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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)

OverviewAI-generated

Michael Redgrave was a British author and performer whose career began in 1933. He was born on March 20, 1908, and died on March 21, 1985. Standing 189 centimeters tall, he is associated with several published works, including *Mask or Face*, *The mountebank's tale*, and *Tiger at the gates*.

His writings also include *The actor's ways and means*, which was part of the Rockefeller Foundation lectures at the Department of Drama, University of Bristol, during 1952-53. This title was also published as number 72 in the Mercury books series. Open Library records indicate he had twelve works, while Crossref lists five.

Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
12

Top works

  • 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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Music · MusicBrainz

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

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Listeners · Last.fm

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

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Bristol
Place of death
Denham
Occupation
director
Languages spoken
English language
Military rank
knight
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
cause of death
Parkinson's disease
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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Redgrave” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.