Angela Lansbury's family sells late actress's Brentwood home of 40 years for $4.9M
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Angela Lansbury's nearly 40-year-old Los Angeles estate has a new owner, and it has been claimed that the late actress's family sold the house she lived in for many years. In her Brentwood home of more than 40 years, Lansbury died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 96 in October 2022. Lansbury paid $925,000 for the house in 1985 with her husband Peter Shaw, whom she wed in 1949 and who survived her until his death at the age of 84 in 2003.
According to real estate insiders, Lansbury's family finalized the $4.9 million sale of the Brentwood, California, estate on Tuesday, April 18, reports TMZ. The house brought in $400K more for the actress' estate than its initial $4.5 million selling price when it was sold for $4.9 million. Deidre, the late actress' 69-year-old daughter, told the Wall Street Journal earlier this month that "it was time to move on" and said that her mother would have preferred the estate to be sold.
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Angela Lansbury's timeless charm
Lansbury, 96, died peacefully in her sleep. She was best known for her roles in 'Murder, She Wrote' and 'Beauty and the Beast' as Mrs Potts. The 3,708-square-foot house has four bedrooms and four bathrooms and sits on a plot of land that is close to half an acre. The residence has a lot of natural light owing to the skylights and large windows. With a pool surrounded by a sizable patio, a tiered garden area, and a small greenhouse, the backyard is enclosed by lush greenery and is ideal for socializing.
French doors, a sizable patio space, and a tiered garden with a greenhouse are further highlights of the English-style cottage. According to Lansbury's daughter, Deirdre, the house was the "perfect" place for her mother to live because she wasn't "into material things" and had a simple existence.
Angela Lansbury's career trajectory
The Irish-British diva moved to New York City as a teenager to avoid being attacked by the Germans during World War II. She was born in London to a British politician and an Irish actress. At the age of just 19, she was cast in her first motion picture, 1944's 'Gaslight,' and she proceeded to perform regularly for MGM, as per Daily Mail.
Her critically lauded performance in 1962's 'The Manchurian Candidate' helped her gain larger roles, yet she worked regularly in the 1950s and 1960s. She kept working in the film industry but also had success in musical theater, earning her first Tony Award for 'Mame' in 1966. She continued winning Tony Awards on stage while also appearing in films like 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' (1971) and 'Death on the Nile' (1978).
She received four additional Tony Awards for the plays 'Dear World' (1969), 'Gypsy' (1975), 'Sweeney Todd' (1979), and 'Blithe Spirit' (2009). With her role in the popular TV show 'Murder, She Wrote,' Lansbury rose to international fame in the 1980s. The series focused on her character, Jessica Fletcher, an amateur detective who works as a professional writer to solve crimes.
She also provided the voice of Mrs Potts in 1991's 'Beauty and the Beast,' which was a successful series that aired for 12 seasons between 1984 and 1996. In several 'Murder, She Wrote' television flicks, she came back to play Jessica Fletcher, and most recently, she made a cameo appearance as herself in the 2022 film 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.'
Angela Lansbury's marriage and family
Angela Lansbury is remembered for her unwavering commitment to her family throughout her life, besides her achievements in the entertainment industry. As reported by People, she is survived by her three children, Anthony, Deirdre, and David, along with her producer brother Edgar Lansbury and three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine, and Ian. She also has five great-grandchildren.
