of stars under contract at MGM, and also the quality of the performers.
Hi
Angela Lansbury is one of the all rounders with movies, theatre and T.V. But I think her greatest triumph was on Broadway, winning all those Tony’s. I always liked Murder She Wrote, but I always smiled everytime I think of Jessica Fletcher, because in almost every episode, the murderer or the victim turns out to be somebody she has known for years. You would end up avoiding her like the plague!
As for her movie career, she started off really well with Gaslight and Dorian Grey. And I’m really surprised that her career didn’t take off by the 50’s. But maybe she was just happy staying in character parts. As a kid one of my favourite movies was Bedknobs and Broomsticks, although not a critical success, I always thought was fantastic, especially the songs.
And of course then Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast. My brother in law saw her in London about 2 years ago and he said she was fantastic. And in 2007, she was playing New York, I so desperately wanted to go see her but I couldn’t talk any of my family into going so we ended up going to see Legally Blonde. Says it all really about what I have to put up with! I said to my son, this woman is a legend and he replied, yes dad in your head. But not in mine.
Hey Chris
1. Great comment on Ms. Lansbury.
2. I agree she is somebody that has had and still has great success on venues of acting…from Broadway to movies to television.
3. That is funny about all the murderers on Murder She Wrote.
4. Looking at her filmography….it looks like she concentrated on movies from 1944 to the early 1950s….before turning her attention to the other venues.
5. With the release of Mary Poppins 2 she will have a 74 gap between her first movie and maybe her last movie….not many can make that claim.
🙂
I don’t recognize everyone in the picture but I see 4 others besides Angela that are alive – Dean Stockwell, Jane Powell, Claude Jarman Jr. (top row, kid from The Yearling) and Arlene Dahl. No Margaret O’Brien in the picture, she was at MGM then and is still alive. Angela is no longer on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list but she was # 326 on the original list in 2000 and she’ll be 93 when Mary Poppins Returns comes out on Christmas Day 2018 which she’s in along with Meryl Streep who will add another Oscar winner to her tally. These are the people on the current list (some now long gone) who appeared in films with Angela.
19 JOHN SAVAGE Beauty and the Beast (1987)
20 MAX VON SYDOW The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
33 FRANK WELKER Beauty and the Beast (1991)
35 CHRISTOPHER LEE The Last Unicorn (1982)
58 ELLIOTT GOULD The Lady Vanishes (1979)
65 ROBERT LOGGIA The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
69 MARTIN LANDAU The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
84 PHILIP BAKER HALL Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
91 JAMES EARL JONES Beauty and the Beast (1981)
99 ALAN ARKIN The Last Unicorn (1982)
122 GERALDINE CHAPLIN The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
126 TERENCE STAMP The Company of Wolves (1984)
142 ERNEST BORGNINE Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
172 MICHAEL YORK Something for Everyone (1970)
213 MARSHALL BELL HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
226 PIERCE BROSNAN The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
245 MICKEY ROONEY National Velvet (1944)
247 CHARLTON HESTON The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
305 JEFF BRIDGES The Last Unicorn (1982)
309 DAVID WARNER The Company of Wolves (1984)
312 JULIAN SANDS HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
313 GEORGE KENNEDY Death on the Nile (1978)
323 DONALD PLEASENCE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
341 RICHARD KIND HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
365 JEFFREY TAMBOR Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
383 ROSEMARY HOWARD MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (2011)
443 CARLA GUGINO Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
452 GENE LEBELL Blue Hawaii (1961)
478 JOHN SAXON The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
518 KEVIN KLINE The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
536 JOANNE BARON HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
548 HENRY SILVA The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
551 EMMA THOMPSON Nanny McPhee (2005)
585 JIM CARREY Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
622 RALPH MORATZ BLUE HAWAII (1961)
622 RALPH MORATZ THE PURPLE MASK (1955)
662 DEREK JACOBI Nanny McPhee (2005)
691 JOSEPH BASILE MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (2011)
709 COLIN FIRTH Nanny McPhee (2005)
731 CLARK GREGG MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (2011)
762 JACK WARDEN Death on the Nile (1978)
781 SHELLEY WINTERS The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
805 JANE FONDA In the Cool of the Day (1963)
855 LESLIE NIELSEN Harlow (1965/I)
897 TONY CURTIS The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
897 TONY CURTIS The Purple Mask (1955)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
932 STEPHEN REA HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
932 STEPHEN REA The Company of Wolves (1984)
957 DAVID KRUMHOLTZ MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (2011)
975 MIA FARROW Death on the Nile (1978)
975 MIA FARROW The Last Unicorn (1982)
Arthur is of course gone now.
