Angela Lansbury was devastated after being abandoned by her gay husband

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Angela Lansbury remained distraught after her first husband went out over her, and later she said he was gay. I noticed that.

The "murderer, she wrote" star knotted actor Richard Cromwell when she was 19 and 35, but he tied her up. When separated, the marriage lasted less than a year. There was no warning and the explanation was "Sorry, I can't continue."

She told Terry Gross' Fresh Air radio show: I've never really sunk ... I was in love with love. And I was just – shocked, but when I married Richard Cromwell, I wasn't shocked. I had no experience of any kind ... I had nothing. Use to know ... I have never had sexual experience ...

However, Lansbury never blamed Cromwell, she claimed that they remained good friends until her death in 1960 with her liver cancer.

She added: He (was gay), I never blamed him. And I just realized I made an intolerable mistake, you know, an emotional mistake ... but I ... because I learned a lot during the short time we were together I don't regret it ... "

Actress Her first husband admitted to introducing her to some of the Hollywood elite, including his best friend Joan Crawford. She is grateful for her experience.

She told herher Daily Mail: He was a very attractive person and I had a lot of fun. He knew all the old movie stars. For example, he was Joan Crawford's best friend. He showed me a world full of colors that I had never seen before. So I don't know why he wanted to marry me.

She married Peter Shaw in 1949 after she divorced Cromwell in 1946. They became parents of two children and stayed together until their death in 2013.

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