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Redgrave Family
The Redgrave family is a British acting dynasty, spanning five generations. Members of the family worked in theatre beginning in the nineteenth century, and later in film and television. Some family members have also written plays and books. Vanessa Redgrave is the most prominent, having won Oscar, Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy Awards. Family tree The family tree below shows the notable members of the family. Michael Redgrave (and ancestors) Vanessa Redgrave Corin Redgrave Lynn Redgrave Marriages *Roy Redgrave and Daisy Scudamore (later changed to Margaret Scudamore); ''1907 - 25 May 1922 (his death) - son Michael'' *Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson; ''20 July 1935 - 21 March 1985 (his death) - son Corin, two daughters, Vanessa and Lynn'' *Vanessa Redgrave and (1) Tony Richardson; ''1962—1967 (divorced) - two daughters, Natasha and Joely;'' (2) Franco Nero ''2006 to present'' - ''son Carlo'' *Corin Redgrave and (1) Deirdre Hamilt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redgrave Family Bowing After Poems From Guantánamo
Redgrave may refer to: People *Redgrave family, a British family of actors and actresses ** Roy Redgrave (1908–1985) ** Michael Redgrave (1908–1985) ** Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) ** Corin Redgrave (1939–2010) ** Lynn Redgrave (1943–2010) ** Jemma Redgrave (born 1965) * Bill Redgrave (1881–1931), New Zealand cricketer * Richard Redgrave (1804–1888), English landscape artist and painter * Samuel Redgrave (1802–1876), English civil servant and writer on art * Sidney Redgrave (1878–1958), Australian cricketer * Steve Redgrave (born 1962), Olympic rowing champion * William Redgrave (1903–1986), British sculptor Fictional characters * Antonio and Luka Redgrave, characters in the video game series ''Bayonetta'' * Tony Redgrave, an alias of Dante in the video game series ''Devil May Cry'' Places * Redgrave (railway point), British Columbia * Redgrave, Suffolk, a village and civil parish in England containing the historic Redgrave Manor, Redgrave Park, Redgrave H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Neeson
William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Tony Awards. In 2020, he was placed 7th on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's 50 Greatest Film Actors. Neeson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000. In 1976, Neeson joined the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast for two years. He then acted in the Arthurian film ''Excalibur'' (1981). He appeared in supporting roles in '' The Bounty'' (1984), '' The Mission'' (1986), and ''Husbands and Wives'' (1992). He rose to prominence after his leading performance as Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's holocaust drama ''Schindler's List'' (1993). He continued to star in dramas such as ''Nell'' (1994), '' Rob Roy'' (1995), ''Michael Collins'' (1996), and ''Les Misérables'' (1998). In 1999 he took the role of Qui-Gon Jinn in George Lucas' space opera '' Star Wars: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redgrave Family
The Redgrave family is a British acting dynasty, spanning five generations. Members of the family worked in theatre beginning in the nineteenth century, and later in film and television. Some family members have also written plays and books. Vanessa Redgrave is the most prominent, having won Oscar, Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy Awards. Family tree The family tree below shows the notable members of the family. Michael Redgrave (and ancestors) Vanessa Redgrave Corin Redgrave Lynn Redgrave Marriages *Roy Redgrave and Daisy Scudamore (later changed to Margaret Scudamore); ''1907 - 25 May 1922 (his death) - son Michael'' *Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson; ''20 July 1935 - 21 March 1985 (his death) - son Corin, two daughters, Vanessa and Lynn'' *Vanessa Redgrave and (1) Tony Richardson; ''1962—1967 (divorced) - two daughters, Natasha and Joely;'' (2) Franco Nero ''2006 to present'' - ''son Carlo'' *Corin Redgrave and (1) Deirdre Hamilt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Show Business Families
