Angela Lansbury

Dame Angela Lansbury DBE
Angela Lansbury in 2013
Born	Angela Brigid Lansbury (1925-10-16) October 16, 1925 (age 91) Regent's Park, London, England
Nationality	British, American, and Irish(multiple citizenship)
Occupation	Actress, singer, songwriter, producer, writer
Years active	1943–present
Spouse(s)	Richard Cromwell (m. 1945; div. 1946) Peter Shaw (m. 1949; his death 2003)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Moyna Macgill (mother) Edgar Lansbury (father)
Family	Bruce Lansbury (brother) Edgar Lansbury (brother) George Lansbury (paternal grandfather) Coral Lansbury (paternal cousin) Malcolm Turnbull (3rd cousin once removed) Peter Ustinov (husband of Lansbury's half-sister Isolde Denham) Robert B. Mantell (great-uncle)

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury, DBE (born October 16, 1925) is a British-American-Irish actress who has appeared in theatre, television and film, as well as a producer, singer and songwriter. Her career has spanned seven decades, much of it in the United States, and her work has attracted international attention.

Lansbury was born to a middle-class family in central London, the daughter of actress Moyna Macgill and politician Edgar Lansbury. To escape the Blitz, in 1940 she moved to the United States with her mother and two younger brothers, and studied acting in New York City. Proceeding to Hollywood in 1942, she signed to MGM and obtained her first film roles, in Gaslight (1944) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), earning her two Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe Award. She appeared in eleven further MGM films, mostly in minor roles, and after her contract ended in 1952 she began supplementing her cinematic work with theatrical appearances. Although largely seen as a B-list star during this period, her appearance in the film The Manchurian Candidate (1962) received widespread acclaim and is cited as being one of her finest performances. Moving into musical theatre, Lansbury finally gained stardom for playing the leading role in the Broadway musical Mame (1966), which earned her a range of awards and established her as a gay icon. In 1993, she won a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children for Disney's Beauty and the Beast.