Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Age
76
Birthday
Jan. 30th, 1937
Born in
London, England, UK
Height
5' 11"

Vanessa Redgrave's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
The Day of the Triffids (2009) TV Show
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
The Gathering Storm TV Show
The Gathering Storm
HARDtalk (UK) TV Show
HARDtalk (UK)
 

Main Movie Roles

2010 - Miral
2010 - Letters to Juliet
2008 - Restraint
2007 - The Riddle
2007 - Evening
2007 - Atonement
2006 - The Thief Lord
2005 - The White Countess
2003 - Good Boy!
2001 - The Pledge
1999 - Girl, Interrupted
1998 - Deep Impact
1997 - Wilde
1997 - Smilla's Sense of Snow
1996 - Looking For Richard
1996 - Mission: Impossible
1995 - A Month by the Lake
1994 - Mother's Boys
1994 - Little Odessa
1993 - The House of the Spirits
1992 - Howards End
1987 - Prick Up Your Ears
1984 - The Bostonians
1979 - Yanks
1979 - Agatha
1977 - Julia
1976 - The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1974 - Murder on the Orient Express
1971 - The Devils
1971 - Mary, Queen of Scots
1971 - The Trojan Women
1968 - Isadora
1968 - The Charge of the Light Brigade
1967 - Camelot
1966 - Blowup
1966 - A Man for All Seasons

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Dr. Erica Noughton
10
Mature Jenny (Voiced)
1
The Evil Queen
1
Herself - Actress (segment "Vanessa Redgrave")
1
Diane Nash
1
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BIOGRAPHY:

Born into a distinguished acting family, Vanessa Redgrave knew a lot about acting technique when she started making films in the 1960s. Three decades later she has shown that an actress can improve with age. In his review of A Month by the Lake (1995), Roger Ebert sees Redgrave "at the absolute peak of physical and mental perfection". No one had any idea of what kind of a woman was in the photographs in the park in Blowup (1966). Her rich auburn hair was long, her physique lean, her countenance inscrutable. Three decades later a Redgrave who takes the pictures has hair that is short, the auburn shade muted. The physique is still lean and it is strong from the work it has taken to keep it that way. And the countenance is a lot easier to read. Add expertise with body language and a superb sense of timing and here is a comedienne who should still be carrying films when she is in her 90s.


TRIVIA:
  • Received rave reviews for originating the role of Jean Brodie in, 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" winning the London Evening Standard award for her work.
  • Plays mother to real-lifer daughter 'Joely Richardson' (qv) in a few episodes of _"Nip/Tuck" (2003)_ (qv).
  • Voted by People magazine (May 8th 2006) as one of the 100 most beautiful people.
  • A longtime member of Britain's Workers Revolutionary Party
  • Both she and her daughter 'Joely Richardson' (qv) have played an historical queen who was executed by beheading. Redgrave played the title character in _Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)_ (qv) while her daughter played Marie Antoinette in _The Affair of the Necklace (2001)_ (qv).
  • Former mother-in-law of Working Title films co-producer 'Tim Bevan (I)' (qv).
  • Refused to accept any money for her role as Anne Boleyn in _A Man for All Seasons (1966)_ (qv).
  • She was awarded the 1988 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in A Touch of the Poet.


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