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Lynn Redgrave

Mar 08, 1943 - May 02, 2010 (67 years old) in London, England, UK

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.

Known For

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Desperate Housewives
Dahlia Hainsworth
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Emily Huntford
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The Wonderful World of Disney
Rogers
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ABC Afterschool Special
Various Roles
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The Nanny
Lynn Redgrave
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The Wild Thornberrys
Cordelia (voice)
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BBC Play of the Month
Eliza Doolittle
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Murder, She Wrote
Abby Benton Freestone
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Great Performances
Self
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The Carol Burnett Show
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