They became lovers. Redgrave was born in London, the daughter of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. His father, the actor Roy Redgrave, and his … He married fellow actress Rachel Kempson and … At this time he had incipient Parkinson's disease, although he did not know it. The initials "G.I." Redgrave made his first professional appearance at the Playhouse in Liverpool on 30 August 1934 as Roy Darwin in Counsellor-at-Law (by Elmer Rice), then spent two years with its Liverpool Repertory Company where he met his future wife Rachel Kempson. W ostatniej roli, w charakterze narratora, pojawił się w filmie Pieśń o starym żeglarzu (Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1977). "[3] As You Like It transferred to the New Theatre in February 1937 and Redgrave again played Orlando. The card was signed "Tommy, Liverpool, January 1940", and on it were the words (quoted from W.H. In the new Guildford School of Acting building, which opened in January 2010, the "Sir Michael Redgrave Studio" was named for him. His play was later successfully revived on Broadway in 1962, with Dame Wendy Hiller and Maurice Evans. [6]:p.274 Alan Strachan's 2004 biography of Redgrave discusses his affairs with both men and women. He is most remembered for The Lady Vanishes (1938). W tych samych latach organizacja Variety, the Children's Charity przyznała mu tytuły aktora roku. Anyway, he soon pushed off to Australia. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Redgrave spent much of his life in the company of his longtime lover, Bob Michell, who lived in a nearby house and was like a beloved “uncle” to the Redgrave children. Then, after a long pause, "I am, to say the least of it, bisexual". Redgrave jest również autorem autobiografii In My Mind's I oraz trzech książek o sztuce aktorskiej. At the Apollo in June 1955 he played Hector in Tiger at the Gates, appearing in the same role at the Plymouth Theatre, New York City in October 1955 for which he received the New York Critics' Award. For the Glyndebourne Festival Opera he directed Werther in 1966 and La bohème in 1967. Critic Michael Billington recalled: "In Redgrave's Vanya you saw both a tremulous victim of a lifetime's emotional repression and the wasted potential of a Chekhovian might-have-been: as Redgrave and Olivier took their joint curtain call, linked hands held triumphantly aloft, we were not to know that this was to symbolise the end of their artistic amity. Michael Redgrave passed away. Redgrave was married to the actress Rachel Kempson for 50 years from 1935 until his death. [21] Rachel Kempson recounted that, when she proposed to him, Redgrave said that there were "difficulties to do with his nature, and that he felt he ought not to marry". Returning to London in January 1958, Redgrave appeared as Philip Lester in A Touch of the Sun (N. C. Hunter) at the Saville Theatre. During 1936–37 he also played Mr Horner in The Country Wife, Orlando in As You Like It, Warbeck in The Witch of Edmonton and Laertes to Laurence Olivier's Hamlet. Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English stage and film actor, director, manager, and author. In 1951 he starred in The Browning Version, from Sir Terrence Rattigan's play of the same name. And their fathers, Michael Redgrave and David Markham, acted together in the 1940 film The Stars Look Down. Był osobą biseksualną[1]; temat swojej seksualności poruszył we własnej autobiografii. She has a brother, Luke Redgrave, who is a camera operator, and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave. is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue". Dartmouth, Devon - Wikipedia Notable 20th-century British productions included a 1936 staging at the Old Vic featuring Michael Redgrave as Ferdinand and Alec Clunes as Berowne. 2003), z którą miał trójkę dzieci: Vanessę Redgrave, Corin Redgrave i Lynn Redgrave. Redgrave married actress Rachel Kempson, and their children — Vanessa Redgrave, Corin Redgrave, and Lynn Redgrave — and grandchildren have also had notable theatre and film acting careers. Urodził się w Bristolu w angielskim hrabstwie Gloucestershire jako syn aktora filmów niemych Roya Redgrave'a (zm. But while teaching (he taught drama), he realized… As he later explained: "Edith always had a habit of falling in love with her leading men; with us it just went rather further. Redgrave was born in Bristol, England, the son of the silent film actor Roy Redgrave and the actress Margaret Scudamore. Nagroda za pierwszoplanową rolę męską na Festiwalu Filmowym w Cannes, https://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Redgrave&oldid=60885981, Laureaci nagrody za pierwszoplanową rolę męską na Festiwalu Filmowym w Cannes, licencji Creative Commons: uznanie autorstwa, na tych samych warunkach, Korzystasz z Wikipedii tylko na własną odpowiedzialność. His mother subsequently married Captain James Anderson, a tea planter. Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English stage and film actor, director, manager, and author. Cynical, embittered newspaperman David Charleston (Sir Michael Redgrave) is tormented, then inspired, by visions he keeps having of people who have drowned. When Michael was older, he decided in college he would work in education. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. p395: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948, Redgrave provided his friend the actor and writer, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, "Musical Version of 'Dr. Auden): "The word is love. They divorced when Jemma was nine. While in New York he directed A Month in the Country at the Phoenix Theatre in April 1956, and directed and played the Prince Regent in The Sleeping Prince at the Coronet Theatre in November 1956. Po wczesnych rolach, wysoko ceniono jego udziały w filmach: czarno-białym U progu tajemnicy (Dead of Night, 1945), wojennej Drodze do gwiazd (The Way to the Stars, 1945) czy w końcu dramatycznym Cieniu człowieka (The Browning Version, 1951), za rolę w którym to odebrał nagrodę dla najlepszego aktora podczas Festiwalu Filmowego w Cannes. 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The acting dynasty really took off with theatrical pair Michael (later Sir) Redgrave, and his wife Rachel Kempson. His zodiac sign is Pisces. He was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium and his ashes were scattered in the garden of St Paul's, Covent Garden (The Actors’ Church), London.[25]. Actor Michael Redgrave with his wife Rachel Kempson And His Children Vanessa, Lynn and Corin. At the Embassy Theatre in March 1937, he played Anderson in a mystery play, The Bat, before returning to the Old Vic in April, succeeding Marius Goring as Chorus in Henry V. Other roles that year included Christopher Drew in Daisy Fisher's comedy A Ship Comes Home at the St Martin's Theatre in May and Larry Starr in Philip Leaver's comedy Three Set Out at the Embassy in June, before joining John Gielgud's Company at the Queen's Theatre, September 1937 to April 1938, where he played Bolingbroke in Richard II, Charles Surface in The School for Scandal and Baron Tusenbach in Three Sisters. He died when Redgrave was 14. Redgrave also starred in The Stars Look Down (1940), with James Mason in the film of Robert Ardrey's play Thunder Rock (1942), and in the ventriloquist's dummy episode of the Ealing compendium film Dead of Night (1945). Resuming his stage career he played/directed: Joining the Old Vic Company at the New Theatre for its 1949–50 season, he played: Redgrave joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre company at Stratford-upon-Avon and for the 1951 season appeared as Prospero in The Tempest as well as playing Richard II, Hotspur and Chorus in the Cycle of Histories, for which he also directed Henry IV Part Two. [18] His entry for Who's Who in the Theatre (1981) gives his address as Wilks Water, Odiham, Hampshire. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mourning Becomes Electra (1947), as well as two BAFTA nominations for Best British Actor for his performances in The Night My Number Came Up (1955) and Time Without Pity (1957). Nevertheless, he left behind a distinguished legacy as an exceptional actor as well as the patriarch of the famed Redgrave acting dynasty that included wife Rachel Kempson and their children Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave, as well as his grandchildren Natasha and Joely Richardson, who all achieved artistic prominence. About. He directed the boys in Hamlet, King Lear and The Tempest, but played all the leading roles himself. Aug 7, 2015 - June 1946 Actor Michael Redgrave, his wife Rachel Kempson and children Corin,Vanessa and Lynn, on bank of Thames River near their house. [24], In 1976, after suffering symptoms for many years, Redgrave was diagnosed with rapidly advancing Parkinson's disease. Był osobą biseksualną ; temat swojej seksualności poruszył we własnej autobiografii. In other words I had stuck him in Hell, which turns out to be 'life, old life itself'. He won Best Actor in the Evening Standard Awards 1958 for this role. She said that she understood, it didn't matter and that she loved him. She was joined by mourners including