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Vanessa Redgrave

Screenwriter / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Film Director | * 01/30/1937 (87) | Greenwich, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Dame Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress. Throughout her career spanning over six decades, Redgrave has garnered numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and an Olivier Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. She has also received various honorary awards, including the BAFTA Fellowship Award, the Golden Lion Honorary Award, and an induction into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Redgrave made her acting debut on stage with the production of A Touch of Sun in 1958. She rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in the Shakespearean comedy As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since starred in numerous productions on West End and on Broadway. She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for The Aspern Papers (1984) and received Olivier nominations for A Touch of the Poet (1988), John Gabriel Borkman (1997), and The Inheritance (2019). She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the revival of Long Day's Journey into Night (2003). She received Tony nominations f... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Documentaries

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As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. ...

Atonement

R

2007 | 3.8/5 | 2h 3min
Drama, Romance / Love
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An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secret ...

Letters to Juliet

PG

2010 | 3.5/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with t ...

Howards End

PG

1992 | 3.5/5 | 2h 22min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother to seek the position of consul, Coriolanus ...

Coriolanus

R

2011 | 3.0/5 | 2h 3min
Drama, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Vanessa Redgrave

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Donostia Award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 2x Dame Commander of The Order of The British Empire Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film BAFTA Fellowship 2x Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress Volpi Cup for Best Actress Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 4x Academy Award for Best Actress 2x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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Movies with Vanessa Redgrave as Actress(138)

as herself2023 Merchant Ivory
as herself2022 The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Great Nana2022 The Lost Girls
as Cathleen Sweeney2021 Finding You
as herself2021 Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
as herself2020 Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
as Elizabeth Lowry2019 Mrs Lowry & Son
as Elsa Brecht2019 Georgetown
as Juliana Bordereau2019 The Aspern Papers
as Self (archive footage)2018 Nothing Like a Dame
as herself2017 Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
as herself2017 Sea Sorrow
as Old Roseanne McNulty2017 The Secret Scripture
as Jeanne McDougall2017 Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2016 Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
as Queen Margaret2016 Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
as Older Marian2015 The Go-Between
as Jean du Pont2014 Foxcatcher
2014 The Wound and the Gift
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Annabeth Westfall2013 The Butler
as Vida Winter2013 The Thirteenth Tale
2012 Last Will. & Testament
as Rosalind Leigh2012 The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
as Marion2012 Song for Marion
as The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)2011 Cars 2
as Queen Elizabeth I2011 Anonymous
as Volumnia2011 Coriolanus
as Madeleine Rees2010 The Whistleblower
as Narrator2010 Robinson in Ruins
as Claire2010 Letters to Juliet
as Bertha Spafford2010 Miral
2009 God, Smell and Her
as Hannah Silbergrau2008 Ein Job
as Sky News Reader #22008 Restraint
as Ann Lord2007 Evening
as Penelope Keeling2007 The Shell Seekers
as Roberta Elliot2007 The Riddle
as Narrator2007 Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms
as Georgia Platts2007 How About You...
as Briony Tallis (Age 77)2007 Atonement
as herself2006 Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
as Valerie2006 Venus
as Sister Antonia2006 The Thief Lord
as herself2005 Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Princess Vera Belinskya2005 The White Countess
as Miss Sangorski2005 The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
as Woman2004 The Fever
as Lady Melbourne2003 Byron
as The Greater Dane (voice)2003 Good Boy!
as Rodion's mother2002 Crime and Punishment
as Clemmie Churchill2002 The Gathering Storm
as herself2002 Searching for Debra Winger
as herself2002 Merci Docteur Rey
as herself2002 Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
as Esther Huish2002 The Locket
as (voice)2001 Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
as Annalise Hansen2001 The Pledge
as Narrator2000 Exile in Buyukada
as Vicky's Mother2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Maddy Bennett2000 A Rumor of Angels
as Mrs. Rutterburn2000 Uninvited
as Edith Tree2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000 Mirka
as Countess Constance La Grave1999 Cradle Will Rock
as Dr. Wick1999 Girl, Interrupted
as Catherine Moore1998 Lulu on the Bridge
as Skelly1998 Déjà Vu
as Robin Lerner1998 Deep Impact
as Lady Speranza Wilde1997 Wilde
as Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway1997 Mrs. Dalloway
as Graziella Luciano1997 Bella Mafia
as Elsa Lübing1997 Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Grandmother / Narrator1997 The Willows in Winter
as Max Mitsopolis1996 Mission: Impossible
as Self / Interview1996 Looking for Richard
as Nancy Shaffell1996 Two Mothers for Zachary
as Anna Lenke1995 Down Came a Blackbird
as Miss Bentley1995 A Month by the Lake
as Grandmother / Narrator1995 The Wind in the Willows
as Suor Agata1994 Sparrow
as Dr. Angela Bead1994 Great Moments in Aviation
as Lydia1994 Mother's Boys
as Irina Shapira1994 Little Odessa
as Kate Benson1993 A Wall of Silence
as Nivea del Valle1993 The House of the Spirits
as Florence Latimer1993 They
as Ruth Wilcox1992 Howards End
as Blanche Hudson1991 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Miss Amelia1991 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Suor Crocifissa1990 Breath of Life
as Mother Capulet (voice)1990 Romeo.Juliet
as Lady Torrance1990 Orpheus Descending
as English journalist1990 Stalin's Funeral
as Mrs. Garza1988 Consuming Passions
as Lady Alice More1988 A Man for All Seasons
as Mrs. Carlyle1987 Comrades
as Peggy Ramsay1987 Prick Up Your Ears
as Renee Richards1986 Second Serve
as Nancy1985 Steaming
as Sarah Cloyce1985 Three Sovereigns for Sarah
as Jean Travers1985 Wetherby
as Olive Chancellor1984 The Bostonians
as The Evil Queen1984 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as la Regina1983 Sing Sing
as Leenie Cabrezi1982 My Body, My Child
as Fania Fenelon1980 Playing for Time
as Agatha Christie1979 Agatha
as Helen1979 Yanks
as Heddi Lindquist1979 Bear Island
as Julia1977 Julia
as Narrator1977 The Palestinian
as Lola Deveraux1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Ann1975 Out of Season
as Mary Debenham1974 Murder on the Orient Express
1972 Right To Work March
as Sister Jeanne des Anges1971 The Devils
as Mary, Queen of Scots1971 Mary, Queen of Scots
as Immacolata Meneghelli1971 Vacation
as Andromache1971 The Trojan Women
as Narrator1970 The Body
as Mary1970 Dropout
as herself1970 A Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third
as Narrator1969 No Arks
as Sylvia Pankhurst1969 Oh! What a Lovely War
as Mrs Clarissa Morris1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Isadora Duncan1968 Isadora
as Flavia1968 A Quiet Place in the Country
as Nina1968 The Sea Gull
as Jacky1968 Red and Blue
as herself1967 Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
as Sheila1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar
as Guenevere1967 Camelot
as Anne Boleyn1966 A Man for All Seasons
as Leonie Delt1966 Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
as Jane1966 Blow-Up
as Rosalind1963 As You Like It
as Pamela Benson-Gray1958 Behind the Mask

