Angela Lansbury, who died on Tuesday at the age of 96, revealed in a 2014 interview how she saved her daughter Deirdre Shaw from heroin addiction.
She said that Deirdre and her brother Anthony Shaw have begun abusing hard drugs in the 1960s when Charles Manson was recruiting kids for his murder cult.
“It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson,” Lansbury told the Daily Mail. “She was one of many youngsters who knew him — and they were fascinated. He was an extraordinary character, charismatic in many ways, no question about it.”
According to Lansbury, her daughter was fascinated by Manson’s “charismatic” personality. “Certainly, I have no doubt we would have lost one or both of our two if they hadn’t been removed to a completely different milieu,” she continued.
In order to protect her children from the criminal,...
She said that Deirdre and her brother Anthony Shaw have begun abusing hard drugs in the 1960s when Charles Manson was recruiting kids for his murder cult.
“It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson,” Lansbury told the Daily Mail. “She was one of many youngsters who knew him — and they were fascinated. He was an extraordinary character, charismatic in many ways, no question about it.”
According to Lansbury, her daughter was fascinated by Manson’s “charismatic” personality. “Certainly, I have no doubt we would have lost one or both of our two if they hadn’t been removed to a completely different milieu,” she continued.
In order to protect her children from the criminal,...
- 10/22/2022
- by Peiyu Jiang
- Uinterview
The recent death of Angela Lansbury reminded me of the first time I was in the great lady’s presence. Every year during the annual Tony Awards ceremony, a large squad of press professionals hunker down in rooms situated near the event’s location to report for media outlets all over the world.
Back in 1999, I was in a Tony Awards press room, covering the show for our weekly TV series, “Theater Talk.” That year the rooms were over a small French restaurant across the street from the Gershwin Theatre, where the awards ceremony was being held, because its normal venue, Radio City Music Hall, was under renovation. During the ceremony, new Tony recipients would walk across the street, usually accompanied by their publicists, to be interviewed. In between the winners’ appearances, other celebrities who were also participants in the broadcast appeared for interviews, as well.
See 10 reasons why we...
Back in 1999, I was in a Tony Awards press room, covering the show for our weekly TV series, “Theater Talk.” That year the rooms were over a small French restaurant across the street from the Gershwin Theatre, where the awards ceremony was being held, because its normal venue, Radio City Music Hall, was under renovation. During the ceremony, new Tony recipients would walk across the street, usually accompanied by their publicists, to be interviewed. In between the winners’ appearances, other celebrities who were also participants in the broadcast appeared for interviews, as well.
See 10 reasons why we...
- 10/14/2022
- by Susan Haskins-Doloff
- Gold Derby
Dior on the Floor: Fabian Spins Sweetness into Schmaltz with Anglophile Fairy Tale
It’s never too late to follow one’s dreams, as the truncated tagline beckons for Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, a sing-song narrative of humanist whimsy directed by Anthony Fabian. And for those who dare to pursue their desires, they’re bound to inspire the cynical, jaded brutes in their wake, a sentiment belabored in this facelift on Paul Gallico’s classic 1958 novel Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris, which was adapted for television by Murder She Wrote creator Anthony Shaw starring Angela Lansbury, Diana Rigg, and Omar Sharif in 1992.…...
It’s never too late to follow one’s dreams, as the truncated tagline beckons for Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, a sing-song narrative of humanist whimsy directed by Anthony Fabian. And for those who dare to pursue their desires, they’re bound to inspire the cynical, jaded brutes in their wake, a sentiment belabored in this facelift on Paul Gallico’s classic 1958 novel Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris, which was adapted for television by Murder She Wrote creator Anthony Shaw starring Angela Lansbury, Diana Rigg, and Omar Sharif in 1992.…...
- 7/11/2022
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
"Who is Arcade Fire?" the Twitterverse exclaimed as the Montreal-based band picked up their 'Best Album' Grammy this week for The Suburbs, and again when they repeated the feat at the Brits. As well as showing that our society is much more culturally fragmented than many would have you believe, the response to the group's double-victory makes it a perfect time for us to dig up ten little facts you may not have known about everybody's favourite artsy rockers. 1. Arcade Fire are Win Butler, his wife Régine Chassagne, and a bunch of others - namely Richard Parry, William 'brother of Win' Butler, Jeremy Gara, Sarah Neufeld, Tim Kingsbury and touring member Marika Anthony Shaw. 2. The band were rumoured to be named after a tragedy at a local funfair. "It's based on a story that someone told me," Win explained. "It's (more)...
- 2/16/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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