Vanessa Redgrave

Name	:	Vanessa Redgrave

Birth Date	:	30 January 1937
Birth Place	:	Greenwich, United Kingdom
Nationality	:	NA
Height	:	1.8 m
Occupation	:	Actress

Vanessa Redgrave CBE is an English actress and activist. Proclaimed as the "Greatest Actress of our Time" by Tennessee Williams, Redgrave is the recipient of the Triple Crown of Acting, and was inducted to the American Theatre Hall of Fame, and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2010.

Vanessa Redgrave Movies / Drama

A Man for All Seasons [12 December 1966 (New York)]
This movie features Thomas More, who supported King Henry VIII, when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church.
A Quiet Place in the Country [14 November 1968 (Italy)]
The story revolves around an Italian painter who has bizarre dreams. He rents a haunted country house with his lover and goes mad.
Blow-Up [18 December 1966 (USA)]
A successful London based photographer is living the life, he always wanted with beautiful models for easy sex, and some substance for the high of life.
Camelot [14 March 1967]
King Arthur leads a blissful married life with his Queen. Trouble starts, when she has an affair with one of his knights. Now Enraged, he challenges him to win his Queen back.
Cradle Will Rock [10 December 1999 (USA)]
As labor strikes break out throughout the country, New York is alive with cultural revolution. Nelson Rockefeller (John Cusack) commissions Mexican artist Diego Rivera (Ruben Blades) to paint the lobby of Rockefeller Center, while Italian propagandist Margherita Sarfatti (Susan Sarandon) sells Da Vincis to fund the Mussolini war effort.and Orson Welles (Angus Macfadyen) directs an infamous stage production of "The Cradle Will Rock," closed down on the eve of its opening by U.S. soldiers.… MORE
Deep Impact [8 May 1998 (USA)]
According to predictions, a deadly comet is about to strike Earth and destroy humanity. US President Beck devises a strategy to build a network of caves for accommodating one million Americans.
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool [16 November 2017 (United Kingdom)]
Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame finds romance and happiness with a younger man, but her life changes forever when she is diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1970s.
Foxcatcher [14 November 2014 (Los Angeles)]
When a wealthy sponsor, John E du Pont, invites Olympic wrestlers and estranged brothers, Mark and Dave, to join his team called Foxcatcher, their lives change irrevocably.
Girl, Interrupted [8 December 1999 (USA)]
A directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.
Isadora [December 1968 (USA)]
This biography of modern-dance pioneer Isadora Duncan (Vanessa Redgrave) details the performer's tumultuous life. The film reveals how the beautiful, outspoken and graceful American-born dancer rejected ballet and moved to Europe to pursue a freer form of movement. Duncan's many love affairs are also heavily featured, most notably her relationship with Paris Singer (Jason Robards), an heir to the Singer sewing-machine fortune, and the volatile Russian writer Sergei Yesenin (Ivan Tchenko).… MORE
Letters to Juliet [14 May 2010 (Canada)]
Sophie, an aspiring writer assisted by the secretaries of Juliet, sets out to unite Claire with her lover. While on her journey, she finds herself drawn to Claire's grandson.
Little Odessa [28 October 1994 (Italy)]
Long separated from his Russian family, hit man Joshua (Tim Roth) returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady (Maximilian Schell), banned him from returning after Joshua committed his first murder. He takes up residence in a hotel, and soon everyone knows he has returned. He goes home to visit his dying mother, Irina (Vanessa Redgrave), and prepares for the assassination, getting drawn back into the criminal community he left behind.… MORE
Mary, Queen of Scots [22 December 1971]
Mary, Queen of Scots (Vanessa Redgrave), teenage wife to the king of France, returns to Scotland after her husband's death. Elizabeth Tudor (Glenda Jackson), believing her cousin Mary and her Roman Catholic beliefs to be a political threat, creates romantic dilemmas to distract her. Mary's subsequent marriage to Lord Darnley (Timothy Dalton), her relationship with courtier David Riccio (Ian Holm), and a third marriage to Lord Bothwell (Nigel Davenport) lead to her abdication and exile.… MORE
Mission: Impossible [22 May 1996 (Canada)]
Ethan Hunt, an American special agent, struggles to prove his innocence and catch the real culprit when he is falsely accused of murdering his entire team.
Mrs Lowry & Son [6 September 2019 (Taiwan)]
A portrait of the artist LS Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.
Mrs. Dalloway [4 September 1997 (Germany)]
