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Angela Lansbury

Acting
Known For

96 Years Old

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was a British-American actress and singer who has appeared in theater, television, and film roles. Her career was spanned almost eight decades, much of it in the United States. Her work has received international attention. Her first film appearance was in the 1944 film Gaslight as a conniving maid, for which she received an Academy Award nomination. Among her other films are The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Beauty and the Beast (1991), and Anastasia (1997). She expanded her repertoire to Broadway musicals and television in the 1950s and was particularly successful in Broadway productions of Gypsy, Mame and Sweeney Todd. Lansbury is perhaps best known to modern audiences for her 12 year run as writer and sleuth Jessica Fletcher on the U.S. television series Murder, She Wrote, in which she starred from 1984 to 1996. Her recent roles include Lady Adelaide Stitch in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee, Leona Mullen in the 2007 Broadway play Deuce, Madame Arcati in the 2009 Broadway revival of the play Blithe Spirit and Madame Armfeldt in the 2010 Broadway revival of the musical A Little Night Music. Respected for her versatility, Lansbury has won five Tony Awards, six Golden Globes, an Honorary Academy Award, and has been nominated for numerous other industry awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on three occasions, and eighteen Emmy Awards.

Born

London, England, UK on 16th October 1925

Died

11th October 2022

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Murder, She Wrote
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The View
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Magnum, P.I.
Jessica Fletcher
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The Dick Cavett Show
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Climax!
Judith Beresford
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Climax!
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Touched by an Angel
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The Merv Griffin Show
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Robert Montgomery Presents
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Robert Montgomery Presents
Christine Manson
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What's My Line?
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The Oscars
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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Intimate Portrait
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Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Potts (voice)
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
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Mrs. Hallerton
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Four Star Playhouse
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The Kennedy Center Honors
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The Ford Television Theatre
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Anastasia
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The Grinch
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Studio 57
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Screen Director's Playhouse
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Eleanor Duvall
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Six by Sondheim
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The Danny Kaye Show
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The Three Musketeers
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Your Show of Shows
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National Velvet
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Nanny McPhee
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Leslie
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Your Studio and You
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A Lawless Street
Tally Dickenson
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Little Women
Aunt March
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Gaslight
Nancy
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Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
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Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
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The Long, Hot Summer
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Kind Lady
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In the Cool of the Day
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The World of Hammer
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The Lady Vanishes
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The Purple Mask
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Death on the Nile
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Fantasia 2000
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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The Cockettes
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Mary Poppins Returns
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Today
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Lace
Aunt Hortense Boutin
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Shootdown
Nan Moore
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Mister Buddwing
Gloria
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Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Jessica Fletcher
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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mrs. Van Gundy
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Women He's Undressed
Self
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
Claudia
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Blue Hawaii
Sarah Lee Gates
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The Manchurian Candidate
Mrs. Iselin
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The Last Unicorn
Mommy Fortuna (voice)
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Please Murder Me
Myra Leeds
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The Julie Andrews Hour
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Samson and Delilah
Semadar
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The Emmy Awards
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Miss Price
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Buttons
Rose
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Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Self (archive footage)
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The Mirror Crack'd
Miss Marple
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That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dora
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Penelope Keeling
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On Cukor
Self
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Forever Hollywood
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The Love She Sought
Agatha McGee
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sibyl Vane
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Show of Titles
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
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The Court Jester
Princess Gwendolyn
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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Emily Pollifax
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
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The Company of Wolves
Granny
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The Hoodlum Saint
Dusty Millard
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The First Olympics: Athens 1896
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Heidi 4 Paws
Grandmother (voice)
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Revlon Mirror Theatre
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Claire
Vera Wayne
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The Harvey Girls
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Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
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General Electric Theater
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Harlow
Mama Jean Bello
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Glorious Technicolor
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Little Gloria... Happy at Last
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Edith Head: The Paramount Years
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That's Entertainment!
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
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Till the Clouds Roll By
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Howard
Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
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Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Jessica Fletcher
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The World of Henry Orient
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The Shell Seekers
Penelope Keeling
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Something for Everyone
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Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Marchesa Allabrandi
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A Life at Stake
Doris Hillman
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Mame Dennis (segment "Mame")
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State of the Union
Kay Thorndyke
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Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Jessica Fletcher
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Tenth Avenue Angel
Susan Bratten
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Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
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All Fall Down
Annabell Willart
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
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Every Act of Life
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The Reluctant Debutante
Mabel Claremont
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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Lady Blystone
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Nellie Lovett
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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
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Queen of Diamonds
Herself
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Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
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A Breath of Scandal
Countess Lina
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Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Ada Harris
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
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Remains to Be Seen
Valeska Chauvel
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Frank Capra's American Dream
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If Winter Comes
Mabel Sabre
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The Pirates of Penzance
Ruth
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The Red Danube
Audrey Quail
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Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
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Stage 7
Vanessa Peters
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A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
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Mutiny
Leslie Waldridge
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Driving Miss Daisy
Daisy Werthan
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The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
Self - Performer
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
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Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
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Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Self
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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Mrs. Potts (voice)
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Dear Heart
Phyllis
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The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Clotilde de Marelle
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Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Rose (segment "Gypsy") (archive footage)
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Broadway's Lost Treasures
Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Mavis Pruitt
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Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Self (archive footage)
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The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Self - Actress
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The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
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The Blackwater Lightship
Dora
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Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
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Inside the Dream Factory
Self
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Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Marchesa Allabrandi
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
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Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Self
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream Image
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Mrs. Potts (voice)
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The Joy of Christmas with Angela Lansbury
Self
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A Talent for Murder
Ann Royce McClain
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Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves
Herself
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A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
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Mickey's Audition
Sylvia
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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Pearl
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Harold Prince: The Director's Life
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Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
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The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Amanda Fenwick
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Disney Through The Decades
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All Image
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Narrator
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Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Self
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To Oz! The Making of a Classic
Self / Hostess
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Reflections on 'Gaslight'
Self
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Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Narrator
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch Image
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch
Narrator