Corin William Redgrave (born 16 July 1939) is an English actor. July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

He is the son of actor Sir Michael Redgrave and actress Rachel Kempson (Lady Redgrave) and represents the third generation of an acting dynasty, which includes his daughter Jemma Redgrave. Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, KBE (March 20, 1908 — March 21, 1985) was an English actor and the son of the Australian silent film star Roy Redgrave and the actress Margaret Scudamore. ... Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave (28 May 1910 – 24 May 2003) was an English actress, best known as the wife of Sir Michael Redgrave and mother of his actor children, Vanessa, Lynn and Corin. ... Jemma Redgrave (born January 14, 1965) is an English actress. ...

He has played a wide range of character roles in the cinema, television and theatre. He has written a biography of his father and a play Bluntly Speaking, which has been produced at the Chichester Festival Theatre. He has a son and a daughter by his first wife, the late Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, and two sons by his current wife, the actress Kika Markham. Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... This is an article on biographies. ... Kika Markham (born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, UK) is the daughter of the English actor David Markham. ...

He has been a lifelong activist in leftwing politics, alongside his more widely known sibling, Vanessa Redgrave. He is now a defender of the interests of Gypsies. Vanessa Redgrave during the 2004 season of Nip/Tuck. ... The Roma People (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom), sometimes called Romany Folk in the United Kingdom, often referred to as Gypsies or Gipsies, are a diverse ethnic group who live primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, Latin America, the United States and the Middle East. ...

In June 2005 he was described by his family as being in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital following a severe heart attack. Corin Redgrave had also been undergoing treatment for an unspecified form of cancer (his first wife, Deirdre, died of cancer). A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis. ...

External links

• Corin Redgrave at IMDB