Vanessa Redgrave

Spouse Franco Nero ( 31 December 2006 - present) 1 child Tony Richardson ( 29 April 1962 - 1967) (divorced) 2 children Trade Mark Often chooses roles that are difficult or controversial, not roles that will bring her more money or a higher status. Trivia Claims to be on hit-list of neo-Nazi group Combat 18. [February 1997] Daughter of Michael Redgrave & Rachel Kempson , sister of Lynn Redgrave & Corin Redgrave , mother of Natasha Richardson & Joely Richardson . Aunt of Jemma Redgrave . She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1967 for her services ... Read Full Story

Vanessa Redgrave Date of Birth 30 January 1937 , London, England, UK Height5' 11" (1.80 m) Mini 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 ... Read Full Story

Vanessa Redgrave Date of Birth 30 January 1937 , London, England, UK Height5' 11" (1.80 m) Mini 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 ... Read Full Story

Vanessa Redgrave Date of Birth 30 January 1937 , London, England, UK Height5' 11" (1.80 m) Mini 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 ... Read Full Story

Just a Year ago, Joan Didion fans were reading the glad tidings from David Finkle's news in "Theater Mania" ... Vanessa Redgrave lovers, rejoice. She brings The Year of Magical Thinking to the National's Lyttelton (April 25-May 20) after playing the solo show to her usual acclaim on the New York stage. The play, directed by David Hare, is Joan Didion's adaptation of her book about what pangs of grief followed the deaths of her husband and daughter. Before then,if not already a Didion fan,Susan Stamberg of NPR had an interview with Joan Didion that made many of us aware of her new book ... Read Full Story