Vanessa Redgrave
British actress and activist (born 1937)
Vanessa Redgrave is a British actress whose career began in 1957. She won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Supporting Actress for Julia, a Tony Award for Long Day's Journey into Night, and Emmy Awards for Playing for Time and If These Walls Could Talk 2. Her film work includes Blowup, Howards End and Atonement.
Vanessa Redgrave appears in 10 films and 1 TV series in The Rerun, from 1966 to 2012. Most of that work is in drama, history and biography. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: David Hemmings (3), Winona Ryder (2), Fred Zinnemann (2), Jason Robards (2), Corin Redgrave (2).
Known for
- Julia (1977), Julia. The role that won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
- Howards End (1992), Ruth Wilcox. A restrained turn in the Merchant Ivory adaptation of E. M. Forster.
- Atonement (2007), Older Briony. A late, devastating appearance in the adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel.
- Isadora (1968), Isadora Duncan. A career-defining portrait of the pioneering dancer.
- Blowup (1966). A fixture of 1960s London in Michelangelo Antonioni’s mystery.
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Film · UK
Cinemas · US 16 Oct · UK and IE 30 Oct
Ken Russell’s The Devils, Restored and Uncut
The director's intended cut of the 1971 film opened in the US on 16 October and reaches UK and Irish cinemas on 30 October.
Andrew Lovesey · 4 min read
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Vanessa Redgrave been in?
- Vanessa Redgrave appears in Call the Midwife (2012), Girl, Interrupted (1999), The House of the Spirits (1993), Howards End (1992), Julia (1977), The Devils (1971), Isadora (1968), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Camelot (1967), A Man for All Seasons (1966) and Blowup (1966) on The Remote.
- When was Vanessa Redgrave born?
- Vanessa Redgrave was born on 30 January 1937.
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