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Michael Redgrave
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English actor (1908-1985)
Film & TV
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, CBE (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author. He is the father of actors Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave.
Known for
- The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway2003
- Michael Redgrave: My Father — Self (archive footage)1997
- Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond — Self (archive footage)1990
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner1975
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Danvers1973
- The Go-Between — The Older Leo Colston1971
- Nicholas and Alexandra — Sazonov1971
- A Christmas Carol — Narrator (voice)1971
- Goodbye Gemini — James Harrington-Smith1970
- Connecting Rooms — James Wallraven1970
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Key facts
- Born
- Michael Scudamore Redgrave , ( 1908-03-20 ) 20 March 1908, Bristol , England
- Died
- 21 March 1985 (1985-03-21) (aged 77), Denham , Buckinghamshire , England
- Resting place
- St Paul's, Covent Garden , London , England
- Education
- Clifton College , Bristol , (independent boarding school)
- Alma mater
- Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Occupations
- Actor filmmaker manager author
- Years active
- 1933–1982
- Spouse
- Rachel Kempson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1935 )
- Children
- Vanessa Corin Lynn
- Parents
- Roy Redgrave Margaret Scudamore
- Family
- Redgrave
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Bristol
- Place of death
- Denham
- Spouse
- Rachel Kempson
- Child
- Lynn Redgrave
- Father
- Roy Redgrave
- Mother
- Margaret Scudamore
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Magdalene College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- film noir
- Military rank
- knight
- Image
- Sir Michael Redgrave portrait.jpg
- Height
- 189
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- place of burial
- St Paul's Church, Covent Garden
- date of birth
- 1908-03-20
- date of death
- 1985-03-21
- Commons category
- Michael Redgrave
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1933-00-00
- birth name
- Michael Scudamore Redgrave
- name in native language
- Michael Redgrave
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English actor and filmmaker. Beginning his career in theatre, he first appeared in the West End in 1937. He made his film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes in 1938.
Redgrave received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mourning Becomes Electra (1947), as well as two BAFTA nominations for Best British Actor for his performances in The Night My Number Came Up (1955) and Time Without Pity (1957).
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