TV Shows/Series with Vanessa Redgrave as Actress(21)

as Flora Berryman2024 Evening at Pops
as Dr. Hartramph2014 Black Box
as Mature Jenny2012 Call the Midwife
as herself2012 Shakespeare Uncovered
2003 Nip/Tuck
as herself1999 The Early Show
as Vicky's Mother1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
as herself1998 Sabine Christiansen
as herself1997 The View
as herself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
as herself1993 Intimate Portrait
as Empress Elizabeth1991 Young Catherine
as herself1987 Seitenblicke
as Sophia1986 Peter the Great
as Sarah Cloyce1985 Three Sovereigns for Sarah
as The Evil Queen1982 Faerie Tale Theatre
as herself1981 Wetten, dass..?
as herself1979 NDR Talk Show
as herself1966 Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as herself1952 Today
as Esther Huish1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Vanessa Redgrave as Crew(3)

Directing/Director2017 Sea Sorrow
Writing/Screenplay2017 Sea Sorrow
Production/Producer1977 The Palestinian

Full Name: Vanessa Redgrave
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 01/30 1937 (January) in Greenwich, London, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 87 years + 88 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Central School of Speech and Drama, Queen's Gate School, The Alice Ottley School
Spouses (current/former): Tony Richardson, Franco Nero
Other names for Vanessa Redgrave (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Vanessa Redgreiv"
"바네사 레드그레이브"
"Ванесса Редгрейв"
Vanessa Redgrave frequently works together with these people:
Franco Nero (14x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
John Lithgow (8x, Actor)
Peter Ustinov (8x, Actor)
Glenn Close (8x, Actress)
James Ivory (8x, Crew)
Halle Berry (7x, Actress)
Jane Fonda (7x, Actress)
Tinto Brass (7x, Crew)
George Rose (7x, Actor)
Frank Elstner (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1338, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024