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Peter Shaw (Pullen)

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Birthplace: Reading, England (United Kingdom)
Death: January 29, 2003 (84)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Private and Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury
Father of Private; Private and Private

Managed by: Barry Charles Wingham
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About Peter Shaw

Peter Shaw (né Pullen; 24 June 1918 – 29 January 2003) was an English actor, producer and the second husband of actress Angela Lansbury.

Son of Walter H. Pullen & Constance I. Barrett, England.

Peter Shaw, born Peter Shaw Pullen, (24 June 1918 - 29 January 2003) was an actor/producer and the longtime husband of actress Angela Lansbury.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shaw_(producer,_born_1918)

Shaw was born on 24 June 1918 in Reading, Berkshire, England, and began his career in front of the screen following the Second World War, and later found success as a studio executive. Shaw served in the British Army during the Second World War.[1] He was signed to a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by the Charles Feldman Agency in the late 1940s. Shaw apprenticed with agent Paul Small, leading to an executive position at the studio and later a career with the William Morris Agency, where he represented Katharine Hepburn and Robert Mitchum,[1] among others. He returned to MGM as assistant head of production in 1964 and then rejoined the William Morris Agency as an international business manager. Shaw launched Corymore Productions in 1987. He later produced Murder, She Wrote with his two sons at Universal Studios,[1] starring his wife Angela Lansbury, in addition to other made-for-television features.[2]

Personal life and death.

After an early marriage that produced a son, David, he married actress Angela Lansbury in 1949;[1] they had two children, Anthony Peter Shaw (born 7 January 1952) and Deirdre Angela Shaw (born 26 April 1953).[3]

Peter Shaw died of heart failure in his Los Angeles home on 29 January 2003. He was 84.[4]


Pullen / Lansbury Wedding Photo August 1949

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The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania)06 Feb 2003, ThuPage 27

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California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999 for Peter Shaw Pullen

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Peter Shaw's Timeline

1918
June 24, 1918
Reading, England (United Kingdom)
2003
January 29, 2003
Age 84
Los Angeles, California, United States
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