Shaw also had a son from a previous marriage, who Lansbury helped raise (viaCloser Weekly).
The actress reflected on the strength of their marriage in a 2014 interview with theDaily Mail.
“We had the perfect relationship,” the star recalled.
“Not many people can say that.
He was everything to me: we were partners at work as well as husband and wife and lovers.
The couple, who were both born in England, married three years later in London.
Lansbury explains her decision to star in the hour-long drama toThe New York Times.
Jessica has extreme sincerity, compassion, extraordinary intuition.”
