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Vanessa Redgrave

Age: 72
Height: 5' 11"

Birth Place: London, England, UK
Born: Jan. 30th, 1937

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Vanessa Redgrave's Main TV Roles

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HARDtalk (UK)	Vanessa Redgr&hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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.
Voted by People magazine (May 8th 2006) as one of the 100 most beautiful people.
She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1967 for her services to drama.
Was offered the role of Margaret More in _A Man for All Seasons (1966)_ (qv) but she turned it down due her commitments to the theatre and opted for the cameo role of Anne Boleyn instead. 'Susannah York' (qv) was cast as Margaret More instead.
Mother-in-law of actor 'Liam Neeson' (qv).
She was awarded the 1985 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor in The Seagull.
Was set to star in 'Dario Argento' (qv)'s _Opera (1987)_ (qv), but dropped out shortly before production was scheduled to commence.
Named 'Jeanne Moreau' (qv) as co-respondent in her 1967 divorce from 'Tony Richardson (I)' (qv) on grounds of adultery.