First seen in Virginia Woolf's novel, Clarissa Dalloway (Vanessa Redgrave) looks back on her youth as she readies for a gathering at her house. The wife of a legislator (John Standing) and a doyenne of London's upper-crust party scene, Clarissa finds that the plight of ailing war veteran Septimus Warren Smith (Rupert Graves) reminds her of a past romance with Peter Walsh (Michael Kitchen). In flashbacks, young Clarissa (Natascha McElhone) explores her possibilities with Peter.… MORE
Oh! What a Lovely War [10 April 1969 (United Kingdom)]
After Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife's assassination, the World War 1 breaks out and the men of the Smith family represent their country and fight the war.
Playing for Time [30 September 1980 (USA)]
Fania Fenelon (Vanessa Redgrave), a classical pianist and singer in Paris, is arrested during the Nazi occupation for her support of the French underground resistance. After being sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, she is recognized as a famous musician, and becomes a member of the camp's all-female orchestra. Although the group, under the leadership of conductor Alma Rose (Jane Alexander), forms a close bond, the strain of performing for their tormentors grows.… MORE
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe [February 1991]
The Ballad of the Sad Café is a 1991 Southern Gothic drama film directed by Simon Callow and starring Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, and Rod Steiger. Its plot follows Amelia, a moonshiner in rural 1930s Georgia who is visited by her former husband, recently released from prison.
The Bostonians [2 August 1984 (USA)]
A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attentions of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.
The Butler [5 August 2013 (New York)]
Significant events in America like the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War affect the life of a butler, Cecil, who, during his tenure, served eight presidents at the White House.
The Devils [July 1971 (United Kingdom)]
In 17th-century France, Father Grandier (Oliver Reed) is a priest whose unorthodox views on sex and religion influence a passionate following of nuns, including the sexually obsessed Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave). When the power-hungry Cardinal Richelieu (Christopher Logue) realizes he must eliminate Grandier to gain control of France, Richelieu portrays Grandier as a satanist and spearheads a public outcry to destroy the once-loved priest's reputation.… MORE
The Fever [24 September 2004]
A woman from a privileged world, suffering from a sense of disconnection from her comfortable life, travels to a nameless country in the throes of civil war and goes through a spiritual awakening.
The Gathering Storm [27 April 2002]
Winston Churchill must undergo severe hardships and difficulties in 1934, during his wilderness years, both in his professional and personal lives.
The Secret Scripture [4 November 2016 (Greece)]
Residing in a psychiatric hospital, a woman receives visits from a young psychologist whose interest in her diary triggers flashbacks of her youth, which was filled with romance, obsession and turmoil.
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution [24 October 1976 (USA)]
Sherlock Holmes, a private detective, travels to Vienna to seek psychiatric help from Sigmund Freud. During the treatment, Sigmund Freud unwinds secrets from Holmes's subconscious mind.
The White Countess [21 December 2005 (USA)]
In 1930s Shanghai, blind American ex-diplomat Todd Jackson (Ralph Fiennes) is a frequenter of the city's seamy underbelly of nightclubs and gambling houses. Todd is infatuated with Sofia (Natasha Richardson), a once-wealthy countess who has taken to dancing and prostitution in order to support herself. With earnings from a horse race, Todd opens an upscale nightclub to cater to Shanghai's wealthy elite, installing Sofia -- "The White Countess" -- as its hostess and spiritual muse.… MORE
What Ever Happened to... [17 February 1991]
Long-forgotten child star Baby Jane Hudson berates and abuses wheelchair-bound sister Blanche when Blanche's fame gets a resurgence when her movies are on TV.
Wilde [15 October 1997 (Spain)]
Oscar Wilde (Stephen Fry) is a married writer who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts a stage comedy in London, and a chat at the theater with Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas (Jude Law) leads to a full-on romance. Wilde ends up in a legal dispute with Lord Alfred's father, the Marquess of Queensberry (Tom Wilkinson) and, given the anti-gay local laws, is sent to jail. Wilde's vast intellect helps him survive until he regains his freedom.… MORE
Yanks [19 September 1979]
From 1942 until D-Day, several million Americans landed in Britain on their way to fight at the European front. But many memorable friendships developed between American soldiers and English women.