Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

194

Gender

Female

Birthday

1937-01-30 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenwich, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Vanessa Redgreiv

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Ванесса Редгрейв

Vanessa Redgrave

Biography

Vanessa Redgrave CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and political activist. Redgrave rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since starred in more than 35 productions in London's West End and on Broadway, winning the 1984 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for The Aspern Papers, and the 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the revival of Long Day's Journey into Night. She also received Tony nominations for The Year of Magical Thinking and Driving Miss Daisy. On screen she has starred in scores of films and is a six-time Oscar nominee, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the title role in the film Julia (1977). Her other nominations were for Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), Isadora (1968), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), The Bostonians (1984), and Howards End (1992). Among her other films are A Man for All Seasons (1966), Blowup (1966), Camelot (1967), The Devils (1971), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Mission: Impossible (1996), Atonement (2007), Coriolanus (2011), and The Butler (2013). Redgrave was proclaimed by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams as "the greatest living actress of our times", and has won the Oscar, Emmy, Tony, BAFTA, Olivier, Cannes, Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors Guild awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vanessa Redgrave, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

A Man for All Seasons

1966

A Man for All Seasons

as

Anne Boleyn

Mission: Impossible

1996

Mission: Impossible

as

Max

Blow-Up

1966

Blow-Up

as

Jane

The Palestinian

1977

The Palestinian

as

Self

The House of the Spirits

1993

The House of the Spirits

as

Nivea del Valle

Girl, Interrupted

1999

Girl, Interrupted

as

Dr. Wick

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

Murder on the Orient Express

as

Mary Debenham

Atonement

2007

Atonement

as

Briony Tallis (Age 77)

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

as

Sylvia Pankhurst

Wilde

1997

Wilde

as

Lady Speranza Wilde

The Pledge

2001

The Pledge

as

Annalise Hansen

Evening

2007

Evening

as

Ann Lord

Yanks

1979

Yanks

as

Helen

Good Boy!

2003

Good Boy!

as

The Greater Dane (voice)

Agatha

1979

Agatha

as

Agatha Christie

Deep Impact

1998

Deep Impact

as

Robin Lerner

Howards End

1992

Howards End

as

Ruth Wilcox

The Devils

1971

The Devils

as

Sister Jeanne des Anges

The Shell Seekers

2007

The Shell Seekers

as

Penelope Keeling

1961

2000

1961

as

Edith Tree

Circus at Clopton Hall

1961

Circus at Clopton Hall

as

Narrator

Prick Up Your Ears

1987

Prick Up Your Ears

as

Peggy Ramsay

If These Walls Could Talk 2

2000

If These Walls Could Talk 2

as

Edith Tree

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

1967

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

as

Self

The Bostonians

1984

The Bostonians

as

Olive Chancellor

Venus

2006

Venus

as

Valerie

A Month by the Lake

1995

A Month by the Lake

as

Miss Bentley

How About You...

2007

How About You...

as

Georgia Platts

Mother's Boys

1993

Mother's Boys

as

Lydia

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968

The Charge of the Light Brigade

as

Mrs Clarissa Morris

Julia

1977

Julia

as

Julia

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as

Lola Deveraux

The Gathering Storm

2002

The Gathering Storm

as

Clemmie Churchill

Isadora

1968

Isadora

as

Isadora Duncan

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

1966

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

as

Leonie Delt

Lulu on the Bridge

1998

Lulu on the Bridge

as

Catherine Moore

Anonymous

2011

Anonymous

as

Queen Elizabeth I

Sparrow

1994

Sparrow

as

Suor Agata

The Riddle

2007

The Riddle

as

Roberta Elliot

Bear Island

1979

Bear Island

as

Heddi Lindquist

Miral

2010

Miral

as

Bertha Spafford

The Fever

2004

The Fever

as

The woman

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971

Mary, Queen of Scots

as

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mrs. Dalloway

1997

Mrs. Dalloway

as

Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway

The Trojan Women

1971

The Trojan Women

as

Andromache

Little Odessa

1994

Little Odessa

as

Irina Shapira

Alice, Through the Looking

2021

Alice, Through the Looking

as

Narrator

Cars 2

2011

Cars 2

as

The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)

