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Elizabeth Lansbury died in 1933. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth (Brine) Lansbury .

George Lansbury was born on February 22, 1859 in Halesworth, Suffolk County, England United Kingdom, and died at age 81 years old on May 7, 1940 at N in Greater London County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Lansbury.

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Daniel Turner was born in United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel Turner.

Michael Naveau was born in United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Michael Naveau.

Audrey Turner was born in United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Audrey Turner .

Alexandra Turner was born in United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alexandra Turner.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Christiane (Lansbury) Turner.

Mary Marie (Hassalevris) Lansbury was born on October 10, 1929 in New York, New York United States, and died at age 66 years old on August 1, 1996 in Bel Air, Los Angeles County, CA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Marie (Hassalevris) Lansbury.

Edgar Isaac Lansbury was born on April 3, 1887 to George Lansbury and Elizabeth (Brine) Lansbury. He married Moyna Macgill in 1924, and they were married until Edgar's death on May 28, 1935. Edgar Lansbury had children Angela Lansbury, Bruce Lansbury, and Edgar George McIldowie Lansbury. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edgar Isaac Lansbury.

Moyna Macgill Irish actress Description DescriptionMoyna Macgill was an Irish actress from Belfast and the mother of actress Angela Lansbury and producers Edgar and Bruce Lansbury. In 2020, she was listed at number 35 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Wikipedia Born: December 10, 1895, Belfast, United Kingdom Died: November 25, 1975, Los Angeles, CA Grandchildren: Deidre Angela Shaw, Tamara Ustinov, Anthony Pullen Shaw, David Lansbury, Felicia Lansbury, James Lansbury Spouse: Edgar Lansbury (m. 1924–1935), Reginald Denham (m. 1919–1924) Children: Bruce Lansbury, Isolde Denham, Angela Lansbury, Edgar Lansbury Broadway: Lady Brockhurst in The Boyfriend. CREDITS Broadway The Boy Friend (Sep 30, 1954 - Nov 26, 1955) Performer: Moyna MacGill [Lady Brockhurst] Moyna MacGill Gender Female Born Oct 10, 1895 Belfast, IRELAND Died Nov 25, 1975 Los Angeles, California, USA Performer Also Known As Charlotte Lillian McIldowie [Birthname] Relations Wife of Reginald Denham (1919 - 1924) divorced Wife of Edgar Isaac Lansbury (1924 - 1935) his death Mother of Isolde Denham Mother of Angela Lansbury Mother of Bruce Lansbury Mother of Edgar Lansbury Mother-in-law of Peter Ustinov CREDITS Broadway The Boy Friend (Sep 30, 1954 - Nov 26, 1955) Performer: Moyna MacGill [Lady Brockhurst] Musical Comedy

Tamara Ustinov was born on July 25, 1945 in London, Greater London County, England United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tamara Ustinov.

Igor Ustinov was born on April 30, 1956 in London, Greater London County, England United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Igor Ustinov.

Suzanne Cloutier of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA was born on July 10, 1923 in Ottawa, Ottawa Division County, ON Canada. She was married to Peter Ustinov on February 14, 1954 and they later divorced in 1971. She had children Pavla Ustinov, Igor Ustinov, and Andrea Ustinov. Suzanne Cloutier died at age 80 years old on December 2, 2003 in Montreal, Montreal County, QC.

Peter Ustinov Date of Birth 16 April 1921, London, England, UK Date of Death 28 March 2004, Genolier, Vaud, Switzerland (heart failure) Birth Name Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov Height 5' 11½" (1.82 m) Peter Ustinov was a two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, a director, writer, journalist and raconteur. He wrote and directed many acclaimed stage plays and led numerous international theatrical productions. In 1939 he made his London stage debut in a revue sketch, then had regular performances with Aylesbury Repertory Company. In 1940 he made his film debut in Hullo, Fame! (1940). In the 1980s Ustinov recreated brilliantly Poirot in several subsequent television movies and theatrical films, such as Evil Under the Sun (1982) and Appointment with Death (1988), while his cinema work in the 1990s also includes his superb performance as Professor Gus Nikolais in George Miller's excellent dramatic film Lorenzo's Oil (1992), a character partially inspired by Hugo Wolfgang Moser, a research scientist who had been director of the Neurogenetics Research Center at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. "I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World" said Peter Ustinov. Spouse (3) Helene du Lau d'Allemans (17 June 1972 - 28 March 2004) (his death) Suzanne Cloutier (14 February 1954 - 1971) (divorced) (3 children) Isolde Denham (1940 - 3 February 1950) (divorced) (1 child) Trivia (35) His mother was artist Nadia Benois, the niece of Alexandre Benois. Both were designers for the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia. Both also worked for the "Russian Seasons" and "Ballets Russes" productions by impresario Sergei Diaghilev. He was knighted in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. The New London Theatre in Drury Lane WC2 first opened on 2nd January 1973 with Peter Ustinov's play "The Unknown Soldier and His Wife" Was the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF from 1968 until his death in 2004. During WWII Pvt. Peter Ustinov was batman to Lt. Col. David Niven. His father was a German subject who came to Soviet Russia on personal business where he met his future wife. Shortly after they were married they decided to leave Russia and settle in Britain. As Ustinov has said, "It is for that very reason that I am addressing you today in English." First marriage to Isolde Denham, daughter of Reginald Denham and Moyna MacGill. Their daughter is Tamara Ustinov. Isolde was half-sister of Angela Lansbury. In January 1963, the Mirisch Company sued him for damages after he pulled out of The Pink Panther (1963), which was in production in Rome with his replacement, Peter Sellers. Peter and Suzanne had 3 children: two daughters, Pavla Ustinov and Andrea Ustinov, and a son Igor Ustinov. Chancellor of the University of Durham from 1992 until his death in 2004. Has a song written about him: "The Night I Saved Peter Ustinov" - written and recorded by Lauren Christy. Was fluent in French, German, English, Italian, Russian and Spanish, and could pass in Turkish and Greek among others. He was known to proudly say "I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins." Funeral service held at Geneva's historic Cathedral of St Pierre. He was later buried in the village of Bursins, where he had lived in a Chateau since 1971. (April 2004) According to Peter Wright, in his book "Spycatcher," Ustinov's father Klop Ustinov had been active in MI5 (British Security Service, Counterespionage) as an agent runner during the Second World War. He also had the distinction of having held commissions in the Russian, German and British armies (presumably at different times). He was a Humanist Laureate, a member of the International Academy of Humanism. In 1958, received two Tony Award nominations for "Romanoff and Juliet": as Best Actor (Dramatic) and as Best Play Author. In 1964, he accepted the Oscar for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" on behalf of Margaret Rutherford, who wasn't present at the awards ceremony Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966 Winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus (1960), Ustinov stands as the only actor to win an Oscar for a Stanley Kubrick film. In fact, Peter Sellers is the only other actor to receive so much as a nomination. Both his father and uncle were officers in the German army and fought Britain in WWI. Made a comedy record in the late 1950s, "Mock Mozart" and "Phoney Folk Lore". He had been performing these as party pieces. Overdubbing allowed Ustinov to sing multiple parts. His producer was George Martin, future producer of The Beatles. (Martin later described Ustinov as "Britain's answer to Orson Welles.") Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1986. On 31 October 1984 he was waiting in the garden of Prime Minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi to interview her for an Irish television documentary when she was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards (Beant Singh, who was killed while trying to escape after his arrest, and Satwant Singh, sentenced to hang in 1988) as she was approaching Ustinov and his film crew. His father was of one quarter Polish Jewish, one half Russian, one eighth African Ethiopian, and one eighth German, descent, while his mother was of one half Russian, one quarter Italian, one eighth French, and one eighth German, ancestry. Peter was a member of the royal family of Russia and the royal family of Ethiopia. Peter's paternal grandfather, Plato Grigorivich von Ustinov, was Russian. Peter's paternal grandmother, Magdalena Hall, was born in Magdala, Ethiopia (Magdalena's father, Moritz Hall, born in Krakow, was of Polish Jewish descent, while Magdalena's mother was born in Ethiopia, to a German father, Christoph Eduard Zander, from Kothen, and to a black Ethiopian mother, Woizero Essete Work Meqado de Choa, making Peter of 1/16th Ethiopian descent). Peter's maternal grandfather, Leontij Ludovic Benois, was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a prominent artistic family, and was of one quarter French, one quarter German, and one half Italian, ancestry. Peter's maternal grandmother, Maria Alexandrovna Sapjhnkoff, was Russian. He played five different English / British kings: leonine versions of Prince John (the future King John) and his elder brother Richard the Lionheart in Robin Hood (1973), the future King George IV in Beau Brummell (1954), his great-nephew King Edward VII in Strumpet City: Episode #1.1 (1980) and George IV's younger brother and eventual successor King William IV in Victoria & Albert (2001). Anonymously dubbed several Italian actors on the soundtrack of Beat the Devil (1953). Auditioned for the role of Detective Fix in the movie Around the World in 80 Days but was rejected. Would later get the part in television remake more than 30 years later. Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Terence Stamp in Billy Budd (1962). Rector of the University of Dundee in Scotland from 1968 to 1974. Along with Hugh Burden, he is one of two actors to appear in both One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) and One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975). He directed his then mother-in-law Moyna MacGill in Private Angelo (1949). His mother Nadia Benois was the costume designer on two films that he directed: Vice Versa (1948) and Private Angelo (1949). The actor spoke several languages, Russian and Spanish among them, in the latter his vocabulary used to give him an appearance of comic character, very close, speaker and peculiar, much appreciated and similar to the character of that language.