Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Redgrave

March 8, 1943 (81 years old) in London, England, UK

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.

Known For

Jeopardy! Jeopardy!
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives
The Nanny The Nanny
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent

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