It was the moment her star finally began to soar – and the time of her life Dame Angela Lansbury always found the most painful to recall.
The British-born actress was already middle-aged when she broke through Broadway as the leading lady in smash-hit Mame, won her first Tony award, and found worldwide fame.
But away from the adoration and accolades, her family was falling apart as both her teenage children had become addicted to drugs.
