Lynn Rachel Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, England on March 8, 1943. She was a member of the Redgrave family of actors, Lynn 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 a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy, as well as earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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.
Redgrave appeared in only one Spaghetti western as Mary O'Donnell in 1967’s “Long Live Your Death” with Franco Nero and Eli Wallach. She sang the title song in the alternate titled release of “Don’t Turn the Other Cheek”.
Lynn died from breast cancer on May 2, 2010, in Kent, Connecticut. She was 67.
REDGRAVE, Lynn (Lynn Rachel Redgrave) [3/8/1943, Marylebone,
London, England, U.K. – 5/2/2010, Kent, Connecticut, U.S.A. (breast
cancer)] – actress, singer, granddaughter of actor Roy Redgrave (George Edward Redgrave) [1873–1922], daughter of writer,
actor, singer Michael Redgrave (Michael
Scudamore Redgrave) [1908–1985]
actress Rachel Kempson
[1910–2003],
sister of actor, singer Corin Redgrave (Corin
William Redgrave) [1939–2010],
producer, director, actress, singer Vanessa Redgrave [1937- ], married to director, actor John Clark
[1932-2023] (1967-2000) mother of Ben Clark [1968- ], actress Kelly Clark (Kelly B. Clark)
[1970- ], camerawoman Annabel Clark (Annabel Lucy Clark) [1981- ], aunt of
producer, actress, singer Joely Richardson (Joely
Kim Richardson) [1965- ], Jemma Redgrave (Jemima Redgrave)
[1965- ], producer, director,
assistant director, writer, actor Carlo Gabriel Nero (Carlo Gabriel Sparanero)
[1969- ] producer, actress,
singer Natasha Richardson (Natasha Jane
Richardson) [1963-2009], writer, cinematographer, cameraman Luke Redgrave
[1970- ], awarded OBE [2002].
Long Live Your Death
– 1971 [sing: “Don’t Turn the Other Cheek”]
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