Lynn Redgrave
Acting
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.
Born: March 8, 1943
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Pygmalion
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Me, Eloise
The story of a fun-loving little girl who lives with her nanny at the posh Plaza Hotel in New York City. Based on the beloved children’s book series.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Famous New Yorkers and the pooches they love are the focus of this refreshingly honest and endearing series of interviews that celebrates the meaningful connections people share with their pups. Gossip columnist Cindy Adams, playwright Edward Albee, designer Isaac Mizrahi, and actors Glenn Close, Edie Falco and Richard Gere are among the many celebs who pay tribute to their beloved canine companions.
The Nanny
That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel). The comic misadventures of the sweet and sassy Fran Fine, her sophisticated employer, Broadway producer Mr. Sheffield, his boisterous brood and his wisecracking staff.
The Muppet Show
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
Calling the Shots
The work of television reporter Maggie Donnelly sets off a terrifying sequence of events in her private life.
Desperate Housewives
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
Centennial
The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1700s, to the late 1970s.
Filmography
as Nancy / Greengrocer's Wife (voice)
as Drunken Lady at Ball
as Nanny (voice)
as Nanny (voice)
as Olivia Guillemette
as Olga Belinskya
as Dahlia Hainsworth
as Final Interview Subject
as Aunt Millicent
as Miss Blathers (voice)
as Grandma Lewis
as Cordelia Thornberry (voice)
as Mrs. Omerod
as Mrs. Wilkinson
as Woman / Witch
as Nola Fox
as Helen Margaret Chapman
as Katharine
as Emily Huntford
as Mandy
as Alma Werfel-Mahler
as Emily Vogel
as Self (archive footage)
as Wicked Witch of the East (voice)
as Celia
as Helen Whittaker
as Hon. Judge Nancy Jakes
as Poinsettia
as Carrie
as Amanda Talmadge
as Hanna
as Cordelia (voice)
as Miss McVane
as Trudy Frank
as Mrs. K.
as Monica Brannigan
as Rogers
as Rogers
as Self
as Gillian
as Maggie Donnelly
as Narrator / Feline the Cat / Barkley (voice)
as Lynn Redgrave
as Jane Hudson
as Abby Greyhouwsky
as Maddie Peerce
as Midnight
as Joan
as Pauline Williams
as Lynn Redgrave
as The Woman
as Nancy Stewart
as Mrs. Hepp
as Marjorie Lloyd
as Monica Breedlove
as Pauline Williams
as Abby Benton Freestone
as Self
as Self
as Cleopatra
as Carly Knight
as Monica Welles
as Self
as Diana Swanson
as Mrs. Kendal
as Self
as Herself
as Lady Davina (sketch 'Maître en la demeure')
as Leona DeVos
as Mette Gad
as Self
as Ann Anderson
as Kate Jordache
as Teacher
as Dr. Van Helsing
as Self
as Charlotte Buckland Seccombe
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Camille Levy
as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Ferret
as Xaviera Hollander
as Miss Jane Cubberly
as Eliza Doolittle
as Claire
as Nurse Sweet / Nurse Betty Martin
as Various Roles
as Miss Poole - Nanny
as Mary O'Donnell
as Helena
as Self
as Myrtle Kane
as Phillipa Raskin
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Yvonne
as Self
as Virgin Bumpus
as Georgy
as Eliza Doolittle
as Helena
as Baba Brennan
as Susan, Uptown Inn
as Self
as Self
as Caroline
as Anetta
as Self
as Judge Nancy Jakes
as Helen Margaret Chapman
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Presenter