Lynn Redgrave Overview:

Legendary actress, Lynn Redgrave, was born Lynn Rachel Redgrave on Mar 8, 1943 in Marylebone, England. Redgrave died at the age of 67 on May 2, 2010 in Kent, CT .

MINI BIO:

Warm, bouncy, extrovert, tawny-haired British comedy actress, daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and sister of Vanessa Redgrave. Her appeal was somewhere between Joyce Grenfell and Pauline Collins. Her Georgy Girl, which won her an Academy Award nomination, was a tragi-comic tour-de-force. But after that the cinema seemed to see her as tarts-with-hearts, and she seldom received roles in films that emphasized her individual appeal. Academy Award nominee for Gods and Monsters.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Redgrave was nominated for two Oscars, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1966Best ActressGeorgy Girl (1966)Georgy ParkinNominated
1998Best Supporting ActressGods and Monsters (1998)HannaNominated
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Redgrave was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame .

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( 8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010)

By Dawn on May 3, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Lynn Rachel Redgrave, was an English actress. A member of the well-known British family of actors, trained in London, before making her theatrical debut in 1962. By the mid-1960s she performed in films, Tom Jones (1963), and Georgy Girl (1966) which won her a New York Film Critics Awar... Read full article


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Lynn Redgrave Quotes:

Yvonne: Oooh, it's not the sort of place I could afford to be seen in after I'm famous Brenda. Shouldn't think they've even heard of scampi.


Georgy: God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve.


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Georgy: [to children's dance class] One and two and one and two! One and two and one and two. Everybody go round! Very good! Faster! One and two. One and two and one and two! One and two and one and two. Very good. All right, everybody round me, come on! Quick, quick! One more quickie to finish. You're things in space! Right. Spin into space! Blblbl. And one two three, one the floor, quick!


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