Lynn Redgrave: 1943-2010

Lynn Redgrave has died at the too-young age of 67.  She had battled breast cancer for years.  During her long career, she was twice nominated for the Academy Award and three times for the Tony.  At the Oscars, she was nominated for the Best Actress for Georgy Girl and was robbed of Best Supporting Actress for Gods and Monsters.  She was nominated for Tonys for Mrs. Warren's Profession, Shakespeare for My Father and The Constant Wife.  She was the daughter of  Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson and the younger sister of Vanessa Redgrave. 

Her final stage appearance was in the play Nightingale, which she wrote.  The AP wrote this of her performance:

"Redgrave, a cancer survivor, sits at a desk ... and works from a script because of what has been described as an unspecified medical ailment — but not a recurrence of cancer — requiring immediate treatment. It doesn't affect her touching, beautifully realized performance."


"And reading gives the evening an almost storybook quality in which it seems as if the actress, buoyed by a radiant smile, has gathered a few good friends to hear her reminisce about this formidable woman — mother of Rachel, mother-in-law of Michael and grandmother to Lynn, Vanessa and Corin."

She is survived by six grandchildren, her sister Vanessa, and four nieces and nephews.