Lynn Redgrave
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by riada
Nor but in sleep findeth a cure for care.
Incertainty that once gave scope to dream
Of laughing enterprise and glory untold,
Is now a blackness that no stars redeem.
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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 was born in Marylebone, London to actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Her sister is actress Vanessa Redgrave; her brother was actor and political activist Corin Redgrave. She was the aunt of actor Carlo Gabriel Nero and actresses Joely Richardson, Jemma Redgrave and Natasha Richardson.
she appeared in films such as Tom Jones (1963), Girl with Green Eyes (1964), The Deadly Affair (1966) and the title role in Georgy Girl (also 1966). For the last of these roles she gained the New York Film Critics Award, the Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.
On 2 April 1967, Lynn Redgrave married and professionally partnered the British/Canadian/American actor and director John Clark. Together they had three children, Benjamin (born 196, actress Kelly (later Pema [formerly of All My Children], born 1970), and Annabel Lucy Clark (born 1981), an author and professional photographer in Manhattan. The marriage ended in divorce in December 2000.
Lynn Redgrave was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2001. She was a naturalized citizen of the United States.
She discussed her health problems associated with bulimia and breast cancer; she was diagnosed with the latter in December 2002. She had a mastectomy in January 2003, and chemotherapy. She died from breast cancer" on 2 May 2010, aged 67. Her brother Corin, also a cancer patient, died on 6 April 2010.
In addition to her children, she is survived by her sister Vanessa, as well as several other famous members of the Redgrave family.
A member of the well-known British family of actors,
Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London to actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Her sister is actress Vanessa Redgrave; her brother was actor and political activist Corin Redgrave. She was the aunt of actor Carlo Gabriel Nero and actresses Joely Richardson, Jemma Redgrave and Natasha Richardson.
she appeared in films such as Tom Jones (1963), Girl with Green Eyes (1964), The Deadly Affair (1966) and the title role in Georgy Girl (also 1966). For the last of these roles she gained the New York Film Critics Award, the Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.
On 2 April 1967, Lynn Redgrave married and professionally partnered the British/Canadian/American actor and director John Clark. Together they had three children, Benjamin (born 196, actress Kelly (later Pema [formerly of All My Children], born 1970), and Annabel Lucy Clark (born 1981), an author and professional photographer in Manhattan. The marriage ended in divorce in December 2000.
Lynn Redgrave was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2001. She was a naturalized citizen of the United States.
She discussed her health problems associated with bulimia and breast cancer; she was diagnosed with the latter in December 2002. She had a mastectomy in January 2003, and chemotherapy. She died from breast cancer" on 2 May 2010, aged 67. Her brother Corin, also a cancer patient, died on 6 April 2010.
In addition to her children, she is survived by her sister Vanessa, as well as several other famous members of the Redgrave family.
Nor but in sleep findeth a cure for care.
Incertainty that once gave scope to dream
Of laughing enterprise and glory untold,
Is now a blackness that no stars redeem.
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