People on the 2000 list now gone who appeared with Angela are;
9 ORSON WELLES The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
14 JOHN CARRADINE The Court Jester (1956)
14 JOHN CARRADINE The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
25 RODDY MCDOWELL Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
25 RODDY MCDOWELL The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
43 KEENAN WYNN Kind Lady (1951)
43 KEENAN WYNN The Last Unicorn (1982)
43 KEENAN WYNN The Three Musketeers (1948)
48 MARTIN BALSAM Harlow (1965/I)
67 PAUL NEWMAN The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
75 CAMERON MITCHELL Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
77 JOSE FERRER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
98 HERBERT LOM The Lady Vanishes (1979)
100 IAN WOLFE If Winter Comes (1947)
102 DAVID NIVEN Death on the Nile (1978)
122 JOHN MILLS Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
125 VINCENT PRICE The Three Musketeers (1948)
132 GLENN FORD Dear Heart (1964)
132 GLENN FORD The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
137 CARROLL BAKER Harlow (1965/I)
137 CARROLL BAKER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
144 PETER USTINOV Death on the Nile (1978)
146 MIKE MAZURKI Samson and Delilah (1949)
149 TELLY SAVALAS The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
153 JAMES GARNER Mister Buddwing (1966)
158 JOSEPH COTTEN Gaslight (1944)
164 HARRY ANDREWS Death on the Nile (1978)
166 SOPHIA LOREN A Breath of Scandal (1960)
169 JOHN DEHNER Please Murder Me (1956)
179 JOHN WAYNE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
189 VAL AVERY The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
220 RAF VALLONE Harlow (1965/I)
221 JOHN CRAWFORD The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
222 BESS FLOWERS A Lawless Street (1955)
222 BESS FLOWERS Blue Hawaii (1961)
222 BESS FLOWERS The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
222 BESS FLOWERS Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
231 SIDNEY POITIER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
237 PETER LAWFORD Harlow (1965/I)
237 PETER LAWFORD The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
237 PETER LAWFORD The Red Danube (1949)
255 ALEXANDER KNOX In the Cool of the Day (1963)
256 HANK WORDEN Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
270 FRANK SINATRA The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
270 FRANK SINATRA Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
271 PETER BROCCO Mutiny (1952)
273 GEORGE COULOURIS In the Cool of the Day (1963)
281 ELIZABETH TAYLOR National Velvet (1944)
281 ELIZABETH TAYLOR The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
299 FRITZ FELD Harlow (1965/I)
301 LEE J. COBB The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
302 RICHARD ANDERSON The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
308 SAM WANAMAKER Death on the Nile (1978)
323 GEORGE SANDERS Samson and Delilah (1949)
323 GEORGE SANDERS The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
323 GEORGE SANDERS The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
323 GEORGE SANDERS The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
359 KARL MALDEN All Fall Down (1962)
393 CHARLES BOYER Gaslight (1944)
393 CHARLES BOYER The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
395 WALTER PIDGEON If Winter Comes (1947)
395 WALTER PIDGEON The Red Danube (1949)
399 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
421 MICHAEL ANSARA The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
438 GLYNIS JOHNS The Court Jester (1956)
458 WARREN BEATTY All Fall Down (1962)
459 DABBS GREER Remains to Be Seen (1953)
467 VAN JOHNSON Remains to Be Seen (1953)
467 VAN JOHNSON State of the Union (1948)
467 VAN JOHNSON Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
473 RENE AUBERJONOIS The Last Unicorn (1982)
474 WILLIAM HOOTKINS The Lady Vanishes (1979)
481 LILLI PALMER The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
503 RICHARD CONTE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
508 ROBERT BLAKE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
522 RED BUTTONS Harlow (1965/I)
524 RICHARD WATTIS The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
531 LILYAN CHAUVIN The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
538 ARTHUR HILL In the Cool of the Day (1963)
553 DAN O’HERLIHY The Purple Mask (1955)
562 PAUL BRYAR All Fall Down (1962)
564 HARRY GUARDINO The Court Jester (1956)
571 CHARLES LANE Remains to Be Seen (1953)
571 CHARLES LANE State of the Union (1948)
583 PAUL STEWART The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
589 ROCK HUDSON The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
592 WHIT BISSELL The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
602 MAGGIE SMITH Death on the Nile (1978)
606 ALBERTO MORIN The Three Musketeers (1948)
610 EDWARD FOX The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
613 JOHN LE MESURIER In the Cool of the Day (1963)
617 PAUL FREES The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
617 PAUL FREES The Last Unicorn (1982)
617 PAUL FREES The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
621 RICHARD JOHNSON The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
