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Michael Redgrave is a Actor British born on 20 march 1908 at Bristol (United-kingdom)

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave
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Birth name Michael Scudamore Redgrave
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 20 march 1908 at Bristol (United-kingdom)
Death 21 march 1985 (at 77 years) at Denham (United-kingdom)

Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author.

Biography

Family

Redgrave was married to the actress Rachel Kempson for 50 years from 1935 until his death. Their children Vanessa (b. 1937), Corin (1939–2010) and Lynn Redgrave (1943–2010) and their grandchildren – Natasha (1963–2009), Joely Richardson (b. 1965) and Jemma (b. 1965) are also involved in theatre or film as actors. His grandson Carlo Gabriel Nero is a screenwriter and film director whilst Luke Redgrave is not connected to acting.

His daughter Lynn created a one-woman play for herself called Shakespeare for My Father, in which she was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award, in which she traced her love for Shakespeare as a way of following and finding her often absent father.

Redgrave owned White Roding Windmill from 1937 to 1946. He and his family lived in "Bedford House" on Chiswick Mall from 1945 to 1954. His entry for Who's Who in the Theatre (1981) gives his address as Wilks Water, Odiham, Hampshire.


Bisexuality
Corin helped his father in the writing of his last autobiography. During one of Corin's visits to his father, the latter said, "There is something I ought to tell you". Then, after a very long pause, "I am, to say the least of it, bisexual". Corin encouraged him to acknowledge his bisexuality in the book. Michael agreed to do so, but in the end he chose to remain silent about it. Alan Strachan's 2004 biography of Redgrave discusses his affairs with both men and women. Although Redgrave had some long-term relationships with men, he also was prone to cruising Victoria or Knightsbridge for what he called "a necessary degradation", a habit that gave him a lasting sense of self-disgust.

The 1996 BBC documentary film Michael Redgrave: My Father, narrated by Corin Redgrave, and based on his book of the same name, discusses Michael's bisexuality in some depth. Rachel Kempson recounted that, when she proposed to him, Redgrave said that there were "difficulties to do with his nature, and that he felt he ought not to marry". She said that she understood, it didn't matter and that she loved him. To this, Redgrave replied, "Very well. If you're sure, we will".

During the filming of Fritz Lang's Secret Beyond the Door (1948), Redgrave met Bob Michell. They became lovers, Michell set up house close to the Redgraves, and he became a surrogate "uncle" to Redgrave's children (then aged 11, 9 and 5), who adored him. Michell later had children of his own, including a son he named Michael. Michell was followed by Fred Sadoff, an actor/director who became Redgrave's assistant and shared his lodgings in New York and London.

A card was found among Redgrave's effects after his death. The card was signed "Tommy, Liverpool, January 1940", and on it were the words (quoted from W.H. Auden): "The word is love. Surely one fearless kiss would cure the million fevers".


Illness and death
In 1976, after suffering symptoms for many years, Redgrave was diagnosed with rapidly advancing Parkinson's disease and he began a regimen of therapies and medications that caused disorientation and other side effects. Costs for his healthcare expenses and his diminished earning power caused the family to apply for public assistance from the King George's Pension Fund. In an interview on his seventieth birthday, he said: "For a long time, nobody understood the Parkinson's condition, and directors thought I was just forgetful or drunk--and even now the work isn't easy. The difficulty is not just remembering lines but getting from place to place."

Redgrave died in a nursing home in Denham, Buckinghamshire, in 1985, from Parkinson's disease, one day after his 77th birthday.

Best films

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Michael Redgrave (62 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
1975Rime of the Ancient MarinerActor
1972The Last TargetActor
1971Nicholas and AlexandraActorSazonov
1971The Go-BetweenActorThe Older Leo Colston
1971A Christmas CarolActorNarrator (voice)
1970Connecting RoomsActorJames Wallraven
1970Connecting RoomsActorJames Wallraven
1970Goodbye GeminiActorJames Harrington-Smith
1969Oh! What a Lovely WarActorGen. Sir Henry Wilson
1969Battle of BritainActorAir Vice Marshal Evill
1969David CopperfieldActorDan Peggotty
1969Goodbye, Mr. ChipsActorThe Headmaster
1968Assignment KActorHarris
1968HeidiActorGrandfather
1967The 25th HourActorL'avocat de Lohann
1966Alice in WonderlandActorCaterpillar
1965The Heroes of TelemarkActorUncle
1965The HillActorThe Medical Officer
1965Young CassidyActorW.B. Yeats
1963Uncle VanyaActorUncle Vanya
1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerActorRuxton Towers Reformatory Governor
1961The InnocentsActorThe Uncle
1961No, My Darling DaughterActorSir Mathew Carr
1959Shake Hands with the DevilActorThe General
1959The Wreck of the Mary DeareActorMr. Nyland
1958Behind the MaskActorSir Arthur Benson-Gray
1958The Quiet AmericanActorThomas Fowler
1958Law and DisorderActorPercy Brand
1957Time Without PityActorDavid Graham
1957The Happy RoadActorGen. Medworth
1956Oh... Rosalinda!!ActorCol. Eisenstein
19561984ActorO'Connor of the Inner Party
1955The Dam BustersActorDoctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
1955Mr. ArkadinActorBurgomil Trebitsch
1955The Night My Number Came UpActorAir Marshal Hardie
1954The Sea Shall Not Have ThemActorAir Commodore Waltby
1954The Green ScarfActorMaitre Deliot
1952The Importance of Being EarnestActorErnest Worthing
1952The Magic BoxActorMr. Lege
1951The Browning VersionActorAndrew Crocker-Harris
1948Secret Beyond the Door...ActorMark Lamphere
1947Mourning Becomes ElectraActorOrin Mannon
1947Fame Is the SpurActorHamer Radshaw
1947The Man WithinActorRichard Carlyon
1946The Captive HeartActorCapt. Karel Hasek
1946The Years BetweenActorMichael Wentworth
1945Dead of NightActorMaxwell Frere (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
1945A Diary for TimothyActorThe narrator
1945The Way to the StarsActorFlight Lt. David Archdale
1945The Way to the StarsActorFlight Lt. David Archdale
1942The Big BlockadeActorRussian
1942Thunder RockActorDavid Charleston
1941Atlantic FerryActorCharles MacIver
1941JeannieActorStanley Smith
1941KippsActorKipps (adult)
1941KippsActorKipps (adult)
1940The Stars Look DownActorDavey Fenwick
1940A Window in LondonActorPeter Thompson
1939Stolen LifeActorAlan MacKenzie
1938The Lady VanishesActorGilbert Redman
1938Climbing HighActorNicky Brooke
1936Secret AgentActorArmy Officer (uncredited)