Lynn Redgrave

Actor Mar 8 (died age 67) London, England, UK 1944–2024 (80 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Peter Pan

Aunt Millicent

Film

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Drunken Lady at Ball

Film

Shine

Gillian

Film

Spider

Mrs. Wilkinson

Film

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

Queen

Film

Kinsey

Final Interview Subject

Film

Gods and Monsters

Hanna

Film

The Jane Austen Book Club

Sky

Filmography

Acting (124)

Movies (85)

Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano

2024

as Herself

My Dog Tulip

2010

as Nancy / Greengrocer's Wife (voice)

6.3

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

2009

as Self

8.5

Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009

as Drunken Lady at Ball

6.5

The Jane Austen Book Club

2007

as Sky

6.5

Eloise Goes to School

2007

Little Miss Christmas

as Nanny (voice)

The White Countess

as Olga Belinskya

Kinsey

as Final Interview Subject

Peter Pan

as Aunt Millicent

Charlie's War

as Grandma Lewis

Spider

as Mrs. Wilkinson

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

2002

as Cordelia Thornberry (voice)

Unconditional Love

as Nola Fox

My Sister's Keeper

as Helen Margaret Chapman

Hansel & Gretel

as Woman / Witch

Anita and Me

as Mrs. Omerod

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

2002

as Edna

5.9

Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy

2001

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

Varian's War

2001

as Alma Werfel-Mahler

My Kingdom

as Mandy

Venus and Mars

as Emily Vogel

The Simian Line

as Katharine

Deeply

as Celia

The Next Best Thing

as Helen Whittaker

Lion of Oz

as Wicked Witch of the East (voice)

5.7

Touched

1999

as Carrie

Different

1999

as Amanda Talmadge

A Season for Miracles

1999

as Hon. Judge Nancy Jakes

7.0

The Annihilation of Fish

1999

as Poinsettia

6.3

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

as Self

White Lies

as Mrs. K.

Strike!

as Miss McVane

Gods and Monsters

as Hanna

Toothless

as Rogers

Michael Redgrave: My Father

1997

as Self

Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan

as Monica Brannigan

Shine

as Gillian

Timmy's Special Delivery: A Precious Moments Christmas

1993

as Narrator / Feline the Cat / Barkley (voice)

2.0

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1991

as Jane Hudson

4.5

Jury Duty: The Comedy

as Abby Greyhouwsky

Death of a Son

as Pauline Williams

Getting It Right

as Joan

Customers From Hell

Midnight

as Midnight

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

1988

as Lynn Redgrave

A Woman Alone

1988

as The Woman

Walking on Air

1987

as Mrs. Hepp

Morgan Stewart's Coming Home

as Nancy Stewart

My Two Loves

as Marjorie Lloyd

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

as Self

The Bad Seed

as Monica Breedlove

Battle of the Video Games

1983

as Self

Antony and Cleopatra

as Cleopatra

Rehearsal for Murder

as Monica Welles

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

1981

as Mrs. Kendal

7.5

Musical Comedy Tonight II

1981

as Self

7.0

Sunday Lovers

1980

as Lady Davina (sketch 'Maître en la demeure')

5.7

Linda in Wonderland

1980

as Herself

Gauguin the Savage

1980

as Mette Gad

The Seduction of Miss Leona

1980

as Leona DeVos

1.0

Disco Beaver from Outer Space

as Dr. Van Helsing

Beggarman, Thief

as Kate Jordache

Sooner or Later

as Teacher

The Big Bus

as Camille Levy

The Happy Hooker

as Xaviera Hollander

More Awkward Customers

1975

as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Ferret

The Turn of the Screw

1974

as Miss Jane Cubberly

Pygmalion

as Eliza Doolittle

The National Health

as Nurse Sweet / Nurse Betty Martin

6.8

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

1973

as Various

Every Little Crook and Nanny

1972

as Miss Poole - Nanny

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

1972

as Queen

6.5

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

1971

as Mary O'Donnell

5.3

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1971

as Helena

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

as Myrtle Kane

The Virgin Soldiers

as Phillipa Raskin

The Deadly Affair

as Virgin Bumpus

I Am Osango

as Ivy Toft

Smashing Time

1967

as Yvonne

6.2

What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?

1967

as Caroline

Georgy Girl

as Georgy

Girl with Green Eyes

as Baba Brennan

Tom Jones

as Susan, Uptown Inn

Shoot to Kill

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Television (39)

Ugly Betty

2006

as Olivia Guillemette

Me, Eloise

as Nanny (voice)

Desperate Housewives

as Dahlia Hainsworth

JoJo's Circus

as Miss Blathers (voice)

6.7

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Emily Huntford

The Wild Thornberrys

as Cordelia (voice)

Rude Awakening

as Trudy Frank

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Rogers

Calling the Shots

as Maggie Donnelly

The Nanny

as Lynn Redgrave

Chicken Soup

as Maddie Peerce

Screen Two

as Pauline Williams

Murder, She Wrote

as Abby Benton Freestone

Jeopardy!

as Self

Wogan

as Self

Hotel

as Carly Knight

Teachers Only

as Diana Swanson

Fridays

as Self

House Calls

as Ann Anderson

Beggarman, Thief

as Kate Jordache

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

as Self

7.4

Centennial

1978

as Charlotte Buckland Seccombe

7.7

The Muppet Show

1976

as Self - Special Guest Star

Kojak

as Claire

Vienna 1900

ABC Afterschool Special

as Various Roles

Great Performances

as Self

This Is Tom Jones

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self

7.7

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Helena

5.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Armchair Theatre

as Anetta

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Judge Nancy Jakes

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter