Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Rachel Redgrave (London, 8 March 1943 - Connecticut, may 2, 2010) was an English-American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award in 1967 for her starring role in Georgy Girl and again in 1999 for her supporting role in "Gods and Monsters. More than five other acting prizes were Redgrave actually awarded, including a Golden Globe for Georgy Girl and both a second Globe as an Independent Spirit Award for "Gods and Monsters. In 2001 she was appointed officer of the order of the British Empire for her merits. In that same year, Redgrave the American nationality.

Redgrave made her film acting debut in 1963 and as Susan in the book Tom Jonesfilm adaptation. Meanwhile, she played more than 40 film roles, including those in more than seventy films made for television. In addition, she appeared as recurring characters in over 140 episodes of various television series. Redgraves largest roles in it were that as Trudy Frank in Rude Awakening and that if Ann Anderson in House Calls . She had guest roles in more than ten other one-off shows, including Kojak, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, Desperate Housewives , Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Ugly Betty .

Redgrave comes from a family that is full of actors and actresses. She is a daughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson and thus the sister of Corin and Vanessa Redgrave. This makes her the aunt of her acting nieces Jemma Redgrave, Joely Richardson and Natasha Richardson died in 2009. Redgrave married itself in 1967 with actor (with a more modest cv) John Clark. They had son Ben and daughters Kelly and Annabel. Their marriage came to an end in 2000.

Beginning May 2010 Lynn Redgrave died at the age of 67 from complications of breast cancer, less than a month after her brother Corin also had died of cancer. ==Filmography[ Edit] == * Excluding 30 + TV movies ==Tv series[ Edit] == * Excluding one-off guest roles
 * Me, Eloise -Nanny (2006-2007, five episodes)
 * Rude Awakening -Trudy Frank (1998-2001, 55 episodes)
 * Chicken Soup -Maddie Peerce (1989-1990, twelve episodes)
 * Teachers Only -Diana Swanson (1982-1983, 21 episodes)
 * House Calls -Ann Anderson (1979-1981, 41 episodes)
 * Centennial -Charlotte Buckland Seccombe (1978-1979, twelve episodes)