Posted on 10/12/2022 7:15:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Manson, she warned.
SNIP
One such tidbit takes us back to the Hollywood Hills of the 1960s, when Charles Manson was recruiting kids of the famous and well-to-do into what would become his infamous murder cult. Manson wooed, or attempted to woo, the likes of Terry Melcher, the son of Doris Day, Deana Martin, daughter of Dean Martin, and Lansbury's kids, Anthony and Deidre Shaw.
Dame Lansbury recounted how Diedre in particular fell under Manson's sway and how she plucked both her kids out of Hollywood and absconded to Ireland in a 2014 interview with Mail Online.
"It started with cannabis but moved on to heroin. There were factions up in the hills above Malibu that were dedicated to deadly pursuits," Lansbury told the Mail. "It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson. She was one of many youngsters who knew him — and they were fascinated. He was an extraordinary character, charismatic in many ways, no question about it." Deidre was apparently helping to financially support the Manson family and in 1968, Lansbury and her husband Peter Shaw discovered her drug use and cut off her credit cards. But to truly escape the pull of Manson and the counterculture, the Gaslight actress put her career on hold, picked up her family, and moved completely out of the country.
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Yes I remember hearing her talk about that.
I also remember At some point I think she had some cosmetic work done and when asked about it she said that she was married to an extremely handsome man and felt like she needed to look her best.
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” The final sequence.
I debated with myself whether to post that, everyone seemed to like her so much, but TRUTH sometimes hurts.
I hope I didn’t offend anyone.
Ditto. - knew about her taking a hiatus from acting to leave the country to rescue her kids from the general debauchery of the era. I was pretty impressed by the quick and drastic action. First I’ve heard of the Manson connection.
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