Born in [[London]], Lansbury was the daughter of Belfast-born stage and film actress Moyna MacGill and businessman Edgar Lansbury; and the granddaughter of the former Labour Party leader George Lansbury. Her earliest theatrical influences were teen-aged coloratura Deanna Durbin, screen star [[Irene Dunn]]e, and her own mother, who encouraged her daughter's ambition by taking her to plays at the [[Old Vic]]. | Born in [[London]], Lansbury was the daughter of Belfast-born stage and film actress Moyna MacGill and businessman Edgar Lansbury; and the granddaughter of the former Labour Party leader George Lansbury. Her earliest theatrical influences were teen-aged coloratura Deanna Durbin, screen star [[Irene Dunn]]e, and her own mother, who encouraged her daughter's ambition by taking her to plays at the [[Old Vic]]. |