son-in-law Liam Neeson, whose wife, Vanessa's daughter Natasha Richardson, died last year at the age of … 1958). If you're sure, we will". Michell set up house close to the Redgraves, and he became a surrogate "uncle" to Redgrave's children (then aged 11, 9 and 5), who adored him. In 1951 Redgrave received the Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival) for The Browning Version. Redgrave made his first professional appearance at the Playhouse in Liverpool on 30 August 1934 as Roy Darwin in Counsellor-at-Law (by Elmer Rice), then spent two years with its Liverpool Repertory Company where he met his future wife Rachel Kempson. He again played Rakitin in September 1965, when his production transferred to the Cambridge Theatre in London. W roku 1938 wystąpił w swojej pierwszej poważnej, a zarazem najbardziej rozpoznawalnej roli – wcielił się w postać młodego muzykologa Gilberta Redmana w dramacie sensacyjnym Alfreda Hitchcocka Starsza pani znika (The Lady Vanishes), opartym na noweli Ethel Liny White. In an interview on his 70th birthday, he said: "For a long time, nobody understood the Parkinson's condition, and directors thought I was just forgetful or drunk--and even now the work isn't easy. The Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, Surrey, 1974–1998, was named in his honour. Costs for his healthcare expenses and his diminished earning power caused the family to apply for public assistance from the King George's Pension Fund. Michael Redgrave was the youngest child born to parents who were both performers. Mrs. Redgrave stayed in England and raised the children. Michael Scudamore Redgrave is part of G.I. Dwukrotnie (w 1958 i 1963 roku) zdobył nagrodę dla najlepszego aktora podczas ceremonii Evening Standard Theatre Awards. [20], The 1996 BBC documentary film Michael Redgrave: My Father, narrated by Corin Redgrave, and based on his book of the same name, discusses the older actor's bisexuality in some depth. Edith Evans was his Rosalind and the two fell very much in love. Their grandson Carlo Gabriel Nero is a screenwriter and film director; only Luke Redgrave has taken a path outside the theatre. Notable television performances include narration for The Great War (1964), a history of World War I using stills and 'stretched' archive film, and the less successful Lost Peace series (BBC Television, 1964 and 1966). He could only cope and survive ‘in the moment’. It was a silent, seated role, based on Gray's own father, who had died a year before he wrote the play. Redgrave was born in Bristol, England, the son of the silent film actor Roy Redgrave and actress Margaret Scudamore. A member of the Redgrave family of actors, she is the daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave, sister of the late Lynn Redgrave and Corin Redgrave, and the mother of Hollywood actresses Joely Richardson and the late Natasha Richardson. He studied at Clifton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Od 20 lipca 1935 roku aż do śmierci jego żoną była aktorka Rachel Kempson (zm. 1937), Corin (1939–2010) and Lynn Redgrave (1943–2010), and their grandchildren: Natasha Richardson (1963–2009), Joely Richardson (b. "[6]:p.258, Redgrave died in a nursing home in Denham, Buckinghamshire, on 21 March 1985, from Parkinson's disease, the day after his 77th birthday. He started to confuse Kika with his first wife, Deirdre, and what it boiled down to was that Corin no longer had any capacity to reflect. 1965) are also involved in theatre or film as actors. Select from premium Michael Redgrave of the highest quality. "[12], His final work, in 1975, a narrative of the epic poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a poem that Redgrave taught as a young schoolmaster and visualised by producer-director Raul da Silva, received six international film festival prizes of which five were first place in category. Returning to the UK, in July 1962 he took part in the Chichester Festival Theatre's opening season, playing the title role in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya to the Astrov of Laurence Olivier who also directed. Corin encouraged him to acknowledge his bisexuality in the book. He returned to the international touring of A Voyage Round My Father in 1974–75 with a Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Hollow Crown, visiting major venues in the US, New Zealand and Australia, while in 1976–77 he toured South America, Canada and the UK in the anthology, Shakespeare's People. Michael Redgrave was born in in March 20, 1908. For a number of years, British film exhibitors voted him