623 RUSS TAMBLYN Samson and Delilah (1949)
631 MEG RYAN Anastasia (1997)
638 HUGH GRIFFITH The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
645 LAURENCE HARVEY The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
650 ARTHUR MALET Anastasia (1997)
650 ARTHUR MALET Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
673 PETER SELLERS The World of Henry Orient (1964)
680 TONY FRANCIOSA The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
682 RAY TEAL Samson and Delilah (1949)
682 RAY TEAL Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
682 RAY TEAL The Harvey Girls (1946)
682 RAY TEAL Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
694 STEVE GUTTENBERG HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
731 JOHN HOYT The Purple Mask (1955)
732 ARTHUR O’CONNELL State of the Union (1948)
783 JAMES FLAVIN The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
792 LOIS CHILES Death on the Nile (1978)
824 FRANK WILCOX Samson and Delilah (1949)
851 CEDRIC HARDWICKE The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
859 MYRON HEALEY Harlow (1965/I)
864 JERRY ORBACH Beauty and the Beast (1991)
871 DESMOND LLEWELYN The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
878 DENVER PYLE Mutiny (1952)
878 DENVER PYLE Please Murder Me (1956)
901 BERNARD LEE The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
918 BETTE DAVIS Death on the Nile (1978)
925 RAYMOND BURR Please Murder Me (1956)
932 NIGEL DAVENPORT In the Cool of the Day (1963)
952 CHARLES GRAY The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
961 NICKY BLAIR The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
963 FRANK FERGUSON A Lawless Street (1955)
965 MARY WICKES Dear Heart (1964)
969 BYRON FOULGER Mutiny (1952)
969 BYRON FOULGER Samson and Delilah (1949)
969 BYRON FOULGER The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
969 BYRON FOULGER The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
969 BYRON FOULGER The Three Musketeers (1948)
969 BYRON FOULGER Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
973 JEAN SIMMONS Mister Buddwing (1966)
980 VICTOR MATURE Samson and Delilah (1949)
982 BILLY BENEDICT Dear Heart (1964)
982 BILLY BENEDICT Harlow (1965/I)
Not counting Meryl Streep, Angela by my count has appeared with 43 Oscar winners.
ALAN ARKIN The Last Unicorn (1982)
ANNE BAXTER Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
BETTE DAVIS Death on the Nile (1978)
CHARLTON HESTON The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
COLIN FIRTH Nanny McPhee (2005)
DAVID NIVEN Death on the Nile (1978)
DONALD CRISP NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
DONNA REED The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR National Velvet (1944)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
EMMA THOMPSON Nanny McPhee (2005)
ERNEST BORGNINE Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
ETHEL BARRYMORE Kind Lady (1951)
ETHEL BARRYMORE The Red Danube (1949)
EVA MARIE SAINT All Fall Down (1962)
FRANK SINATRA The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
FRANK SINATRA Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
GEORGE KENNEDY Death on the Nile (1978)
GEORGE SANDERS Samson and Delilah (1949)
GEORGE SANDERS The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
GEORGE SANDERS The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
GEORGE SANDERS The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
GERALDINE PAGE Dear Heart (1964)
GIG YOUNG The Three Musketeers (1948)
INGRID BERGMAN Gaslight (1944)
JANE DARWELL A Life at Stake (1954)
JANE FONDA In the Cool of the Day (1963)
JEFF BRIDGES The Last Unicorn (1982)
JOANNE WOODWARD The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
JOHN MILLS Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
JOHN WAYNE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
JOSE FERRER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965)
KARL MALDEN All Fall Down (1962)
KATHARINE HEPBURN State of the Union (1948)
KEVIN KLINE The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
MAGGIE SMITH Death on the Nile (1978)
MARTIN BALSAM Harlow (1965/I)
MARTIN LANDAU The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
PAUL LUKAS The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
PAUL NEWMAN The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
PETER FINCH In the Cool of the Day (1963)
PETER USTINOV Death on the Nile (1978)
REX HARRISON The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
SHELLEY WINTERS The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
SIDNEY POITIER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
SOPHIA LOREN A Breath of Scandal (1960)
SPENCER TRACY State of the Union (1948)
VAN HEFLIN The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
VAN HEFLIN The Three Musketeers (1948)
VAN HEFLIN Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Congrats Dan! Neither did I recognize Stockwell nor did I notice Miss Dahl…but the worst:although I did recognize Miss Powell, I didn’t know that she was still alive 🙁
So the picture shows the following people:
1.Row: Lionel Barrymore, June Allyson, Leon Ames, Fred Astaire, Edward Arnold, (Lassie/Pal or one of his ancestors/offspring), Mary Astor, Ethel Barrymore, James Craig, Arlene Dahl.
