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Lynn Redgrave

Born March 8, 1943 (1943-03-08) (age 65)
London, England
Spouse(s) John Clark (1967 - 2000)
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Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE (born 8 March 1943) is two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning English/American actress born into the famous Redgrave acting family. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland John Clark is an actor director producer and writer with dual U The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The Redgrave family is a fifth-generation theatrical Dynasty.

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Biography

Early life and family

Redgrave was born in London, England, the daughter of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE ( 20 March, 1908 — 21 March, 1985) was an English actor author director and Rachel Kempson Lady Redgrave ( 28 May, 1910 &ndash 24 May, 2003) was an English actress. Her brother is Corin Redgrave and her sister is Vanessa Redgrave. Corin William Redgrave (born 16 July 1939) is an English Actor. Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an English Academy Award, two-time Cannes Best Actress, She is the aunt of Natasha Richardson, Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave. Natasha Jane Richardson (born May 11, 1963) is an English actress known for her performances on stage and in Feature films She Joely Kim Richardson (born January 9, 1965) is an English[[ actress]] Jemma Redgrave (born 14 January 1965) is a fourth-generation English actress.

Career

After training in London's Central School of Speech and Drama, Redgrave made her professional debut in a 1962 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Court Theatre. The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young Actors and other students A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by " The Knight's Tale " from Following a tour of Billy Liar and repertory work in Dundee, she made her West End debut at the Haymarket, in N. Billy Liar (1959 is a Novel by Keith Waterhouse that was later adapted into a play, Film, musical and TV series For other meanings of repertory please see Repertory (disambiguation. Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" C. Hunter's The Tulip Tree with Celia Johnson and John Clements. Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 &ndash 26 April 1982 was an English actress, famous for her role in the 1945 film Brief Sir John Selby Clements, CBE (25 April 1910 &ndash 6 April 1988 was an English actor and producer who worked in theatre television and film

She was invited to join The National Theatre for its inaugural season at the Old Vic, working with such directors as Laurence Olivier, Franco Zeffirelli and Noel Coward in roles such as Rose in The Recruiting Officer, Barblin in Andorra, Jackie in Hay Fever, Kattrin in Mother Courage, Miss Prue in Love for Love, and Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing which kept her busy for the next three years. The Old Vic is a Theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron Franco Zeffirelli, KBE (born Gianfranco Corsi on February 12, 1923) is an Italian Film director. Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600 it is likely to have been first performed in the autumn or winter

During that time she appeared in films such as Tom Jones, Girl With Green Eyes and The Deadly Affair. Tom Jones is a 1963 British Comedy film. It is an adaptation of Henry Fielding 's classic novel The History of Tom Jones a Foundling In 1966, she appeared in the title role in Georgy Girl, which earned her the New York Film Critics Award, the Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film based on a novel by Margaret Forster. New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City -based publications

In 1967 she made her Broadway debut in Black Comedy with Michael Crawford and Geraldine Page. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Michael Crawford, OBE (born 19 January 1942) is an English Actor and Singer. Geraldine Sue Page ( November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987) was an American actress London appearances included Michael Frayn's The Two of Us with Richard Briers at the Garrick, David Hare's Slag at the Royal Court, and Born Yesterday, directed by Tom Stoppard at Greenwich. Michael Frayn (born 8 September 1933 is an English playwright and novelist Richard David Briers, CBE (born 14 January 1934 is an English Actor whose career has encompassed the theatre television film and radio David Hare can refer to David Hare (philanthropist (1775–1842 Scottish philanthropist David Hare (artist (1917–1992 U Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE (born 3 July 1937 is a British Screenwriter playwright Greenwich ( ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ GREN-itch /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/ GREN-idge or /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/ GRIN-idge is a district in south-east London,

In 1974, she returned to Broadway in My Fat Friend. There soon followed Knock Knock with Charles Durning, Mrs Warren's Profession (for a Tony nomination) with Ruth Gordon, and Saint Joan. Charles Durning (born February 28, 1923) is an American Actor of stage and screen The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Ruth Gordon Jones ( October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) better known as Ruth Gordon, was an Academy Award - Saint Joan is a 1923 play by Irishman George Bernard Shaw written shortly after the Roman Catholic Church canonized Joan of Arc. In the 1985/86 season she appeared with Rex Harrison, Claudette Colbert, and Jeremy Brett in Aren't We All? and with Mary Tyler Moore in A. R. Gurney's Sweet Sue. Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison (5 March 1908 - 2 June 1990 was an English Academy Award and Tony Award -winning Theatre and Claudette Colbert ( IPA: /koʊlˈbɛɹ/ ( September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French -born American stage Jeremy Brett (3 November 1933 – 12 September 1995 born Peter Jeremy William Huggins, was an English Actor famous among other things for his Aren't We All? is a play by Frederick Lonsdale. At the core of the drawing room comedy 's slim plot is the Hon Mary Tyler Moore (born December 29, 1936) is an Academy Award -nominated and seven-time Emmy Award -winning American actress A R Gurney (Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr (born November 1, 1930) is an American Playwright and Novelist. Outside New York, she was in Misalliance in Chicago with Irene Worth, (earning the Sarah Siddons and Joseph Jefferson awards), Twelfth Night at the American Shakespeare Festival, California Suite, The King and I, Hellzapoppin', Les Dames du Jeudi, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Cherry Orchard. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Irene Worth, Honorary CBE ( June 23 1916 - March 9 2002) was an American stage and screen actress who became one of the leading Twelfth Night Or What You Will is a Comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the Short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Les Liaisons dangereuses ( Dangerous Liaisons) is a French The Cherry Orchard (Вишнëвый сад or Vishniovy sad in Russian) is Russian Playwright Anton Chekhov 's last In the early winter of 1991 she starred with Stewart Granger and Ricardo Montalban in a Hollywood production of Don Juan in Hell. Stewart Granger ( May 6, 1913 &ndash August 16, 1993) born James Lablache Stewart, was an English film Actor Ricardo Gonzálo Pedro Montalbán Merino KCSG (born November 25, 1920) is a Mexican Television, Theatre, and Film Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw was written in 1903 as a four act drama responding to those who had questioned Shaw as to why he had never written a play

