Deidre Angela Shaw is the only daughter of the famous actress, Angela Lansbury. Deidre is the only person in her family that chose not to pursue a career in acting. Her only surviving brother, Anthony Pullen followed the same career path as their parents, Angela and Peter Shaw.
As for Deidre, she used to run an Italian restaurant with her husband, Enzo Battarra. Reports have it that the pair shot down the restaurant in 2019.
Who is Deidre Angela Shaw?
Angela Lansbury’s daughter, Deidre was born in April 1953. She was raised in Malibu alongside her brother Anthony Pullen. Her parents Angela and Peter Shaw both juggled their careers and raising them.
Besides Anthony, Deidre had another brother, David Shaw, who was born in her father’s previous relationship.
As a teenager, the celebrity daughter and her brother were heavily involved with drugs. In addition to that, Deidre was also hanging out with Charles Manson’s followers.
In other to help the two, the Murder, She Wrote actress decided to move to County Cork in Ireland from Malibu. During that time, Lansbury took a pause in her acting career until Deidre and Anthony got help.
According to reports, Angela and her husband got a medical doctor who prescribed drugs like methadone to help her children with the withdrawal symptoms.
Thankfully, Angela Lansbury and her husband were able to pull their children out of their bad habits.
Deidre Angela Shaw’s Parents were Married for more than Five decades
Before her parents married, Shaw’s mother married her first husband at the age of 19. The famed actress married Richard Cromwell, who was 16 years older than her in 1945. However, the marriage only lasted for only one year. Reports have it that the reason for the divorce was because Angela allegedly found out that Richard was gay. Despite that, the former couple remained good friends.
Four years after the marriage ended, Deidre’s parents met and married in 1949. The pair remained married for over 54 years until actor and producer Peter Shaw died in 2003. Deidre’s father died of heart failure on 29 January 2003 at the age of 84.
What Happened to Angela Lansbury, Deidre Angela Shaw’s Mother?
Angela Lansbury had one of the longest careers in the entertainment industry. The British actress and singer appeared in numerous films as well as theatre and television roles.
Some of her major movie roles include The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Gaslight (1944), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), and Mary Poppin Returns (2018).
For her stellar career in the industry, Deidre’s mother has earned several awards including five Tony Awards, six Golden awards, and BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Tony Award.
While fans and well-wishers thought Angela Lansbury was still hale and hearty, her family announced she died in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles on October 11, 2022. At the time of her death, the actress had three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Angela Lansbury was not only known as a successful actress only but also a gay icon that was well-known and respected in the LGBT community.
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Deidre Angela Shaw is Married to Chef Enzo
Unlike everyone in her family, Deidre Angela chose to work as a chef. Together with her husband, chef Enzo Battara, they opened up a restaurant in Los Angeles and named it Enzo and Angela-The Italian Restaurant.
Before they started the business, the pair met in Italy where they cooked together for more than two decades before shutting it down in 2019. Regardless of that, her Facebook profile still reads that she is a Chefette at Enzo and Angela The Italian Restaurant.
Now known as Deidre Angela Battara, her social media handle shows she is now focused on taking care of animals and raising funds to assist them.
Anthony, her brother has been in show business for a while now. He has appeared in films such as A Bridge Too Far and also A Family Business.
Besides keeping the family’s legacy, Deidre’s brother has been married to Lee Speer Webster and they share three children: Peter John Shaw, Katherine Beeson Shaw, and Ian Lansbury Shaw.
