Angela Lansbury turned to acting to cope with her grief after her fathers death

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Angela immigrated to the United States in 1940, after her family was forced to flee Liverpool due to World War II.

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She made her film debut at the age of 17 in 1944, in the MGM film Gaslight

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Her first marriage with actor Richard Cromwell ended in divorce within a year

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Her second marriage with Peter Shaw lasted for 54 years

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she holds the Guinness World Record for “Most Tony Awards won for Best Actress in a Musical

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After giving birth to her kids, Lansbury became a freelance actress

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 She was made a Dame Commander  in 2014

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she went for a Shakespearean role in Hamlet

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She earned 11 nominations for her role Murder, A television Series She Wrote

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