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Here's a look at the life of award-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave.
Birthdate: January 30, 1937
Place of birth: London England
Birth name: Vanessa Redgrave
Father: Sir Michael Redgrave, actor
Mother: Rachel Kempson, actress
Marriage: Tony Richardson (April 29, 1962 – April 28, 1967, divorced)
Children: with Franco Nero: Carlo Gabriel (September 16, 1969); with Tony Richardson: Joely (January 9, 1965), Natasha (May 11, 1963 – March 18, 2009)
Education: Attended London Central School of Speech and Drama, 1955-1957
Many members of the Redgrave family are/were actors, including his grandparents, parents, brother Corin, niece Jemma, sister Lynn, and daughters Natasha and Joely.
Her London stage debut and first film role were opposite her father, Sir Michael Redgrave.
She has worked professionally with her three children, her parents, siblings and niece.
Redgrave and her “Camelot” co-star Franco Nero had an affair and a son in the late 1960s. They reunited in 2006 and held a private commitment ceremony with family and friends. The couple starred in “Letters to Juliet,” which has a similar plot to their real-life story.
She has been nominated for six Oscars and won once.
He has been nominated for three Tony Awards and won once.
He has been nominated for six Emmy Awards and won twice.
1957 – Stage debut of “The Reluctant Debutante” at the Frinton Summer Theater in Frinton-on-the-Sea.
1958 – London theater debut in “A Touch of the Sun” and film debut in “Behind the Mask.”
April 10, 1967 – Redgrave and her sister Lynn lose the Best Actress Oscar to Elizabeth Taylor for “Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?” Vanessa's nomination is for “Morgan: A Case Fit for Treatment” and Lynn's is for “Georgy Girl.”
June 9, 1967 – Queen Elizabeth II appoints him Commander of the British Empire (CBE).
1974 – He runs unsuccessfully for a seat in parliament with the Revolutionary Workers Party.
1977 – “El Palestino” is made, a television documentary about the Middle East conflict, produced and narrated by Redgrave. Its premiere in Beverly Hills in early 1978 was marked by protests and the bombing of a theater.
1977 – He stars in the film “Julia”.
April 3, 1978 – She wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for “Julia.” Her acceptance speech is booed as she airs her political agenda and references “Zionist thugs” and her stance against anti-Semitism and fascism.
1979 – He again runs for a seat in parliament with the Revolutionary Workers Party and loses.
September 13, 1981 – She wins an Emmy for best actress in a miniseries or special for “Playing for Time.”
nineteen ninety five – He becomes a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
September 10, 2000 – She wins the Emmy for best supporting actress in a miniseries or movie for “If These Walls Could Talk 2.”
June 8, 2003 – She wins a Tony for best actress for “Long Day's Journey into Night.”
June 22, 2004 – The first 10 episodes of the television show “Nip/Tuck” air with Vanessa and her daughter Joely Richardson playing mother and daughter.
November 2004 – Redgrave and his brother Corin launch a new political group, the Peace and Progress Party, to protest the war in Iraq.
February 21, 2010 – Receives the Academy Scholarship at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards from Prince William.
November 2012 – He directs the work “A world that I loved: the story of an Arab woman.”
May 2nd, 2013 – He appears on British television in “The Call Out,” an episode of “Playhouse Presents” written and directed by his son Carlo Nero.
April 2015 – He suffers a severe heart attack and undergoes surgery.
May 18, 2017 – “Sea Sorrow,” a documentary about the refugee crisis that marks Redgrave’s directorial debut, premieres in a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
August 30, 2018 – “The Aspern Papers” premieres at the Venice Film Festival starring Redgrave and her daughter, Joely Richardson.
February 7 to 9, 2019 – The play, “Vienna 1934-Munich 1938,” opens as a work in progress at London's Rose Theater Kingston, starring Redgrave and her granddaughter, Daisy Bevan.
June 30, 2019 – She stars in the film “Mrs. Lowry and son.”
December 31, 2021 – Redgrave is awarded the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire and made a dame in the Queen's New Year's Honors list.
December 9, 2023 – Redgrave receives the European Lifetime Achievement Award at the 36th European Film Awards in Berlin.
