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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instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal
filmRole
appearsIn The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film) NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme Cold War NERFINISHED
McCarthyism NERFINISHED
brainwashing
politicalConspiracy
authorOfSourceMaterial Richard Condon NERFINISHED
awardRecognition AcademyAwardNominationForBestSupportingActress
basedOn The Manchurian Candidate (1959 novel) NERFINISHED
characterName Eleanor Iselin NERFINISHED
characterTraits ambitious
calculating
cold
manipulative
consideredOneOf Angela Lansbury’sMostIconicFilmRoles
Angela Lansbury’sMostSinisterPerformances
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
directorOfWork John Frankenheimer NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
politicalRoleInFiction behind-the-scenesPowerBroker
portrayedBy Angela Lansbury NERFINISHED
productionCompanyOfWork United Artists NERFINISHED
relationshipToRaymondShaw mother
relativeInFiction Raymond Shaw NERFINISHED
releaseYearOfWork 1962
roleType antagonist
setDuring Korean WarAftermath
spouseInFiction Senator John Iselin NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfWork early1960sCinema

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The Manchurian Candidate portrayedBy Angela Lansbury as Eleanor Iselin
subject surface form: The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)