With her sister Vanessa as Olga, she returned to the London stage playing Masha in Three Sisters in 1991 at the Queen's Theatre, London, and later played the title role in a television production of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, again with her sister. Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an English Academy Award, two-time Cannes Best Actress, Three Sisters (Russian Три сестры - Tri sestry is a play written in 1900 and first produced in 1901 by Russian author Anton Chekhov. The Queen's Theatre is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a Novel by Author Henry Farrell published in 1960. Highlights of her early movie career also include The National Health, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, The Happy Hooker and Getting It Right. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask is a Book (1969 updated 1999 by U Xaviera Hollander (born 15 June, 1943) is a former Call girl and madam. For American television she was seen in the series Teachers Only, House Calls, Centennial and Chicken Soup. She also starred in BBC productions such as The Faint-Hearted Feminist, A Woman Alone, Death of a Son, Calling the Shots and Fighting Back. She played Broadway again in Moon Over Buffalo (1996) with co-star Robert Goulet, and starred in the world premiere of Tennessee Williams' The Notebook of Trigorin, based on Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. Robert Gerard Goulet ( November 26 1933 – October 30 2007) was a Canadian Grammy - and Tony Award - winning Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one The Seagull ( Russian: "Чайка" ("Chayka" written in 1895 is the first of what are generally considered to be Anton Chekhov's

In 1993 she was elected President of The Players, the famous theatrical club and historic bastion of American theatre history. In 1989 she appeared on Broadway in Love Letters with her husband John Clark, and thereafter they performed the play around the country, and on one occasion for the jury in the OJ Simpson case. Love Letters is a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nominated play by A John Clark is an actor director producer and writer with dual U Orenthal James "O J" Simpson (born July 9 1947 who has also been called The Juice, is a retired American football player, In 1993 she appeared on Broadway in the one-woman play Shakespeare For My Father, which John Clark produced and directed. Shakespeare For My Father is a play by Lynn Redgrave, written with assistance from her then-husband John Clark. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

In 2005, Redgrave appeared at Quinnipiac University and Connecticut College in the play Sisters of the Garden, about the sisters Fanny and Rebekka Mendelssohn and Nadia and Lili Boulanger. Quinnipiac University is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational University located in Hamden, Connecticut, at the Connecticut College is a selective coeducational private liberal arts college located in New London Connecticut. Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn ( November 14, 1805 &ndash May 14, 1847) later Fanny Hensel, was a German Pianist Nadia Boulanger (September 16 1887 &ndash October 22 1979 was an influential French Composer, conductor, and Music professor Lili Boulanger (Marie-Juliette Olga Lili Boulanger 21 August 1893 &ndash 15 March 1918) was a French Composer, the [1] She was also reported to be writing a one-woman play about her battle with breast cancer, from which she is evidently in remission, and her 2002 mastectomy, based on her book Journal: A Mother and Daughter's Recovery from Breast Cancer with photos by Annabel Clark (Redgrave and Clark's youngest daughter) and text by Redgrave herself. Breast cancer is a Cancer that starts in the cells of the Breast in women and men In Medicine, mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both Breasts partially or completely [2]

In September 2006, she appeared in Nightingale, the U. S. premier of her new one-woman play based upon her maternal grandmother Beatrice, at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Mark Taper Forum is a 739 seat Thrust stage at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Becket and Associates This is her third play to concern itself with a family member. She also performed the play in May 2007 at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut. Hartford Stage, located in Hartford CT, is one of the leading resident theatres in the nation known internationally for entertaining and enlightening audiences with a wide In 2007, Redgrave appeared in an episode of Desperate Housewives as Dahlia Hainsworth. Desperate Housewives is an American Television Dramedy series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as Show runner, and produced [3]

