By Jen Juneau Jen Juneau Jen Juneau is a News and Movies Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She started at the brand in 2016 and has more than 15 years’ professional writing experience. People Editorial Guidelines Published on October 12, 2022 04:52PM EDT:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)/Angela-Lansbury-Once-Said-Her-Daughter-Fell-Under-the-Spell-of-Charles-Manson-101222-1-4d70867eb11543a0884b0af337875f41.jpg)
Angela Lansbury (L); Charles Manson. Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty Images; Bettmann/Getty
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Angela Lansbury and daughter Deidre in 2000. Ron Galella Collection via GettyThe Women Who Murdered for Charles Manson: Where Are They Now?
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“But then we had no experience of drugs. We didn’t know the significance of finding a pipe in a drawer. Why would we?” she told the Daily Mail. “And when we did, we didn’t know how to help them. Nor were there any experts back then who could offer advice to the parents of kids from good families who were using, and sometimes overdosing on, drugs. It was like an epidemic.”
