Anthony Shaw
Quick Facts
| Intro | American film director and actor; son of Angela Lansbury | ||||||||||
| Is | Actor Film director | ||||||||||
| From | United States of America | ||||||||||
| Field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||||||||||
| Gender | male | ||||||||||
| Birth | 7 January 1952, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA | ||||||||||
| Age | 71 years | ||||||||||
| Star sign | Capricorn | ||||||||||
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Biography
Anthony Pullen Shaw (born 7 January 1952) is an American actor and director.
Anthony was born on 7 January 1952 in Los Angeles, California, to actors Angela Lansbury (daughter of Irish actress Moyna MacGill) and Peter Shaw. He also has a younger sister, Deirdre Angela Shaw (born 26 April 1953 in New York).
Anthony made his acting debut in 1977 with a minor role as an army captain in Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far, starring Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, and Michael Caine. At the same time, he began directing the TV movie Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest starring his mother, Angela Lansbury, and Ray Baker, Cliff Bemis, and Keith David.
As an actor, his last appearance was in 1983 in Terence Young-directed thriller The Jigsaw Man with Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, and Susan George in the lead cast.
In 1982, he also co-starred with his mother in the Broadway play A Little Family Business at the Martin Beck Theater (now Al Hirschfeld Theatre) in New York City. The show ran for 23 previews and 13 performances.
Personal life
Shaw has been married to Lee Speer Webster since 30 May 1980. They have three children: Peter John Shaw (30 March 1983), Katherine Beeson Shaw (12 June 1985), and Ian Lansbury Shaw (19 April 1989), who also once appeared in an episode of Murder, She Wrote TV Series in 1996.