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Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson; 20 July 1935 - 21 March 1985 (his death) - son Corin, two daughters, Vanessa and Lynn Vanessa Redgrave and (1) Tony Richardson ; 1962—1967 (divorced) - two daughters, Natasha and Joely; (2) Franco Nero 2006 to present - son Carlo
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.
His parents were Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson; Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave were his sisters. His first marriage was to Deirdre Deline Hamilton-Hill (1939–1997). They had a daughter, actress Jemma Redgrave, and a son, Luke, a camera operator and production assistant.
He was related to the Redgrave family of actors, via his father Robin Roy Redgrave, who was the patriarch Roy Redgrave's son by his first wife. Thus he was a nephew of Sir Michael Redgrave and a first cousin of the half blood of Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave. [3] He had two sons. [4] [1]
They married at Glasgow Register Office in 1907 while touring in the north and had one child, the actor Sir Michael Redgrave born on 20 March 1908, later to become the father of actors Vanessa, Corin and Lynn. Six months after Michael's birth, Redgrave left Daisy (Margaret) and returned to Australia again, this time permanently.
After the dissolution of her marriage to Redgrave – about four years after Michael's birth – she adopted the stage name of Margaret Scudamore and continued acting in character roles. [1] As Margaret she later married Captain James P. "Andy" Anderson, a tea planter formerly employed by the Ceylon and Eastern Agency, in London in 1922. [ 1 ]
Angela Redgrave was honoured with a British Empire Medal for her services to dance in the late Queen’s 2022 Birthday Honours. Dance teacher who inspired thousands of students dies aged 106 Skip ...
Vanessa Redgrave was born on 30 January 1937 in Blackheath, London, [3] the daughter of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. [4] Laurence Olivier announced her birth to the audience at a performance of Hamlet at the Old Vic, when he said that Laertes (played by Sir Michael) had a daughter. Accounts say Olivier announced, "A great ...