2.Row: Gloria de Haven, Tom Drake, Jimmy Durante, Vera Ellen, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Betty Garrett, Edmund Gwenn, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin.
3.Row: Katharine Hepburn, John Hodiak, Claude Jarman, jr, Van Johnson, Jennifer Jones, Louis Jourdan, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Alf Kjellin, Miss Lansbury herself, Mario Lanza, Janet Leigh.
4.Row: Peter Lawford, Jeanette MacDonald, Ann Miller, Ricardo Montalban, Jules Munshin, George Murphy, Reginald Owen, Walter Pidgeon, Jane Powell, Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton.
Top Row: ???, Ann Sothern, J. Carrol Naish, Dean Stockwell, Lewis Stone, (Clinton Sundberg?), Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Spencer Tracy, Esther Williams, Keenan Wynn.
To Steve: I enjoyed your video on Miss Lansbury very much 😉
Hello Lupino,
I am so Sorry I did not recognise Louis Jourdan ( à french actor I remenbered him in the paradine case) but this photo is a little far and I préfère the 1944 MGM Stars photos where I çan see Jean Pierre Aumont, in the mean Time Lionel Barrymore is on the extrem left of the first row in 1944 and in1949 he is on the extrem left first row but he is on the two pictures and that is a Common point.
Thank you to give all the name except one or two, and I think you are an expert in classical movies in these decades.
A bientot
Pierre
Hey Pierre…I agree the 1944 photo is better…but they are both awesome to look at. I love that Errol Flynn got into this photo after spending years at Warners.
Hey Lupino…thanks for naming all of these stars….good work…..you are forgiven for your Jane Powell mistake….lol. I of course made the same mistake…not too mention thinking Jarman had passed away too.
Lupino
good job. You probably just missed typing in Spring Byington who is seated between Ethel Barrymore and James Craig as she is front and center.
the ??? at beginning of the top row is I think Alexis Smith, who was at MGM (like Flynn) to make a film. She co-starred with Clark Gable.
Yes, and that one you had doubts about is indeed Clinton Sundberg. He was a regular character man at MGM back then.
I am certain you are correct about the first person in the second row being Gloria DeHaven, but boy is that an unflattering photo. I wouldn’t have guessed her.
And thanks for recognizing Alf Kjellin. I have to admit I have never even heard of him and am on my way to IMDB to find out who he was.
John
to myself. Turns out the Swedish actor Alf Kjellin used the name Christopher Kent in American movies. I have seen Madame Bovary, but don’t recall his role. Thanks again Lupino for identifying him.
Hey John,
Spring Byington is one of my fav character actresses of way back then- I didn’t even notice I forgot to mention her. Thanks for confirming Mr. Sundberg. He had one of those faces you immediately recognize when seeing him, but not knowing where to put him. The moment I published my post, it dawned on me that Alf Kjellin went by an english name during his early Hollywood days- but without an edit button, I couldn’t do much about it. I remember him for some swedish films (Bergman’s Torment and some I can’t come up with an english title for) as well as his parts in Ice Station Zebra and Ship of Fools, where he went under his real name. Did you know he worked as a director on TV quite successfully? His name popped up frequently on the credits of The Waltons, Dynasty and others.
About Alexis Smith being the mysterious lady behind the 3 questionmarks- not going to doubt you, but even with that name attached I don’t recognize her…but then, I had a hard time with quite a few celebs in that picture (Miss DeHaven, for example).. Thank you for your reply and help, greatly appreciated.
MGM 1949 Photo Lineup from my MGM book that also has the photo
Bottom Row: Right to Left: L. Barrymore, J. Allyson, Leon Ames, F. Astaire, Edward Arnold, Lassie, Mary Astor, E. Barrymore, Spring Byington, James Craig, Arlene Dahl
2nd Row: Gloria DeHavem, Tom Drake, J. Durante, Vera Ellen, Flynn, Gable, A. Gardner. J.Garland, Betty Garrett, Edmund Gwenn, K. Grayson, Van Heflin
3rd Row: K. Hepburn, John Hodiak, Claude Jarman Jr., V. Johnson, J. Jones, Louis Jourdan, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Christian Kent aka Alf Kjellin, Angela Lansbury, Mario Lanza, Janet Leigh
4th Row: Peter Lawford, J. MacDonald, Ann Miller, Ricardo Montalban, Jules Munshin, George Murphy, Reginald Owen, Walter Pidgeon, Jane Powell, G. Rogers, Frank, R. Skelton
5th row: Alexis Smith, Ann Sothern, J. Carrol Naish, Dean Stockwell, Lewis Stone, Clinton Sundberg, Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Spencer Tracy, Esther Williams, Keenan Wynn
Hey Dan
1. Good job of coming up with the 5 living members. Sorry the photo was so small….I have a huge version of that photo in a MGM book…but I could not get it to fit on the page.
