Angela Lansbury isn't an actress.
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury , ( born 16 October 1925 ) is a British-American-Irish actress who has appeared in theatre , television and film , as well as a producer , voice actress , singer , and songwriter . Proceeding to Hollywood in 1942 , she signed to MGM and obtained her first film roles , in Gaslight ( 1944 ) and The Picture of Dorian Gray ( 1945 ) , earning her two Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe Award . Gaslight (1944 film) . This 1944 version was directed by George Cukor and starred Ingrid Bergman , Charles Boyer , Joseph Cotten , and 18-year-old Angela Lansbury in an Oscar-nominated screen debut ( Supporting Actress ) . Jessica Beatrice Fletcher ( born Jessica Beatrice MacGill , known as J.B. Fletcher when writing ) is a character and the protagonist portrayed by Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury on the American television series Murder , She Wrote .