Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE
(8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010)
Lynn Redgrave was an English actress.
Redgrave starred in the 1966 hit film Georgy Girl, which won her a New York Film Critics Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She was also nominated for best supporting actress in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters. She had many other successes on stage and screen.
A member of the famous acting dynasty, Redgrave was sister to Vanessa and Corin and the daughter of actor and director Michael Redgrave.
She was aunt to film and TV star Joely Richardson and to Natasha Richardson, who died last year following a ski accident.
Her brother Corin, an actor and political activist, died on April 6. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000.
In 1967, Redgrave married and professionally partnered the British/Canadian/American actor and director John Clark. Together they had three children, Benjamin, Kelly and Annabel Lucy Clark. The marriage ended in divorce in December 2000.
In 2001 Redgrave was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Redgrave was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2002.
Her publicist, Rick Miramontez, speaking on behalf of her children, said she died at her home in Connecticut. Her three children were with her.
In addition to her children, she is survived by her sister Vanessa, as well as several other famous members of the Redgrave family.
RIP
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