Vanessa Redgrave
British actress and activist with a career spanning eight decades and a Triple Crown of Acting.
Her career awards consist of an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Volpi Cup, and an Olivier Award.[1] Honorary recognitions she has received are the BAFTA Fellowship Award and the Golden Lion Honorary Award.[1]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 30 January 1937
- Birthplace
- Blackheath, London, England
- Education
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Occupation
- Actress, political activist
- Years active
- 1957–present
- Partner
- Timothy Dalton (1971–1986)
- Children
- Natasha Richardson
- Joely Richardson
- Carlo Gabriel Nero
- Parents
- Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
In 1959, she performed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre under Peter Hall's direction.[2] She married film and theatre director Tony Richardson in 1962 and divorced him in 1967.[3] In 2017, at age 80, she made her directorial debut with the documentary Sea Sorrow.[4] Her parents were the actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson.[5]
On the set of Camelot in 1967, she met Italian actor Franco Nero and began a romantic relationship with him.[3] Carlo Gabriel Redgrave Sparanero, her son with Nero, was born in 1969.[3] For her performance in the Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night, she received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2003.[6]
What the cited sources add
Redgrave's autobiography notes she filmed The Trojan Women in summer 1970 and became pregnant with Nero's second child.[7] In June 1971 she began filming Mary Queen of Scots for producer Hal Wallis.[7] A Guardian article from 2012 reported that Redgrave and James Earl Jones would reunite for Much Ado About Nothing at the Old Vic.[8] The same article stated that Redgrave and Jones had previously transferred Driving Miss Daisy to the West End after a Broadway run.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Vanessa Redgrave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Theater honours put women in the spotlight", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; "Vanessa Redgrave to receive Academy Fellowship", BAFTA, 21 February 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vanessa Redgrave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Micheline Steinberg, "Flashback, A Pictorial History 1879–1979: 100 Years of Stratford-upon-Avon and the Royal Shakespeare Company", RSC Publications, 1985, p. 73 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vanessa Redgrave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Excerpts from Vanessa Redgrave's Autobiography", Oocities.org (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vanessa Redgrave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Brooks, "Vanessa Redgrave: 'Democracy is at stake. That's why I'm voting Labour'", The Guardian, 21 May 2017; Peter Bradshaw, "Sea Sorrow review – Vanessa Redgrave's ungainly, heartfelt essay on the refugee crisis", The Guardian, 17 May 2017; "'Sea Sorrow': Film Review Cannes 2017", The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vanessa Redgrave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Redgrave 1991, p. 5; "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837–2008", FamilySearch (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vanessa Redgrave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Vanessa Redgrave honoured at UK Ibsen Year opening", Norway – the official site in the UK. Retrieved 17 December 2006. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Excerpts from Vanessa Redgrave's Autobiography", Oocities.org. facts only, no text reused. oocities.org
- Trueman, "Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones to reunite for Old Vic's Much Ado", The Guardian, 4 December 2012. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
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