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Let’s take a look at the life of award-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave.
birthday: January 30, 1937
Birthplace: London, England
Birth name: Vanessa Redgrave
father: Sir Michael Redgrave,actor
mother: Rachel Kempson,actor
marriage: Tony Richardson (29 April 1962 – 28 April 1967, divorced)
Children: With Franco Nero: Carlo Gabriel (September 16, 1969). With Tony Richardson: Jolie (9 January 1965), Natasha (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009)
education: 1955-1957 Attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London
Many members of the Redgrave family are/was actors, including grandparents, parents, brother Colin, niece Gemma, and sister Rinand daughters Natasha and Joely.
Both her London stage debut and her first film role were opposite her father, Sir Michael Redgrave.
She has worked professionally with her three children, her parents, brother and niece.
Redgrave and her “Camelot” co-star Franco Nero had an affair and had a son in the late 1960s. They reunited in 2006 and held a private commitment ceremony with family and friends.
It was nominated for six Oscars and won once.
He has been nominated for three Tony Awards and won once.
Nominated for 6 people Emmy Awards and won twice.
1957- Made her stage debut in ‘The Reluctant Debutante’ at the Frinton Summer Theater, Frinton-on-the-Sea.
1958- He made his stage debut in London with A Touch of the Sun and his film debut with Behind the Mask.
From April 10, 1967 Redgrave and sister Lynne were robbed of the Academy Award for Best Actress by Elizabeth Taylor for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Vanessa’s nomination is “Morgan: A Case for Treatment” and Lynn’s is “Georgy Girl.”
June 9, 1967 – Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
1974- He ran for the parliamentary election as a member of the Workers’ Revolutionary Party, but was unsuccessful.
1977- Redgrave produced and narrated a television documentary about the Middle East conflict, The Palestinian. Its opening in Beverly Hills in early 1978 was marked by protests and the arson of one of his theaters.
1977- Appeared in the movie “Julia”.
From April 3, 1978 She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for “Julia.” Airing her political agenda, her acceptance speech gets booed when she mentions “Zionist complaints” and her stance on anti-Semitism and fascism.
1979- He once again ran as a member of parliament from the Workers’ Revolutionary Party, but was defeated.
From September 13, 1981 Winner of an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Special for “Playing for Time”.
1995- will be UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
From September 10, 2000 Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Film for “If These Walls Could Talk 2”.
From June 8, 2003 She won the Tony Award for Best Actress for “Long Day’s Journey into Night.”
From June 22, 2004 The first 10 episodes of the TV show Nip/Tuck will air with Vanessa and her daughter Joely Richardson playing mother and daughter.
From November 2004 Redgrave and his brother Colin start a new political group, the Peace and Progressive Party, to protest the war in Iraq.
From March 18, 2009 Redgrave’s daughter, actress Natasha Richardson, has died after being injured in a skiing accident.
From February 21, 2010 is awarded an Academy Fellowship at British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award from Prince William.
Spring 2010~ Both of her brothers died after a short illness, brother Colin, and sister Lynn from breast cancer.
From November 2012 Directed the stage “The World I Loved: The Story of an Arab Woman”.
From May 2, 2013 Appeared on the British TV show “The Call Out”. An episode of “Playhouse Presents” written and directed by his son Carlo Nero.
From April 2015 He has a severe heart attack and undergoes surgery.
May 18, 2017 – “Sadness of the Sea” Redgrave’s directorial debut, a documentary about the refugee crisis, will have a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
From August 30, 2018 “The Aspern Papers” debuts at the Venice Film Festival, starring Redgrave and his daughter Joely Richardson.
February 7-9, 2019 – The play “Vienna 1934-Munich 1938” begins as a work in progress at London’s Rose Theater Kingston and stars Redgrave and her granddaughter, Daisy Bevan.
From June 30, 2019 The movie “Mrs. Laurie & Son.
From December 31, 2021 Redgrave received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Queen’s new year honors list.
