
Lynn Redgrave
Biography
Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE (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 (1963), and Georgy Girl (1966) which won her a New York Film Critics Award and nominations for an Academy Award 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 London's West End. She performed with her sister Vanessa in Three Sisters in London, and in the title role in a television production of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? in 1991. She made a return to films in the late 1990s in films such as Shine (1996) and Gods and Monsters (1998), for which she received another Academy Award nomination.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano as Herself
2010My Dog Tulip as Nancy / Greengrocer's Wife (voice)
2009My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story as Self
2009Confessions of a Shopaholic as Drunken Lady at Ball
2007The Jane Austen Book Club as Sky
2007Eloise Goes to School
2006Little Miss Christmas as Nanny (voice)
2006Me, Eloise as Nanny (voice)
2006Ugly Betty as Olivia Guillemette
2005The White Countess as Olga Belinskya
2004Desperate Housewives as Dahlia Hainsworth
2004Kinsey as Final Interview Subject
2003Peter Pan as Aunt Millicent
2003JoJo's Circus as Miss Blathers (voice)
2003Charlie's War as Grandma Lewis
2002The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Cordelia Thornberry (voice)
2002Anita and Me as Mrs. Omerod
2002Spider as Mrs. Wilkinson
2002Hansel & Gretel as Woman / Witch
2002Unconditional Love as Nola Fox
2002How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog as Edna
2002My Sister's Keeper as Helen Margaret Chapman
2001The Simian Line as Katharine
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Emily Huntford
2001My Kingdom as Mandy
2001Varian's War as Alma Werfel-Mahler
2001Venus and Mars as Emily Vogel
2001Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy as Self (archive footage)
2000Lion of Oz as Wicked Witch of the East (voice)
2000Deeply as Celia
2000The Next Best Thing as Helen Whittaker
1999A Season for Miracles as Hon. Judge Nancy Jakes
1999The Annihilation of Fish as Poinsettia
1999Touched as Carrie
1999The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale as Self
1999Different as Amanda Talmadge
1998Gods and Monsters as Hanna
1998The Wild Thornberrys as Cordelia (voice)
1998Strike! as Miss McVane
1998Rude Awakening as Trudy Frank
1998White Lies as Mrs. K.
1997Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan as Monica Brannigan
1997Toothless as Rogers
1997The Wonderful World of Disney as Rogers
1997Michael Redgrave: My Father as Self
1996Shine as Gillian
1994Calling the Shots as Maggie Donnelly
1993Timmy's Special Delivery: A Precious Moments Christmas as Narrator / Feline the Cat / Barkley (voice)
1993The Nanny as Lynn Redgrave
1991What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Jane Hudson
1990Jury Duty: The Comedy as Abby Greyhouwsky
1989Chicken Soup as Maddie Peerce
1989Midnight as Midnight
1989Getting It Right as Joan
1989Death of a Son as Pauline Williams
1989Customers From Hell
1988Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Lynn Redgrave
1988A Woman Alone as The Woman
1987Morgan Stewart's Coming Home as Nancy Stewart
1987Walking on Air as Mrs. Hepp
1986All Star Party for Clint Eastwood as Self
1986My Two Loves as Marjorie Lloyd
1985The Bad Seed as Monica Breedlove
1985Screen Two as Pauline Williams
1984Murder, She Wrote as Abby Benton Freestone
1984Jeopardy! as Self
1983Battle of the Video Games as Self
1983Antony and Cleopatra as Cleopatra
1982Hotel
1982Hotel as Carly Knight
1982Rehearsal for Murder as Monica Welles
1982Wogan as Self
1982Teachers Only as Diana Swanson
1981Steve Martin's Best Show Ever as Mrs. Kendal
1981Musical Comedy Tonight II as Self
1980Linda in Wonderland as Herself
1980Sunday Lovers as Lady Davina (sketch 'Maître en la demeure')
1980The Seduction of Miss Leona as Leona DeVos
1980Gauguin the Savage as Mette Gad
1980Fridays as Self
1979House Calls as Ann Anderson
1979Beggarman, Thief as Kate Jordache
1979Sooner or Later as Teacher
1979Disco Beaver from Outer Space as Dr. Van Helsing
1978The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
1978Centennial as Charlotte Buckland Seccombe
1976The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
1976The Big Bus as Camille Levy
1975More Awkward Customers as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Ferret
1975The Happy Hooker as Xaviera Hollander
1974The Turn of the Screw as Miss Jane Cubberly
1973Pygmalion as Eliza Doolittle
1973Vienna 1900
1973Kojak as Claire
1973The National Health as Nurse Sweet / Nurse Betty Martin
1973William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare as Various
1972ABC Afterschool Special as Various Roles
1972Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask as Queen
1972Every Little Crook and Nanny as Miss Poole - Nanny
1971Don't Turn the Other Cheek as Mary O'Donnell
1971A Midsummer Night's Dream as Helena
1971Great Performances as Self
1970Last of the Mobile Hot Shots as Myrtle Kane
1969The Virgin Soldiers as Phillipa Raskin
1969This Is Tom Jones as Self
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1967Smashing Time as Yvonne
1967The Carol Burnett Show as Self
1967I Am Osango as Ivy Toft
1967What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty? as Caroline
1967The Deadly Affair as Virgin Bumpus
1966Georgy Girl as Georgy
1965BBC Play of the Month as Eliza Doolittle
1965BBC Play of the Month as Helena
1964Girl with Green Eyes as Baba Brennan
1963Tom Jones as Susan, Uptown Inn
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960Shoot to Kill as Bit Part (uncredited)
1956Armchair Theatre as Caroline
1956Armchair Theatre as Anetta
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1953The Oscars as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Judge Nancy Jakes
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Helen Margaret Chapman
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter








