Angela Lansbury as Eleanor Iselin

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Angela Lansbury as Eleanor Iselin is the chilling, manipulative mother and political power broker in the 1962 thriller "The Manchurian Candidate," widely regarded as one of Lansbury’s most iconic and sinister film roles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal ⓘ
filmRole ⓘ
appearsIn The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film) ⓘ
associatedWithTheme Cold War ⓘ
McCarthyism ⓘ
brainwashing ⓘ
politicalConspiracy ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial Richard Condon ⓘ
awardRecognition AcademyAwardNominationForBestSupportingActress ⓘ
basedOn The Manchurian Candidate (1959 novel) ⓘ
characterName Eleanor Iselin ⓘ
characterTraits ambitious ⓘ
calculating ⓘ
cold ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
consideredOneOf Angela Lansbury’sMostIconicFilmRoles ⓘ
Angela Lansbury’sMostSinisterPerformances ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
directorOfWork John Frankenheimer ⓘ
filmFormatOfWork black-and-white ⓘ
genre political thriller ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ
influencedPerceptionOf AngelaLansburyAsDramaticActress ⓘ
inUniverseOccupation politicalInfluencer ⓘ
inUniverseRole controllerOfRaymondShaw ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium featureFilm ⓘ
narrativeFunction mastermindOfConspiracy ⓘ
notableFor manipulativeMotherCharacter ⓘ
politicalPowerBrokerRole ⓘ
villainousPerformance ⓘ
notableSceneContext politicalRalliesWithHusbandSenatorIselin ⓘ
revelationAsKeyConspirator ⓘ
partOf AmericanFilmThrillerCanon ⓘ
performanceReception criticallyAcclaimed ⓘ
politicalAffiliationInFiction McCarthyiteRight-wingMovement ⓘ
linked to: McCarthyism
politicalRoleInFiction behind-the-scenesPowerBroker ⓘ
portrayedBy Angela Lansbury ⓘ
productionCompanyOfWork United Artists ⓘ
relationshipToRaymondShaw mother ⓘ
relativeInFiction Raymond Shaw ⓘ
releaseYearOfWork 1962 ⓘ
roleType antagonist ⓘ
setDuring Korean WarAftermath ⓘ
spouseInFiction Senator John Iselin ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork early1960sCinema ⓘ

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The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film) → portrayedBy → Angela Lansbury as Eleanor Iselin ⓘ
subject linked to: The Manchurian Candidate