Natasha Richardson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, she was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Early in her career, she portrayed Mary Shelley and Patty Hearst in feature films, and she received critical acclaim and a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Sally Bowles in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret. Some of her notable films included Patty Hearst (1988), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Nell (1994), The Parent Trap (1998) and Maid in Manhattan (2002). Her first marriage to filmmaker Robert Fox ended in divorce in 1992. In 1994, she married Irish actor Liam Neeson, whom she had met when the two appeared in Anna Christie. The couple had two sons, Micheál and Daniel. Richardson's father died of AIDS-related causes in 1991. She helped raise millions of dollars in the fight against AIDS through the charity amfAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Richardson died in 2009 following a head injury sustained when she fell during a skiing lesson in Quebec. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natasha Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2010 · The Wildest Dream as Ruth Mallory (voice)
- 2008 · Wild Child as Mrs. Kingsley
- 2007 · Evening as Constance Haverford
- 2007 · Mastersons of Manhattan as Victoria Masterson
- 2006 · Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film as Self
- 2006 · Top Chef as Herself - Guest Judge
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self
- 2005 · The White Countess as Countess Sofia Belinskya
- 2005 · Asylum as Stella Raphael
- 2002 · Maid in Manhattan as Caroline Lane
- 2002 · Waking Up in Reno as Darlene Dodd
- 2001 · Chelsea Walls as Mary
- 2001 · Blow Dry as Shelley Allen
- 2001 · Haven as Ruth Gruber
- 1998 · The Parent Trap as Elizabeth James
- 1996 · The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Vera Brittain
- 1996 · The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful as Self
- 1994 · Nell as Dr. Paula Olsen
- 1994 · Widows' Peak as Edwina Broome
- 1993 · Zelda as Zelda Fitzgerald
- 1993 · Suddenly, Last Summer as Catharine Holly
- 1992 · Hostages as Jill Morrell
- 1992 · Past Midnight as Laura Mathews
- 1991 · Charlie Rose as Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 8/15/05)
- 1991 · The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish as Sybil
- 1990 · The Comfort of Strangers as Mary
- 1990 · The Handmaid's Tale as Kate
- 1989 · Fat Man and Little Boy as Jean Tatlock
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Fiona Havisham
- 1988 · Patty Hearst as Patricia Hearst
- 1987 · A Month in the Country as Alice Keach
- 1987 · Ghosts as Regina
- 1986 · Gothic as Mary Shelley
- 1985 · In the Secret State as Jilly
- 1984 · Every Picture Tells a Story as Miss Bridle
- 1984 · Oxbridge Blues as Gabriella
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Violet Hunter
- 1973 · High Crime as Girl Playing Hopscotch (uncredited)
- 1971 · Great Performances as Catharine Holly
- 1968 · The Charge of the Light Brigade as Flower Girl at Wedding (Uncredited)