Personal life

In 1983, Redgrave became very well known in the United States when she began starring in a long-running series of television commercials for Weight Watchers. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced Weight Watchers ( is an international company that offers various Dieting products and services to assist Weight loss and maintenance Prior to this, she had suffered from bulimia, telling People Magazine in 1992, "(bingeing and purging) felt like a great discovery, as I suppose it is to most people. Bulimia nervosa is an Eating disorder characterized by recurrent Binge eating, followed by compensatory behaviors referred to as "purging" People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published People complimented me on my weight, but inside I felt like shit. "

Redgrave was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2001. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. She is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Naturalization is the acquisition of Citizenship or Nationality by somebody who was not a citizen or national of that country when he or she was born The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [4] She narrated Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis for Harper Audio. Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963

Filmography

Awards
Preceded by
Julie Andrews
for The Sound of Music		 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
for Georgy Girl
1967		 Succeeded by
Anne Bancroft
for The Graduate
Preceded by
Kim Basinger
for L.A. Confidential		 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
for Gods and Monsters
1998		 Succeeded by
Angelina Jolie
for Girl, Interrupted

References

  1. ^ Eleanor Charles (2005-03-27). Tom Jones is a 1963 British Comedy film. It is an adaptation of Henry Fielding 's classic novel The History of Tom Jones a Foundling Girl with Green Eyes is a 1964 British drama film which Edna O'Brien adapted from her novel The Lonely Girl. Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film based on a novel by Margaret Forster. Smashing Time is a 1967 British Comedy film starring Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave. The Virgin Soldiers is a 1966 comic novel by Leslie Thomas, inspired by his own experiences of National Service in the British Army Last of the Mobile Hot Shots is a 1970 American Drama film released by Warner Brothers. Xaviera Hollander (born 15 June, 1943) is a former Call girl and madam. The Big Bus is a 1976 American James Frawley Spoof comedy starring Stockard Channing as Kitty Baxter and Joe Bologna as Centennial is a 12-episode American Television Miniseries that aired on NBC from October 1978 to February 1979 Morgan Stewart's Coming Home is a 1987 Comedy film directed by Paul Aaron/Terry Winsor and starring Jon Cryer, Viveka Davis, Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions Toothless is a 1997 TV movie It first aired as part of The Wonderful World of Disney. Gods and Monsters is a 1998 Film which recounts the (somewhat fictionalized last days of the life Strike! is a musical depicting the Winnipeg General Strike. It has been adapted into a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio production and a 17 minute How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog is a 2000 American Dramedy Film written and directed by Michael Kalesniko and produced Venus and Mars is the fourth album by Wings, Paul McCartney 's group formed after The Beatles ' dissolution Spider is a 2002 Psychological thriller directed by Canadian David Cronenberg and based on the novel of the same name Unconditional Love is the title of a sleeper comedic film released in 2002. The Wild Thornberrys Movie is a 2002 American animated feature film based on the television series of the same name. Hansel and Gretel ( Hänsel und Gretel) is a Fairy tale of Germanic origin adapted by the Brothers Grimm and earlier by Giambattista Anita and Me is Meera Syal 's debut Novel, and was first published in 1996 Peter Pan is a Film released on December 25, 2003, by Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios Kinsey is a 2004 Biographical film written and directed by Bill Condon. The White Countess is a 2005 British / American / Chinese Drama film directed by James Ivory. The Jane Austen Book Club is 2007 American romantic Drama film written and directed by Robin Swicord. My Dog Tulip is an upcoming American independent animated feature film being directed and animated by Paul Fierlinger. Confessions of a Shopaholic is an upcoming film adaptation of the novel The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by British Chick lit author Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells on October 1 1935) is an award-winning English Actress Rodgers and Hammerstein 's The Sound of Music is a Musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews in the lead role The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film based on a novel by Margaret Forster. Anne Bancroft ( September 17 1931 – June 6 2005) was an American method Actress. The Graduate is a American comedy / drama / Romance film directed by Mike Nichols, based on the novel of the same name by Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (ˈbeɪsɪŋɚ bay-sing-er often mispronounced /ˈbæsɪndʒɚ/ bass-in-jer) (born December 8, 1953) LA Confidential is a 1997 Feature film based on the 1990 Crime fiction novel of the same title by James Ellroy The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance Gods and Monsters is a 1998 Film which recounts the (somewhat fictionalized last days of the life Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4 1975 is an American film actor Girl Interrupted is a 1999 film drama about a teen's 18-month stay at a mental institution starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates A Redgrave in Four Roles. New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to
  2. ^ http://www.bcrfcure.org/ab_10_redgrave.html
  3. ^ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0967639/plotsummary IMDB - "Desperate Housewives - Dress Big"
  4. ^ Lynn Redgrave Biography (1943-)

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NAME Redgrave, Lynn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION English actress, now a USA citizen
DATE OF BIRTH 8 March 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short originally part of the WWII Allied Relief Fund is a New York City -based organization "dedicated to supporting The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short originally part of the WWII Allied Relief Fund is a New York City -based organization "dedicated to supporting The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short originally part of the WWII Allied Relief Fund is a New York City -based organization "dedicated to supporting Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
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