Angela Lansbury First Husband: Who is Richard Cromwell?

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE was an Irish-British and American actress and singer who played many films, theatre, and television roles. With one of the longest careers in the entertainment industry, her career spanned over 80 years, much of it in the United States; her work also received much international attention.

Lansbury was recognized for her achievements in Britain on multiple occasions. In 2002, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) gave Lansbury a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Lansbury was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1994 Birthday Honours and promoted to a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to drama, charitable work, and philanthropy.

Who is Richard Cromwell?

Back in California for good, Cromwell was married once, briefly (1945–1946), to actress Angela Lansbury, when she was 19 and Cromwell was 35. Cromwell and Lansbury eloped and were married in a small civil ceremony on September 27, 1945, in Independence, California