among the top ten British stars at the box office via an annual poll in the Motion Picture Herald. Nigdy nie poznał swojego ojca, który odszedł, gdy Michael miał sześć miesięcy, by kontynuować karierę w Australii. His wife, actor Rachel Kempton, knew about his gayness before their marriage. [3], In May and June 1965 Redgrave directed the opening festival of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, including directing and playing Rakitin in A Month in the Country (co-starring with Ingrid Bergman as Natalya Petrovna), and Samson in Samson Agonistes (co-starring with Rachel Kempson as Chorus). Redgrave agreed to do so, but in the end he chose to remain silent about it. Redgrave became the First President of the English Speaking Board in 1953, and President of the Questors Theatre, Ealing in 1958. Of the latter, Philip Purser wrote: "The commentary, spoken by Sir Michael Redgrave, took on an unremittingly pessimistic tone from the outset."[15]. 21 marca 1985 w Buckinghamshire) – brytyjski aktor. Shortly after his birth, Michael's father went to Australia and appeared in silent films. English Actor Michael Redgrave was born Michael Scudamore Redgrave on 20th March, 1908 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK and passed away on 21st Mar 1985 Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK aged 77. At the Queen's Theatre, in London in August 1959, he played H.J. He began a regimen of therapies and medications that caused disorientation and other side effects. [6]:p.178–183, A card was found among Redgrave's effects after his death. Był belfrem w Cranleigh School w Surrey zanim został aktorem teatralnym w roku 1934. Corin helped his father in the writing of his last autobiography. Alongside John Dexter's Chichester staging of Saint Joan, Olivier's Uncle Vanya was first revived in Chichester in 1963 before transferring to the Old Vic as part of the nascent Royal National Theatre's inaugural season, winning rave reviews and Redgrave's second win as Best Actor in the 1963 Evening Standard Awards. [3] The "Redgrave Room" at the school was named after him. [9], At the Mermaid Theatre in July 1971 he played Mr Jaraby in The Old Boys (William Trevor) and had an unfortunate experience: "My memory went, and on the first night they made me wear a deaf aid to hear some lines from the prompter and it literally fell to pieces – there were little bits of machinery all over the floor, so I then knew I really couldn't go on, at least not learning new plays."[3]. Googie Withers as Gertrude and Michael Redgrave as her tortured son in a production of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' at Stratford-upon-Avon. She was the wife of Sir Michael Redgrave and mother of Vanessa, Lynn and Corin, and published her autobiography, Life Among the Redgraves, in 1988. Born to stage and silent film actor Roy Redgrave and his wife, actress Margaret … The grandson of a playwright, Michael Scudamore Redgrave was born March 20, 1908, in Bristol, England. Za rolę Orina Mannona w filmie Żałoba przystoi Elektrze (Mourning Becomes Electra, 1947) nominowano go w roku 1948 do Oscara. After appearing as Frank Elgin in Winter Journey at the St James's April 1952, he rejoined the Stratford company in 1953 (together with his actress wife Rachel Kempson) appearing as Shylock, King Lear and Antony in Antony and Cleopatra, also playing Antony when the company transferred to the Prince's Theatre in November 1953 before touring in the Netherlands, Belgium and Paris,[6]:p. 163 in 1958 he played Hamlet with Googie Withers appearing as his mother at Stratford on Avon. Clifton College's theatre, the Redgrave Theatre, was later named after him. They married on 18 July 1935. Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Michael Redgrave , James Mason , Barbara Mullen , Lilli Palmer Hedda Gabler (TV) Hedda Gabler is a woman who, for financial security, has married an earnest and dutiful academic who lacks the passion and imagination that drive Hedda. "[7], Redgrave played (and co-presented) Lancelot Dodd MA in Arthur Watkyn's Out of Bounds at Wyndham's Theatre in November 1962, following it at the Old Vic with his portrayal of Claudius opposite the Hamlet of Peter O'Toole on 22 October 1963. They married on 18 July 1935. Redgrave’s complicated sex life was characterised by an urgency which led him to appear callously indifferent to others around, especially his wife Rachel Kempson, who largely sacrificed her considerably talents and career to his. Od 20 lipca 1935 roku aż do śmierci jego żoną była aktorka Rachel Kempson (zm. Redgrave first appeared