This is a list of contemporary (20th- or 21st-century) show business families. Families A ;Adams-Beaver *Actor Don Adams was the father of actress Cecily Adams. Cecily Adams was married to actor Jim Beaver. Adams' ''Get Smart'' series co-star Robert Karvelas was his cousin. ;Aday * Musician and part-time actor Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday), better known by his stage name of Meat Loaf, is the father of singer Pearl Aday and actress Amanda Aday. ;Affleck * Actor/director/writer/producer Ben Affleck was married to actress Jennifer Garner. He is now married to actress/singer Jennifer Lopez. His younger brother is fellow actor Casey Affleck, whose former wife is actress Summer Phoenix (see Phoenix siblings). ;Alba/Warren * Actress Jessica Alba is the daughter-in-law of actor Michael Warren. Her younger brother, Joshua Alba, is also an actor. ;Alda * Actor Robert Alda was the father of actor/director Alan Alda and actor Antony Alda. ** Alan is married to photograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Owen (barrister)
Tim Owen KC, is an English barrister at Matrix Chambers. His practice spans the fields of fraud/regulatory, criminal, public, human rights, media and information, extradition/MLA, sports, asset recovery, police and civil law. In addition to his practice at the Bar, he sits as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Administrative Court, is an Acting Judge to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and a Member of the Sports Resolutions Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators. He is a founder member of Matrix Chambers and a Master of the Bench of Middle Temple. Education and career Educated at United World College of the Atlantic and London School of Economics, Tim Owen was called to the Bar in 1983. He was appointed QC in 2000. He is currently a member of Matrix Chambers. Cases Rurik Jutting In 2016, Tim Owen defended Rurik Jutting, a British banker who confessed to torturing and killing two Indonesian women in HK, arguing diminished responsibility. The trial evidence included vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fox (producer)
Robert Michael John Fox (born 25 March 1952) is an English theatre and film producer, whose work includes the 2002 film '' The Hours''. Life and career He was born the third son of theatrical agent Robin Fox and actress Angela Worthington. He is the younger brother of actors Edward Fox and James Fox. The actress Emilia Fox is his niece and the actors Laurence Fox and Freddie Fox are his nephews. His maternal grandfather was playwright Frederick Lonsdale. Fox was educated at Harrow School. Fox has been a theatrical producer in the West End and on Broadway for over two decades. His productions include '' Another Country'', ''Burn This'' starring John Malkovich; the world premiere of Arthur Miller's ''The Ride Down Mt. Morgan''; Edward Albee's ''Three Tall Women''; many plays by David Hare: ''Skylight'' with Michael Gambon and Lia Williams, ''Amy's View'' with Judi Dench, and ''The Breath of Life'' with Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. Other Fox productions include ''Hedda Gabler'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clark (actor)
Ivan John Clark (born 1 November 1932) is an English actor, director, producer and writer. Clark is probably best known for his role as Just William in theatre and radio in the late 1940s and as the former husband of actress Lynn Redgrave, to whom he was married for 33 years. However, he established himself as a stage actor and director after moving to the United States in 1960, and became noted for directing plays featuring his wife in the 1970s beginning with ''A Better Place'' at Dublin's Gate Theatre (1973), then in America ''The Two of Us'' (1975), '' Saint Joan'' (1977–78), and a tour of ''California Suite'' (1976). In 1981, he co-directed the CBS television series ''House Calls'', in which Redgrave starred. In 1993–94 Clark produced and directed the one-woman play, '' Shakespeare for My Father'' written and performed by Lynn Redgrave, which played on Broadway and then the Haymarket Theatre in London, followed by a tour of Australia and Canada. Early career Clark w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemma Redgrave
Jemima Rebecca Redgrave (born 14 January 1965), known as Jemma Redgrave, is a fourth-generation British actress of the Redgrave family. She played the title character in four series of '' Bramwell'', and has a recurring role in ''Doctor Who'' as Kate Stewart, Head of Scientific Research at UNIT. As well as a career in television, she has appeared in many onstage productions and on film, including her portrayal of Evie Wilcox in the BAFTA-award-winning Merchant Ivory adaptation of ''Howards End''. Early life and family Born in London, she is the daughter of actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife, Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. She has a brother, Luke Redgrave, who is a camera operator, and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died in 1997 and her father died in 2010. She is the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, and cousin of Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kika Markham
Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940)''birth registered 4th quarter (Oct, Nov, Dec) 1940'' is an English actress. Early life Markham is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters: Petra, Sonia and Jehane Markham. Career Markham has had a long career in the cinema, television and theatre as an actress. Among her television appearances are roles in '' Edward & Mrs. Simpson'', ''The Life and Times of David Lloyd George'', ''A Very British Coup'', ''Van der Valk'', ''The Line of Beauty'', ''Minder'', '' Cracker'', ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' ''( The Double Clue)'', '' Sherlock Holmes' Wisteria Lodge'' and ''Mr Selfridge''. Her films include ''Bunny Lake Is Missing'' (1965), ''Futtocks End'' (1970), François Truffaut's ''Two English Girls'' (1971), ''Operation Daybreak'' (1975), '' Noroît'' (1976), ''The Blood of Hussain'' (1980), High Tide (1980), '' Outland'' (1981, as Sean Connery's wife), '' The Innocent'' (1985), '' Wonderland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Bevan
Daisy Carmen Bevan (born 28 March 1992) is a British actress. She is the daughter of actress Joely Richardson and film producer Tim Bevan. Acting She made her screen debut in 1998 in the film ''Elizabeth'' (produced by her father's company, Working Title) at the age of five. She and her mother played daughter and mother Madame Royal and Marie Antoinette in the 2001 film, ''The Affair of the Necklace''. In 2014, she played a supporting role in the adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel ''The Two Faces of January'', and starred in a stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' at the Riverside Studios in London. In July 2015, Bevan played the role of Tamsin Carmichael in the BBC's two-part television adaptation of Sadie Jones’ debut novel ''The Outcast''. In June 2022, Bevan made a guest appearance in ITV's ''McDonald & Dodds'' - episode "'' A Billion Beats''". Education Bevan attended Bedales School in Hampshire, and then the Lee Strasberg Theatre a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheál Richardson
Micheál Richard Antonio Richardson (''né'' Neeson; born 22 June 1995) is an Irish actor. Career After appearing alongside Natalie Portman in 2018 film ''Vox Lux'', Richardson insisted on auditioning for a role in ''Cold Pursuit'' (2019), a film in which his father Liam Neeson was starring, and a remake of the 2014 Norwegian crime thriller ''In Order of Disappearance''. Richardson successfully auditioned for the role of Neeson's character's son. Richardson also starred in ''Made in Italy'' (2020), a film about grief and familial relationships, again alongside his father. Both father and son were touched by the script by James D’Arcy and the parallels with their own experiences with grief. In 2015, Richardson was cast as Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins in the film ''The Rising: 1916'' about the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. Collins was portrayed by Richardson's father in Neil Jordan's 1996 film, ''Michael Collins''. He is set to appear alongside Colin Morgan as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Gabriel Nero
Carlo Gabriel Redgrave Nero (born Carlo Gabriel Sparanero; 16 September 1969) is an Italian-English screenwriter and film director. Biography The son of actors Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave, his maternal half-sisters are actresses Joely Richardson and Natasha Richardson (1963–2009). He is the nephew of actors Corin (1939–2010) and Lynn Redgrave (1943–2010), and cousin to actress Jemma Redgrave. Carlo Nero directed his mother and half-sister Joely in the 2004 film '' The Fever''. Filmography * ''Larry's Visit'' (1996) * '' Uninvited'' (1999) * '' The Fever'' (2004) Discography * 1985 – ''Will Change The World''/''Cambierà'' (Lovers, LVNP 802, 7" – with his father, the Italian actor Franco Nero) Awards * 2005: Bratislava International Film Festival: Grand Prix: '' The Fever'': Nominated '' |
