
Lynn Redgrave
Known for Acting · 126 credits
- Born
- 1943-03-08
- Died
- 2010-05-02
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- لین ردگریو
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.
Known For
TV Shows (41)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Emily Huntford

Desperate Housewives
2004
as Dahlia Hainsworth

Jeopardy!
1984
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Abby Benton Freestone

The Love Boat
1977
as Patti White

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter

The Nanny
1993
as Lynn Redgrave

Wogan
1982
as Self

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Award Custodian / Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee

Great Performances
1971
as Self

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Eliza Doolittle / Helena

Screen Two
1985
as Pauline Williams

Hotel
1982
as Carly Knight

Ugly Betty
2006
as Olivia Guillemette

The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self

The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Cordelia (voice)

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Kojak
1973
as Claire

JoJo's Circus
2003
as Miss Blathers (voice)

ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Various Roles

The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
as Rogers

The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star

ScreenPlay
1986
as The Woman

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self

Rude Awakening
1998
as Trudy Frank

Fridays
1980
as Self

Centennial
1978
as Charlotte Buckland Seccombe

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Judge Nancy Jakes / Helen Margaret Chapman

Me, Eloise
2006
as Nanny (voice)

House Calls
1979
as Ann Anderson

Teachers Only
1982
as Diana Swanson

This Is Tom Jones
1969
as Self

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Caroline / Anetta / Polly Barlow / Ivy Toft

Beggarman, Thief
1979
as Kate Jordache

Chicken Soup
1989
as Maddie Peerce
Vienna 1900
1973

Calling the Shots
1994
as Maggie Donnelly
Movies (85)

Peter Pan
2003
as Aunt Millicent

Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009
as Drunken Lady at Ball

The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
as Cordelia Thornberry (voice)

Kinsey
2004
as Final Interview Subject

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
as Queen

Spider
2002
as Mrs. Wilkinson

A Season for Miracles
1999
as Hon. Judge Nancy Jakes

The Deadly Affair
1967
as Virgin Bumpus

Strike!
1998
as Miss McVane

Shine
1996
as Gillian

Toothless
1997
as Rogers

Tom Jones
1963
as Susan, Uptown Inn

The National Health
1973
as Nurse Sweet / Nurse Betty Martin

The Jane Austen Book Club
2007
as Sky

The Big Bus
1976
as Camille Levy

Gods and Monsters
1998
as Hanna

Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
2001
as Self (archive footage)

The Simian Line
2001
as Katharine

Customers From Hell
1989

Hansel & Gretel
2002
as Woman / Witch

The Happy Hooker
1975
as Xaviera Hollander

My Sister's Keeper
2002
as Helen Margaret Chapman

The Next Best Thing
2000
as Helen Whittaker

The Virgin Soldiers
1969
as Phillipa Raskin

Getting It Right
1989
as Joan

More Awkward Customers
1975
as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Ferret

Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
as Mary O'Donnell

Varian's War
2001
as Alma Werfel-Mahler

Antony and Cleopatra
1983
as Cleopatra

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971
as Helena

The Bad Seed
1985
as Monica Breedlove

The White Countess
2005
as Olga Belinskya

The Annihilation of Fish
1999
as Poinsettia

Unconditional Love
2002
as Nola Fox

Rehearsal for Murder
1982
as Monica Welles

Sunday Lovers
1980
as Lady Davina (sketch 'Maître en la demeure')
Eloise Goes to School
2007

The Turn of the Screw
1974
as Miss Jane Cubberly

Jury Duty: The Comedy
1990
as Abby Greyhouwsky

Michael Redgrave: My Father
1997
as Self

Lion of Oz
2000
as Wicked Witch of the East (voice)
I Am Osango
1967
as Ivy Toft

Girl with Green Eyes
1964
as Baba Brennan

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
as Mrs. Kendal

Deeply
2000
as Celia

Venus and Mars
2001
as Emily Vogel

Anita and Me
2002
as Mrs. Omerod

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Lynn Redgrave

My Dog Tulip
2010
as Nancy / Greengrocer's Wife (voice)

Charlie's War
2003
as Grandma Lewis

Sooner or Later
1979
as Teacher

Different
1999
as Amanda Talmadge

Smashing Time
1967
as Yvonne

Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
1997
as Monica Brannigan

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970
as Myrtle Kane

Georgy Girl
1966
as Georgy

Little Miss Christmas
2006
as Nanny (voice)

The Seduction of Miss Leona
1980
as Leona DeVos

Every Little Crook and Nanny
1972
as Miss Poole - Nanny

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
2009
as Self

Gauguin the Savage
1980
as Mette Gad

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1991
as Jane Hudson

Touched
1999
as Carrie

Walking on Air
1987
as Mrs. Hepp
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
as Self (uncredited)

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
2002
as Edna

White Lies
1998
as Mrs. K.

Death of a Son
1989
as Pauline Williams

Disco Beaver from Outer Space
1979
as Dr. Van Helsing

Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
1987
as Nancy Stewart

Beggarman, Thief
1979
as Kate Jordache

Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
2024
as Herself
What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?
1967
as Caroline

A Woman Alone
1988
as The Woman

Pygmalion
1973
as Eliza Doolittle

Musical Comedy Tonight II
1981
as Self

My Two Loves
1986
as Marjorie Lloyd

Midnight
1989
as Midnight

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
1999
as Self

My Kingdom
2001
as Mandy
Shoot to Kill
1960
as Bit Part (uncredited)

Linda in Wonderland
1980
as Herself

Timmy's Special Delivery: A Precious Moments Christmas
1993
as Narrator / Feline the Cat / Barkley (voice)

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1973
as Various

Battle of the Video Games
1983
as Self
About Lynn Redgrave
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 We… With 126 credits spanning from 1944 to 2024, Lynn Redgrave has appeared in 85 films and 41 TV shows.
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- Peter Pan (2003) — as Aunt Millicent
- Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) — as Drunken Lady at Ball
- The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) — as Cordelia Thornberry (voice)
- Kinsey (2004) — as Final Interview Subject
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) — as Queen
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