2. I bet Arlene Dahl thinks Angels is still a young pup…..lol.
3. Surprised that Lansbury was so high on the 2000 list….seems her movie career was so long ago that she would not have that many connections.
4. Her old list is pretty massive indeed….she has worked with so many stars during her career.
5. 43 Oscar winners is ahead of many of these acting stars.
6. As always great feedback….especially on the photo.
Thank you for setting the record straight, Mr. Cogerson 🙂
Still, I would never have been able to identify Miss Smith on that photo- but to quote my good old friend Osgood Fielding lll: “Nobody’s perfect!”
Hey Lupino….she shows up better in my MGM book….as it is on two pages…and it is a very big book. It is one of my favorite pictures for sure….I especially like seeing Gable and Flynn together.
Before starring on television as Jessica Fletcher, Angela Lansbury had a prolific and highly successful career as a character actress in movies and as a Star of Broadway, winning 4 Tony Awards within 16 years. In Hollywood, while never a Top Star, she was beloved by the public in strong supporting parts, much like Thelma Ritter or Claire Trevor. I have seen 28 of the listed movies, and I must say she gave me the creeps in Manchurian Candidate. You mentioned her being only slightly younger than Laurence Harvey, but then Miss Lansbury was often cast as women older than her actual age. I loved her performance in The Long, Hot Summer as the mistress of Orson Welles, and noone would have guessed she was only 33 at the time. Other favorites include The Picture of Dorian Gray, Samson and Delilah, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, All Fall Down, Dear Heart, The Company of Wolves, The Mirror cracked (love the catfight Taylor vs. Novak) and Death on the Nile, although I think she was a little over the top as “authoress” Salome Otterbourne. Along with her many wins and nominations in other categories, she was nominated at least 15 times for a Prime Time Emmy Award- 12 nominations were for her performance as Jessica Fletcher!
Bruce, my “wild guess” concerning the MGM picture would be Claude Jarman,jr.
Thanks for adding another classic actress to this site!
Hey Lupino
1. We have a tie….you and Flora have both seen 28 Lansbury movies…..with Pierre in third place with 20….quick watch another Lansbury movie…lol.
2. I am right there with you in her performance in Long Hot Summer…amazing that she was only in her 30s.
3. Yet another comment on the greatness of Dorian Gray….I am going to have to track that movie down and watch it.
4. As great as an actress that Meryl Streep is….when comparing the same role in Manchurian Candidate….Lansbury blows Meryl off the screen. I think Lansbury gave lots of people the creeps when they saw that performance.
5. Your guess is correct…..I was thinking only Lansbury and Dean Stockwell were the only living people in that picture. But you are right Jarman is still alive as well as Arlene Dahl (thanks to Dan). Glad people are looking at that photo…it is one of my favorites.
Hello Bruce,
Amazing , I saw a lot of films of Angela Lansbury even I dont remember always her part for instance in Gaslight I think she was not a good person (memory)….
But I like her very much in Dorian and Death on the Nil…
I think I saw may be 20 films and my favorite part is in the three Musketeers where she plaid the Queen.
Bui I dont remember her in Harlow just Carrol Baker.
She was a very good miss Marple in the Mirror so I like her very much in the série Murder she Wrote…
And with my kids we saw her a lot in the Disney bedknobs by video k7.
I dont know she made a film with Elvis Presley one of my favorite singer .
In the photo of MGM that I dont know too I think I dont find all the name but in the main Time I found the two Barrymore ,Ethel and Lionel…a King and a Crooner.
Thanks again
Good day
Pierre
Hey Pierre.
1. Thanks for the tally count…your 20 puts you in second place…with only Flora topping you.
2. She got a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Gaslight…she was the maid in that one.
3. Lots of people have mentioned her Dorian Gray movie….I am going to have to watch that.
4. I agree she was outstanding as Ms. Marbles….which paved the way for her to play Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote.
5. I love that picture….you are correct there are two Barrymores in the front row.
Good comment.