Michael Redgrave Overview:

Actor, Michael Redgrave, was born Michael Scudamore Redgrave on Mar 20, 1908 in Bristol, England. Redgrave died at the age of 77 on Mar 21, 1985 in Denham, England .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Redgrave was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1947Best ActorMourning Becomes Electra (1947)Orin MannonNominated
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Redgrave was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame .

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Michael Redgrave Quotes:

Ruxton Towers Reformatory governor: I used to be a runner myself, quite a useful one too but a bit of a plodder.


Peter Penrose: I'm afraid I'm strictly amateur.
Flight Lt. David Archdale: There aren't any amateurs and professionals anymore, just good pilots and bad pilots. The good pilots stay alive and the bad ones don't. And that's not true anymore either.


Iris Henderson: I was having tea about an hour ago with an English lady. You saw her, didn't you?
Charters: Well, I don't know, I mean, I was talking to my friend, wasn't I?
Caldicott: Indubitably.
Iris Henderson: Yes, but you were sitting at the next table. She turned and borrowed the sugar. You must remember.
Charters: Yes, I recall passing the sugar.
Iris Henderson: Well then you saw her.
Charters: I repeat we were deep in conversation. We were discussing cricket.
Iris Henderson: Well, I don't see how a thing like cricket can make you forget seeing people.
Charters: Oh, don't you? If that's your attitude, there's nothing more to be said! Come Caldicott. "A thing like cricket!"
Gilbert: Wrong tactics. We should've told him we were looking for a lost cricket ball.


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He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1959 Queen's Honours List for his services to drama.

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