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Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE (Order of British Empire) (8 March 1943 - 2 May 2010) was an English actress.
A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962. By the mid-1960s she had appeared in several films, including Tom Jones (Tom Jones (film)) (1963), and Georgy Girl (1966) which won her a New York Film Critics Award and nominations for an Academy Award (Academy Award for Best Actress) and a Golden Globe Award.
In 1967, she made her Broadway debut, and performed in several stage productions in New York while making frequent returns to Londons West End. She performed with her sister Vanessa (Vanessa Redgrave) in Three Sisters (Three Sisters (play)) in London, and in the title role in a television production of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991 film)) in 1991. She made a return to films in the late 1990s in films such as Shine (Shine (film)) (1996) and Gods and Monsters (1998), for which she received another Academy Award nomination.
Birth Name: Lynn Rachel Redgrave
Date of birth: 1943-03-08
Birth Location: Marylebone, London, England
Date of death: 2010-05-02
Death Location: Kent, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation: Actress
Years Active: 1962-2009
Spouse: John Clark (John Clark (actor/director)) (1967-2000)
Website: www.redgrave.com