Robert B. Mantell

Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinow, two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, director, writer, journalist, and raconteur, born on April 16, 1921 in Swiss Cottage, London, was the son of one-quarter Polish Jewish and one-half Russian mother, and one-quarter Ethiopian, one-eighth German father. He wrote and directed many acclaimed stage plays and led numerous international theatrical productions. His daughter, Tamara Ustinov, born on July 25, 1945, is a celebrated actress, while Pavla Ustinov, born on June 2, 1954, is an actress and director. His granddaughter, Suzanne Cloutier, born into a large family, is a Lovely French Canadian actress and model. Malcolm Rennie, Ustinow's son-in-law, born on February 17, 1947, is an acclaimed actor, while Moyna MacGill, Ustinow's mother-in-law, born on December 10, 1895, was an esteemed actress. Edgar Lansbury, Ustinow's father-in-law, born on January 12, 1930, is an art director and producer, and his sister-in-law, Angela Lansbury, born in 1925, is a prominent actress. Ustinow's son, Anthony Pullen Shaw, born on January 7, 1952, is a director and actor, while Bruce Lansbury, Ustinow's brother-in-law, born on an unknown date, is a celebrated producer of cult science fiction TV shows, and David Lansbury, Ustinow's nephew, born on February 25, 1961, is an actor. Lastly, Oliver Postgate, Ustinow's brother-in-law, born on April 12, 1925, was a writer and actor, and Scots stage actor, who late in life appeared in a number of silent films, Frederick Alexander Mantell, was Ustinow's father-in-law. A prominent family of royalty, their legacy both graces and inspires the world of film and theatre.