From California to Conna: How Angela Lansbury ended up living in Co Cork 

American actress Angela Lansbury has died. In this feature, originally published in 2016, Marjorie Brennan chatted to people who helped the actress settle in Cork, after she decided to move to Ireland for the wellbeing of her children 

Angela Lansbury with her son Anthony  and daughter Deirdre at their bungalow at Conna, Co Cork, in 1972. They later moved to East Cork.  Picture: Irish Examiner Archive

 FOR most actors, a standing ovation at the end of a performance is a crowning moment, a show of appreciation for what has gone before. It is not many actors who get an ovation without even uttering a word — as happened when actress Angela Lansbury took to the West End stage a couple of years ago.

John O’Shea, a founder member of Cork’s Everyman Theatre, recounts how the actress’s appearance left the audience starstruck at the performance in 2014.