Vanessa Redgrave

Biography

Born 01/30/1937

From her start on the London stage in the 1960s, Vanessa Redgrave went on to become one of the most internationally respected actresses of stage and screen, with the Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Tony awards to prove it. Redgrave was trained in the classical tradition but made her mark...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2003, received Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
In 2000, received Emmy Award for Oustanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
In 2000, received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

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Highlights

In 2007, Portrayed a dying woman reflecting on her youth in the ensemble film, "Evening"
In 2007, Cast in “The Fever” the HBO Films adaptation of writer/actor Wallace Shawn's stage play; earned a SAG nomination for Outstanding Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
In 2007, Starred in a one-woman stage adaptation of Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking" earned a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

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Family & Companions

Franco Nero: met while filming "Camelot" (1967); played Lancelot to Redgrave's Guenevere; father of Carlo; had seven-year relationship
Timothy Dalton: worked together on "Mary, Queen of Scots" (1971) and "Agatha" (1979), in which Redgrave played novelist Agatha Christie and Dalton played her adulterous husband; also worked together on the London stage in "Antony and Cleopatra" and "A Touch of the Poet"; no longer together
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)

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