on BBC television at the Alexandra Palace in 1937, in scenes from Romeo and Juliet. Among his best-known films are The Lady Vanishes (1938), Mourning Becomes Electra (1947), The Browning Version (1951), The Importance of … Studiował w Clifton College w dzielnicy Bristolu Clifton oraz w Magdalene College na Cambridge University. At the 4th Cannes Film Festival, he won Best Actor for his performance in The Browning Version (1951). Roy left when Redgrave was six months old to pursue a career in Australia. Actor Michael Redgrave standing with his wife and children on bank of Thames River near their house. During one of Corin's visits to his father, the latter said, "There is something I ought to tell you". Character: The Medical Officer (as Sir Michael Redgrave) 1965. Jest synem Roya Redgrave'a i Margaret Scudamore. The difficulty is not just remembering lines but getting from place to place. His mother subsequently married Captain James Anderson, a tea planter. Redgrave owned White Roding Windmill from 1937 to 1946. Redgrave greatly disliked his stepfather.[1]. Clifton College's theatre, the Redgrave Theatre, was later named … Background Redgrave was born in Bristol, England on the 20 of March in 1908. [23], During the filming of Fritz Lang's Secret Beyond the Door (1948), Redgrave met Bob Michell. "[8], In January 1964 at the National he played the title role in Hobson's Choice, which he admitted was well outside his range: "I couldn't do the Lancashire accent and that shook my nerve terribly – all the other performances suffered." Redgrave was born in Bristol, England, the son of actress Margaret Scudamore and the silent film actor Roy Redgrave. Michell, also married a woman, named one of his children Michael, after Redgrave. He never knew his father, who left when the boy was six months old to pursue a career in Australia. He and his wife, Rachel Kempson, were the parents of Vanessa Redgrave, Corin Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave and the grandparents of Natasha Richardson, Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave. Zobacz pozostałe ciekawostki Nevertheless, he successfully took over the part of Father in John Mortimer's A Voyage Round My Father at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, also touring Canada and Australia in the role in 1972–73. Dwa lata wcześniej epizodycznie pojawił się także w thrillerze szpiegowskim Hitchcocka Bałkany (The Secret Agent), jednak jego występ w filmie nie został uwzględniony w czołówce. Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English actress of stage and screen. Za wybitne osiągnięcia w dziedzinie teatru w 1959 roku otrzymał tytuł szlachecki. They married on 18 July 1935. Born in London, she is the daughter of actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife, Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. Their children Vanessa (b. 2003), z którą miał trójkę dzieci: Vanessę Redgrave, Corin Redgrave i Lynn Redgrave. She was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award for this role. Michael Redgrave: The family patriarch, Sir Michael Redgrave, was an acclaimed British stage and screen actor. His plays include The Seventh Man and Circus Boy, both performed at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1935, and his adaptations of A Woman in Love (Amourese) at the Embassy Theatre in 1949 and the Henry James novella The Aspern Papers at the Queen's Theatre, in 1959. Jego matka następnie poślubiła kapitana Jamesa Andersona, plantatora herbaty, lecz nie znalazł on uznania w oczach przybranego syna. Find the perfect Michael Redgrave stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Acclaimed English stage and screen actor who appeared in such plays as Macbeth, Hamlet, A Month in the Country, and The Father. 1965) and Jemma Redgrave (b. Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, CBE (20 March 1908 — 21 March 1985), is regarded as one of the greatest English theatre and film actors of the 20th century. He rejoined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company in June 1958, to play Hamlet and Benedick, also playing Hamlet with the company in Leningrad and Moscow in December 1958. As Gray has said: "Jasper is in fact dead but is forced to endure, as if alive, a traditional English Sunday, helpless in his favourite armchair as his three sons and their wives fall to pieces in the usual English middle class style, sometimes blaming him, sometimes appealing to him for help and sobbing at his feet for forgiveness, but basically ignoring him. It is quite likely that Redgrave's marriage to Daisy Scudamore was bigamous, because there is no record of divorce from his first wife. Michael Redgrave, premier British stage and film actor, noted for his intellectual performances. 