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Michael Redgrave

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Also known as Michael Scudamore Redgrave, Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, Sir Michael Redgrave

English actor (1908-1985)

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  • Mask or Face
  • The actor's ways and means (The Rockefeller Foundation lectures, Dept. of Drama, University of Bristol, 1952-53)
  • The actor's ways and means (Mercury books;no.72)
  • The mountebank's tale
  • Tiger at the gates

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Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1943-03-08
Active to
2010-05-02

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Listeners
419
Total plays
1,474

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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

Image
Sir Michael Redgrave portrait.jpg
Height
189
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date of birth
1908-03-20
date of death
1985-03-21
Commons category
Michael Redgrave
start of work period
1933-00-00
birth name
Michael Scudamore Redgrave
name in native language
Michael Redgrave
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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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