Portrait of Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Redgrave

Acting

Biography

Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an English actress. A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962. By the mid-1960s she had appeared in several films, including Tom Jones (1963), and Georgy Girl (1966) which won her a New York Film Critics Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 1967, she made her Broadway debut, and performed in several stage productions in New York while making frequent returns to London's West End. She performed with her sister Vanessa in Three Sisters in London, and in the title role in a television production of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? in 1991. She made a return to films in the late 1990s in films such as Shine (1996) and Gods and Monsters (1998), for which she received another Academy Award nomination.

Born: March 8, 1943

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Filmography

2010
My Dog Tulip

as Nancy / Greengrocer's Wife (voice)

2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic

as Drunken Lady at Ball

2006
Little Miss Christmas

as Nanny (voice)

2006
Me, Eloise

as Nanny (voice)

2006
Ugly Betty

as Olivia Guillemette

2005
The White Countess

as Olga Belinskya

2004
Desperate Housewives

as Dahlia Hainsworth

2004
Kinsey

as Final Interview Subject

2003
Peter Pan

as Aunt Millicent

2003
JoJo's Circus

as Miss Blathers (voice)

2003
Charlie's War

as Grandma Lewis

2002
The Wild Thornberrys Movie

as Cordelia Thornberry (voice)

2002
Anita and Me

as Mrs. Omerod

2002
Spider

as Mrs. Wilkinson

2002
Hansel & Gretel

as Woman / Witch

2002
2002
My Sister's Keeper

as Helen Margaret Chapman

2001
The Simian Line

as Katharine

2001
2001
My Kingdom

as Mandy

2001
Varian's War

as Alma Werfel-Mahler

2001
Venus and Mars

as Emily Vogel

2001
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy

as Self (archive footage)

2000
Lion of Oz

as Wicked Witch of the East (voice)

2000
Deeply

as Celia

2000
The Next Best Thing

as Helen Whittaker

1999
A Season for Miracles

as Hon. Judge Nancy Jakes

1999
1999
Touched

as Carrie

1999
Different

as Amanda Talmadge

1998
1998
The Wild Thornberrys

as Cordelia (voice)

1998
Strike!

as Miss McVane

1998
Rude Awakening

as Trudy Frank

1998
White Lies

as Mrs. K.

1997
Toothless

as Rogers

1996
Shine

as Gillian

1994
Calling the Shots

as Maggie Donnelly

1993
Timmy's Special Delivery: A Precious Moments Christmas

as Narrator / Feline the Cat / Barkley (voice)

1993
The Nanny

as Lynn Redgrave

1990
Jury Duty: The Comedy

as Abby Greyhouwsky

1989
Chicken Soup

as Maddie Peerce

1989
Midnight

as Midnight

1989
1989
Death of a Son

as Pauline Williams

1988
A Woman Alone

as The Woman

1987
1987
Walking on Air

as Mrs. Hepp

1986
My Two Loves

as Marjorie Lloyd

1985
The Bad Seed

as Monica Breedlove

1985
Screen Two

as Pauline Williams

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Abby Benton Freestone

1984
Jeopardy!

as Self

1983
1982
1982
Hotel

as Carly Knight

1982
Rehearsal for Murder

as Monica Welles

1982
Wogan

as Self

1982
Teachers Only

as Diana Swanson

1980
1980
Sunday Lovers

as Lady Davina (sketch 'Maître en la demeure')

1980
1980
Gauguin the Savage

as Mette Gad

1980
Fridays

as Self

1979
House Calls

as Ann Anderson

1979
Beggarman, Thief

as Kate Jordache

1979
Sooner or Later

as Teacher

1979
1978
Centennial

as Charlotte Buckland Seccombe

1976
The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

1976
The Big Bus

as Camille Levy

1975
More Awkward Customers

as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Ferret

1975
The Happy Hooker

as Xaviera Hollander

1974
The Turn of the Screw

as Miss Jane Cubberly

1973
Pygmalion

as Eliza Doolittle

1973
Kojak

as Claire

1973
The National Health

as Nurse Sweet / Nurse Betty Martin

1972
ABC Afterschool Special

as Various Roles

1972
Every Little Crook and Nanny

as Miss Poole - Nanny

1971
1969
The Virgin Soldiers

as Phillipa Raskin

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
Smashing Time

as Yvonne

1967
The Deadly Affair

as Virgin Bumpus

1966
Georgy Girl

as Georgy

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Eliza Doolittle

1964
Girl with Green Eyes

as Baba Brennan

1963
Tom Jones

as Susan, Uptown Inn

1956
Armchair Theatre

as Caroline

1956
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Judge Nancy Jakes

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Helen Margaret Chapman

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter