She made an appearance in a Season 6 episode of the television show "", for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2005. She starred in the film "Nanny McPhee" (2005) as Aunt Adelaide, later informing an interviewer that working on "Nanny McPhee" "pulled me out of the abyss" after the loss of her husband. She then appeared in the film "Mr. Popper's Penguins" (2011), opposite Jim Carrey. Lansbury returned to Broadway after a 23-year absence in "Deuce", a play by Terrence McNally that opened at the Music Box Theatre in May 2007 for a limited run of eighteen weeks. Lansbury received a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Play for her role.