Edgar Lansbury dies aged 94: Tony-winning producer and brother of Angela Lansbury passes away at Manhattan home
Tony-winning producer Edgar Lansbury has died at the age of 94.
Edgar was the younger brother of iconic actress Angela Lansbury, and was an acclaimed producer himself, working on Broadway and in films.
His son David Lansbury told it The Hollywood Reporter that he had died Thursday at his home in Manhattan. No cause of death was given.
One of Lansbury’s most notable work was his producing credit on the 1974-75 Broadway revival of Gypsy, which starred his sister. The play ultimately won a Tony.
Tony-winning producer Edgar Lansbury has died at the age of 94. His son David told The Hollywood Reporter that he had died at his Manhattan home on Thursday (pictured in 2011)
Edgar was the younger brother of iconic actress Angela Lansbury, and was himself an acclaimed producer, working on Broadway and in film
Murder, She Wrote star Angelea died on October 11, 2022 at the age of 96. Edgar’s twin brother Bruce, who was also a producer, died in February 2017 at the age of 87.
Lansbury’s first Broadway production, Frank D. Gilroy’s 1964 play The Subject Was Roses, won him the Tony Award for Best Play.
Other Broadway credits include The Only Game in Town (1968), Look to the Lilies (1970), The Magic Show (1974), American Buffalo (1977, Drama Desk Nomination) and Lennon (2005).
In his later years, Lansbury also served as producer of the 2011 Broadway Revival of Godspell.
His film credits include The Wild Party and the film adaptations of The Subject Was Roses and Godspell.
In 2007, he received the John Houseman Award, presented by The Acting Company in honor of his commitment to developing classical actors and a national audience for the theater.
Actress Peggy Gordon, who appeared in Lansbury’s Godspell, posted a tribute on Facebook, writing:
“My big, adorable and adoring Godspell family, we have now lost our surrogate father, Edgar Lansbury.”
One of Lansbury’s most notable works was his producing credit on the 1974-75 Broadway revival of Gypsy starring his sister. The play won a Tony (pictured with Angela in 2012)
Actress Peggy Gordon, who appeared in Lansbury’s Godspell, posted a tribute on Facebook, writing: ‘My adoring Godspell family, we have now lost our surrogate daddy’
“How blessed he was to live such a full, rich and wonderful life, surrounded by people who adored him. Don Scardino says a memorial will probably take place this fall.”
‘Contact all your Godspell relatives from all ten original companies, plus London (hi Gay) and anyone else I missed. Man, if Joe Beruh was waiting for Edgar with a cigarette in his mouth, I have no doubt Edgar would have had Joe stomp on it.”
‘Love never dies. It is an energy that only turns into matter. That’s all of us. So I believe Edgar’s energy continues.”
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