The Whistleblower

2010

The Whistleblower

as

Madeleine Rees

Comrades

1987

Comrades

as

Mrs. Carlyle

The White Countess

2005

The White Countess

as

Princess Vera Belinskya

Camelot

1967

Camelot

as

Guenevere

Playing for Time

1980

Playing for Time

as

Fania Fenelon

A Rumor of Angels

2000

A Rumor of Angels

as

Maddy Bennett

Robinson in Ruins

2010

Robinson in Ruins

as

Narrator

Bella Mafia

1997

Bella Mafia

as

Graziella Luciano

The Boy at the Back of the Class

The Boy at the Back of the Class

as

Queen

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

2006

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

as

Self

Sing Sing

1983

Sing Sing

as

la Regina

All That I Am

All That I Am

as

A Quiet Place in the Country

1968

A Quiet Place in the Country

as

Flavia

The Wind in the Willows

1995

The Wind in the Willows

as

Grandmother / Narrator

The Willows in Winter

1996

The Willows in Winter

as

Grandmother / Narrator

Foxcatcher

2014

Foxcatcher

as

Jean du Pont

Coriolanus

2011

Coriolanus

as

Volumnia

The Locket

2002

The Locket

as

Esther Huish

Down Came a Blackbird

1995

Down Came a Blackbird

as

Anna Lenke

Byron

2003

Byron

as

Lady Melbourne

Crime and Punishment

2002

Crime and Punishment

as

Rodion's mother

Great Moments in Aviation

1994

Great Moments in Aviation

as

Dr. Angela Bead

Song for Marion

2012

Song for Marion

as

Marion

The Butler

2013

The Butler

as

Annabeth Westfall

Steaming

1985

Steaming

as

Nancy

Short Order

2005

Short Order

as

Wetherby

1985

Wetherby

as

Jean Travers

Déjà Vu

1998

Déjà Vu

as

Skelly

Out of Season

1975

Out of Season

as

Ann

A Man for All Seasons

1988

A Man for All Seasons

as

Lady Alice More

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1991

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

as

Blanche Hudson

Exile in Buyukada

2000

Exile in Buyukada

as

Narrator

Vacation

1971

Vacation

as

Immacolata Meneghelli

Behind the Mask

1958

Behind the Mask

as

Pamela Benson-Gray

The Sea Gull

1968

The Sea Gull

as

Nina

The Body

1970

The Body

as

Narrator

Consuming Passions

1988

Consuming Passions

as

Mrs. Garza

Stalin's Funeral

1990

Stalin's Funeral

as

English journalist

Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said

2016

Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said

as

Self

Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms

2007

Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms

as

Narrator

The Thirteenth Tale

2013

The Thirteenth Tale

as

Vida Winter

Orpheus Descending

1990

Orpheus Descending

as

Lady Torrance

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

1991

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

as

Miss Amelia

They

1993

They

as

Florence Latimer

Looking for Richard

1996

Looking for Richard

as

Self - Interviewee

Second Serve

1986

Second Serve

as

Renee Richards

Two Mothers for Zachary

1996

Two Mothers for Zachary

as

Nancy Shaffell

The Ghost of Richard Harris

2022

The Ghost of Richard Harris

as

Self

The Secret Scripture

2017

The Secret Scripture

as

Old Roseanne McNulty

Merchant Ivory

2024

Merchant Ivory

as

Self

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997

Smilla's Sense of Snow

as

Elsa Lübing

Last Will. & Testament

2012

Last Will. & Testament

as

On Our Way

2023

On Our Way

as

The Sailor from Gibraltar

1967

The Sailor from Gibraltar

as

Sheila

A Sunday in September

1961

A Sunday in September

as

Self

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

2005

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

as

Self

The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh

2012

The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh

as

Rosalind Leigh

Mirka

2000

Mirka

as

Kalsan

Ein Job

2008

Ein Job

as

Hannah Silbergrau

Michael Redgrave: My Father

1997

Michael Redgrave: My Father

as

Self

My Body, My Child

1982

My Body, My Child

as

Leenie Cabrezi

The Go-Between

2015

The Go-Between

as

Older Marian

Entree Des Artists

2020

Entree Des Artists

as

Henry's Grandmother

The Wound and the Gift

2014

The Wound and the Gift

as

Cradle Will Rock

1999

Cradle Will Rock

as

Countess Constance La Grave

A Wall of Silence

1993

A Wall of Silence

as

Kate Benson

The Thief Lord

2006

The Thief Lord

as

Sister Antonia

As You Like It

1963

As You Like It

as

Rosalind

Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III

2016

Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III

as

Queen Margaret

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

2002

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

as

Self

The Estate

The Estate

as

Breath of Life

1990

Breath of Life

as

Suor Crocifissa

Thank You, Doctor Rey

