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JOHN GIELGUD
Actor
Talking about playing the classics, including Hamlet
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JUDI DENCH
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Reflects on childhood and deciding to be an actress |
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Vanessa Redgrave b1937
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Redgrave is part of a theatrical dynasty which she has herself extended. Born in 1937, she is the daughter of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, sister of Corin and Lynn Redgrave, and mother of Natasha and Joely Richardson. Her first love was ballet, which she had to abandon when she grew too tall. In 1961, she was invited by Peter Hall to join the Royal Shakespeare Company and won great acclaim for her performance as Rosalind in As You Like It. In 1962, she married director Tony Richardson, the marriage ending in 1967. In 1966, she returned after some years of motherhood to the West End in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, for which she received an Evening Standard award. She also made several films, including Morgan, A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), which earned her a best actress award at Cannes Film festival. Always ready to take on any challenge, Redgrave accepted the part of Guinevere in Joshua Logan's musical-comedy film Camelot (1966), for which she received a Golden Globe award. She has appeared in numerous films, receiving an Academy Award (Oscar) for her performance in Julia (1977), as well as 5 Academy Award nominations. Notable film performances for which she has received awards or nominations include Isadora (1969), The Bostonians (1983), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Howard's End (1992) and Wall of Silence (1993). Redgrave's left-wing politics have probably not helped her screen career, and some admirers have pointed out that most other actresses of her eminence have been made Dames. Her acceptance speech at the 1977 Academy Award ceremony, when she attacked "Zionist hoodlums" who had campaigned against her because she had defended Palestinian Arabs, would not have improved her prospects in Hollywood. Others admire her strong sense of justice, which has driven her to support the exploited and oppressed, from Sarajevo to Tibet. Mark Rylance, director of London's Globe Theatre, was moved to cast Redgrave in the male role of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest (2000) because "Prospero is a man with immense power who is moved to mercy. Vanessa understands that".
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KEY WORKS INCLUDE:
As You Like It (1961)
The Seagull (1964)
The film - Morgan, A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
The film - Camelot (1967)
Antony and Cleopatra (1973)
The film - Isadora (1969)
The film - Julia (1976)
The Aspern Papers (1984)
The Bostonians (1984)
When She Danced (1991)
The film - Howard's End (1992)
The film - Wilde (1997)
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