Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Redgrave voices Cordelia in Paramount's The Wild Thornberrys Movie - 2002

Biography

Born 03/08/1943

Throughout her long and vibrant career, actress Lynn Redgrave was a dogged professional who seemingly worked non-stop, as she went from stage to screen and back again with frequency and ease. Redgrave hailed from one of the most famous performing families, whose roots in theatre stretched far back...
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Awards

  • In 2003, received Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
  • In 2000, received London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year
  • In 1999, received Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Highlights

  • In 2009, Featured in the film adaptation of "Confessions of a Shopaholic"
  • In 2006, Appeared in the one-woman play, "Nightingale," based upon her maternal grandmother Beatrice, at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum
  • In 2005, Starred in the revival of W. Somerset Maugham's "The Constant Wife"; earned a Tony nomination for her performance

Family & Companions

  • Roy Redgrave: grandfather (Born in 1873; had been previously married and sired four children before his wedding to Daisy Scudamore; died in Australia in 1922 )
  • Michael Redgrave: father (Born in 1908; died in 1985 of complications from Parkinson's disease; Lynn created a one-woman show in his honor called "Shakespeare for My Father")
  • Rachel Kempson: mother (Appeared together in "Tom Jones" (1963), "Georgy Girl" (1966) and "The Virgin Soldiers (1969))

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