The daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and the older sister of Lynn, Vanessa Redgrave was born Jan. 30, 1937, in London. Acting since childhood, she first appeared on screen with her father in Behind the Mask (1958) and excelled with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early '60s.Redgrave returned to the screen in 1966 with two "mod" classics, Blow-Up and Morgan (for which she earned her first Oscar nomination). More nominations soon followed for Isadora (as Isadora Duncan), Mary, Queen of Scots and Julia (which resulted in a Best Supporting Actress Oscar).
The politically outspoken Redgrave continued to make films in many countries, earning two more Oscar nods for The Bostonians (1984) and Howards End (1992). Mission Impossible, Mrs. Dalloway, Deep Impact and Girl, Interrupted are among her later movies.
AddHowards EndRuth Wilcox's deathbed wish forever changes relations between the well-heeled Wilcoxes and bourgeois Schlegel sisters Margaret (Oscar-winner Emma Thompson) and Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) when Ruth bequeaths her manor -- Howards End -- to Margaret. Ruth's husband, Henry (Anthony Hopkins), acting in... Read More
AddMary, Queen of ScotsIn an Oscar-nominated performance, Vanessa Redgrave shines as Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland. Returning from France to assume the throne, Mary finds her ascension challenged by her brother, her husband and her cousin Queen Elizabeth I (Glenda Jackson). Timothy Dalton, Patrick McGoohan and Ian Holm... Read More
AddBlow UpLegendary director Michelangelo Antonioni scores again with this tense mystery (his first English-speaking film) set in London among the city's hipster crowd, the story of a popular fashion photographer (David Hemmings) who inadvertently shoots evidence of a murder. As he processes the negative in... Read More
AddA Month by the LakeWhile vacationing on Lake Como in pre-World War II Italy, a middle-aged English woman (Vanessa Redgrave) develops an interest in a fellow guest, a stuffy major in the British army (Edward Fox). Before she can make her move, the arrival of a young nanny (Uma Thurman) complicates her plans. As the... Read More
AddIf These Walls Could Talk 2Following the same premise as the first movie -- focusing on three different women from three generations who've occupied the same house -- this Emmy-winning follow-up trains its lens on three lesbian couples. In 1961, Edith (Vanessa Redgrave) loses her longtime companion. In the 1970s, collegiate... Read More
