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 film.
His son David Lansbury told The Hollywood Reporter that he had died on Thursday at his Manhattan home. No cause of death was given.
Among Lansbury’s most notable work was his producer credit for the 1974-75 Broadway revival of Gypsy that starred his sister, the play went onto win 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 on Thursday at his Manhattan home (pictured in 2011)
Edgar was the younger brother of iconic actress Angela Lansbury , and was an acclaimed producer himself, working on Broadway and in film
Murder, She Wrote star Angelea died on October 11, 2022, at age 96. Edgar’s twin brother Bruce who was also a producer died in February 2017 at age 87.
Lansbury’s first Broadway production, the 1964 Frank D. Gilroy 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 was also a producer on the 2011 Broadway Revival of Godspell.
His film credits include The Wild Party and the screen adaptations of The Subject Was Roses and Godspell.
In 2007 he received the John Houseman Award, given by The Acting Company to honour his commitment to the development of 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 huge adorable and adoring Godspell family, we have now lost our surrogate daddy, Edgar Lansbury.’
Among Lansbury’s most notable work was his producer credit for the 1974-75 Broadway revival of Gypsy that starred his sister, the play went onto win 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 was he to live such a full, rich, wonderful life surrounded by people who adored him. Don Scardino says there will be a memorial probably this fall.’
‘Contact any and all of your Godspell family members from all ten original companies, plus London (hi Gay) and anyone else I”ve missed. Man, if Joe Beruh was waiting for Edgar with a cigarette in his mouth, I have no doubt Edgar made Joe stomp on it.’
‘Love never dies. It’s an energy that only transmutes into matter. That’s all of us. So, I believe Edgar’s energy continues.’
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