She tied the knot twice. And she had three children. Her first husband, the actor Richard Cromwell, was 35 years older than she was when they wed.
Despite getting a divorce the next year, they remained close until his death in 1960.
Worked as an actress from the 1960s until the 1970s
Her breakout role as Mama in the LGBT community’s favorite musical catapulted her to stardom in the midst of the 1960s. Her appearance in the 1970s musical “Gypsy” was her breakthrough role, though she went on to portray a number of others in films.
She made news again with her stage performance in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the end of the 1970s. In the 1980s, Angela appeared in a variety of films.
After 54 years of marriage, her second husband, Peter Shaw, passed away in 2003. They tied the knot in 1949.