2004

Thank You, Doctor Rey

as

herself

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1984

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

as

The Evil Queen

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

2005

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

as

Miss Sangorski

Uninvited

2000

Uninvited

as

Mrs. Rutterburn

Dropout

1970

Dropout

as

Mary

Sea Sorrow

2017

Sea Sorrow

as

Self

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

2017

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

as

Jeanne McDougall

Georgetown

2019

Georgetown

as

Elsa Brecht

Right to Work March

1972

Right to Work March

as

The Aspern Papers

2019

The Aspern Papers

as

Juliana Bordereau

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

2000

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

as

Vicky's Mother

Romeo.Juliet

1990

Romeo.Juliet

as

Mother Capulet (voice)

A Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third

1970

A Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third

as

Herself

Red and Blue

1968

Red and Blue

as

Jacky

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

2017

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

as

Self

Red, White, and Zero

1979

Red, White, and Zero

as

Jacky

No Arks

1969

No Arks

as

Narrator

Mrs Lowry & Son

2019

Mrs Lowry & Son

as

Elizabeth Lowry

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

1985

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

as

Sarah Cloyce

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as

Self (archive footage)

Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story

2001

Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story

as

(voice)

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words

2021

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words

as

Self

Letters to Juliet

2010

Letters to Juliet

as

Claire

Restraint

2008

Restraint

as

Sky News Reader #2

Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular

2020

Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular

as

Self

The Lost Girls

2022

The Lost Girls

as

Great Nana

Finding You

2021

Finding You

as

Cathleen Sweeney

Searching for Debra Winger

2002

Searching for Debra Winger

as

Self

Nothing Like a Dame

2018

Nothing Like a Dame

as

Self (archive footage)

God, Smell and Her

2009

God, Smell and Her

as

The Fifth War

1980

The Fifth War

as

Maggie

1964

Maggie

as

Maggie

The Crystal Planet

The Crystal Planet

as

The Matriarch (voice)

Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio

as

Self

The View

The View

as

Self

Today

Today

as

Self

Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck

as

Dr.Erica Noughton

The Early Show

The Early Show

as

Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Esther Huish

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait

as

Self

Peter the Great

Peter the Great

as

Sophia

The Oscars

The Oscars

as

Self

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

as

Jennifer Worth (voice)

Black Box

Black Box

as

Dr. Hartramph

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

as

Countess Wilhelmina

Shakespeare Uncovered

Shakespeare Uncovered

as

Herself

Wagner

Wagner

as

Cosima von Bulow

Political Animals

Political Animals

as

Diane Nash

Wetten, dass..?

Wetten, dass..?

as

Self

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Winner

Man in an Orange Shirt

Man in an Orange Shirt

as

Flora Berryman

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

as

Self

Byron

Byron

as

Lady Melbourne

The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids

as

Durrant

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre

as

The Evil Queen

Young Catherine

Young Catherine

as

Empress Elizabeth

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as

Self

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Presenter

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

as

Sarah Cloyce

Omnibus

Omnibus

as

Self

Sabine Christiansen

Sabine Christiansen

as

Self

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Nominee

NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show

as

Self

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Winner

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Nominee

Seitenblicke

Seitenblicke

as

self

A Picture of Katherine Mansfield

A Picture of Katherine Mansfield

as

Katherine Mansfield

Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

as

Monica Claverton-Ferry

Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck

as

Dr. Erica Noughton

Production

The Palestinian

1977

The Palestinian

as

The Fever

2004

The Fever

as

The Estate

The Estate

as

Crew

Directing

Sea Sorrow

2017

Sea Sorrow

as