20 marca 1908 w Bristolu, zm. He studied at Clifton College[2] and Magdalene College, Cambridge. His first major film role was in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938). He won Best Actor trophies in 1958 and 1963 Evening Standard Awards and received the Variety Club of Great Britain 'Actor of the Year' award in the same years. Sir Michael Redgrave, właściwie Michael Scudamore Redgrave (ur. His daughter Lynn wrote a one-woman play for herself called Shakespeare for My Father. A member of the Redgrave family, Richardson was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson, and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson.. The Daily Mirror described Redgrave's performance as Crocker-Harris as "one of the greatest performances ever seen in films". This work was to be his last before the onslaught of Parkinson's disease.[13]. Discover what happened on this day. This Hamlet was in fact the National Theatre's official opening production, directed by Olivier, but Simon Callow has dubbed it "slow, solemn, long", while Ken Campbell vividly described it as "brochure theatre. (His wife Rachel Kempson played Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing and Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet). This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The 1984 London revival featured his daughter, Vanessa Redgrave, along with Christopher Reeve and Hiller, this time in the role of Miss Bordereau. While still at the National in June 1964 he also played Halvard Solness in The Master Builder, which he said 'went wrong'. English actor Michael Redgrave a tall man with an aristocratic bearing, became a major force in British stage and screen during the mid-twentieth century. But it wasn’t until their 30s that Kika and Corin discovered that they were in love. In 1973, he played a supporting role in David Winters' musical television film adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (nominated for three Emmys), the lyrics of the songs were written by Lionel Bart. Redgrave greatly disliked his stepfather. [6]:p.193 Fred Sadoff was an actor/director who became Redgrave's assistant and lover; they shared lodgings in New York and London. In 1966, he received an honorary DLitt degree from the University of Bristol. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mourning Becomes Electra (1947), as well as two BAFTA nominations for Best British Actor for his performances in The Night My Number Came Up (1955) and Time Without Pity (1957). 1922) i aktorki Margaret Scudamore (zm. [17] He and his family lived in Bedford House on Chiswick Mall from 1945 to 1954. Tę stronę ostatnio edytowano 20 wrz 2020, 09:45. Redgrave's final theatre appearance came in May 1979 when he portrayed Jasper in Simon Gray's Close of Play, directed on the Lyttelton stage at the National Theatre by Harold Pinter. Michell later had children of his own, including a son he named Michael. [19] Although Redgrave had some long-term relationships with men, he also was prone to cruising Victoria or Knightsbridge for what he called "a necessary degradation", a habit of quick pick-ups that left him with a lasting sense of self-disgust. It starred Kirk Douglas, with Susan Hampshire, Stanley Holloway, and Donald Pleasence.[10][11]. Redgrave was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by the Queen in 1952 and knighted in 1959. In 1986, he was inducted posthumously into the American Theater Hall of Fame.[26]. Once the London theatres were re-opened, after the outbreak of war, he played: Redgrave joined the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman in July 1941, (HMS Illustrious) but was discharged on medical grounds in November 1942. [14] The 1950s also saw Redgrave in The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), The Dambusters (1954) with his portrayal of the inventor Barnes Wallis, 1984 (1956), Time Without Pity (1957), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award, and The Quiet American (1958). British actor Michael Redgrave holding his daughter Lynn. No 44: Michael Redgrave 1908-85 He was born in Bristol, the son of an actor who deserted his actress wife when Michael was six months old, and greatly disliked his … They had three children – Vanessa, Corin and Lynn. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog by Denmark in 1955. 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