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Redgrave was born in Bristol, England the son of the silent film actor Roy Redgrave and the actress Margaret Scudamore. He never knew his father, who left when Michael was only six months old, to pursue a career in Australia. His mother remarried Captain James Anderson, a wealthy tea planter, but he hated his step-father.^[1] This article is about the English city. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Roy Redgrave (26 April 1873[1] – 25 May 1922) was a stage and silent film actor. ... The actress Daisy Scudamore was born in Portsmouth on 13 October 1884) and died in London on 5 October 1958 began in ingenue roles. ...

He studied at Clifton College and graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was briefly a schoolmaster at Cranleigh School in Surrey before becoming an actor in 1934. The Redgrave Room at the school was later named after him. An 1898 etching of the College Close Clifton College (grid reference ST569737) is a coeducational public school in Clifton, Bristol, England. ... Full name The College of Saint Mary Magdalene Motto Garde ta Foy Keep your Faith Named after Mary Magdalene Previous names Buckingham College Established 1428 Sister College(s) Magdalen College Master Duncan Robinson Location Magdalene Street Undergraduates 335 Postgraduates 169 Homepage Boatclub Magdalene College (pronounced ) was founded in 1428 as... It has been suggested that Old Cranleighans be merged into this article or section. ... This is about Surrey, England. ...

His first major film role was in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes in 1938. Redgrave also starred in The Stars Look Down in 1939, with James Mason in the 1943 film of Robert Ardrey's play Thunder Rock, and in the ventriloquist's dummy episode of the Ealing compendium film Dead of Night, in 1945. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... The Stars Look Down is a novel by A. J. Cronin, initially published in 1935. ... James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ... Robert Ardrey (b. ... Thunder Rock is a 1939 play by Robert Ardrey. ... Ealing Studios, a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... This article is about the 1945 film. ...

Redgrave's first American film role was opposite Rosalind Russell in Mourning Becomes Electra in 1947, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In the early 1950s, he starred in the films The Browning Version (1951), The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), The Dambusters (1954) and 1984 (1956). Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was a four-time Academy Award nominated and Tony Award winning American film and stage actress, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday. ... Mourning Becomes Electra is the title for a trilogy of plays by Eugene ONeill, first performed in 1931. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Browning Version is a 1951 British film based on the play of the same name by Terence Rattigan. ... The Importance of Being Earnest is a 1952 British film adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde. ... Operation Chastise was the official name for the attacks on German dams on May 17, 1943 in World War II using a specially developed bouncing bomb. The attack was carried out by Royal Air Force No. ... 1984 is a 1956 movie based on the novel by George Orwell. ...

Throughout his career, he acted on the stage in Britain, often with his wife Rachel Kempson. One of his most notable roles was as the title character in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in 1962. Harold Pinter has said of this: "I now know that it was one of the great performances of all time that anyone has ever given on the stage". He also excelled in Shakespearean roles like Hamlet, Macbeth, Mark Antony and Prospero. He played Claudius opposite the Hamlet of Peter O'Toole in 1962 in the inaugural production of the Royal National Theatre. 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. ... Anton Chekhov, Russian writer Pavel Chekov, character in Star Trek Chekhov, town in Moscow Oblast, Russia Chekhov, town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia Chekhovo, health resort in Bashkiria, Russia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Anton Chekhov (left) and Maxim Gorky in Yalta. ... Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is an English playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Hamlet and Horatio in the cemetery by Eugène Delacroix For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... Macbeth and Banquo meeting the witches on the heath by Théodore Chassériau. ... Bust of Mark Antony Marcus Antonius (Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N[1]) ( January 14 83 BC – August 1, 30 BC), known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general. ... Prospero and Miranda by William Maw Egley Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Prospero Prospero is the protagonist in The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare. ... Hamlet and Horatio in the cemetery by Eugène Delacroix For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932, uncertain but presumed correct date[1]) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a building complex and theatre company located on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ...

His play The Aspern Papers, based on the novella by Henry James, was successfully staged on Broadway in 1962, with Wendy Hiller and Maurice Evans. The 1984 revival in London's West End featured his daughter, Vanessa Redgrave, along with Christopher Reeve and Dame Wendy Hiller, this time in the role of Miss Bordereau. The Aspern Papers is a novella written by Henry James, originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1888, with its first book publication later in the same year. ... For other uses of this name, see Henry James (disambiguation). ... Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller DBE (August 15, 1912 – May 14, 2003) was a distinguished English film and stage actress. ... Maurice Evans (born June 3, 1901 in Dorset; died March 12, 1989 in East Sussex) was a British-born actor who became a US citizen in 1941. ... Christopher DOlier Reeve[1] (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, director, producer and writer. ...

Redgrave was married to the actress Rachel Kempson for fifty years from 1935 until his death. Their children Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave, and their grandchildren - Natasha and Joely Richardson; Jemma and Luke Redgrave; and Carlo Nero - are all involved in film making (all as actors except Luke Redgrave). 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. ... Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an Academy Award winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. ... Corin William Redgrave (born 16 July 1939) is an English actor. ... Lynn Rachel Redgrave OBE (born 8 March 1943 in London) is an English actress born into the famous acting Redgrave family. ... Natasha Jane Richardson (born May 11, 1963 in London), is a Tony Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, an enduring theatrical dynasty. ... Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress. ... Jemma Redgrave (born 14 January 1965) is an English actress. ... Carlo Nero is a mostly European-based film screenwriter and director of British and Italian descent. ...

Redgrave and his family lived in "Bedford House" on Chiswick Mall from 1945 to 1954. ^[2] Chiswick (IPA pronunciation: ) is a district of West London, covering the eastern part of the London Borough of Hounslow. ...

Redgrave was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952. He was knighted in 1959. He died in a Denham nursing home from Parkinson's disease in 1985, the day following his 77th birthday. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ... Denham is the name of more than one place. ...

He wrote four books:

• The Actor's Ways and Means
• Mask or Face
• The Mountebank Tale
• In My Mind's I

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Sexuality

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. “Bisexual” redirects here. ...

Rachel Kempson recounts 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... in 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. Friedrich Christian Anton Fritz Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer, one of the best known émigrés from Germanys school of expressionism. ... DVD cover of French release Secret Beyond the Door. ...

During one of Corin's visits to Michael, 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 helped his father in the writing of his last autobiography, and encouraged him to acknowledge his bisexuality in the book. Michael agreed to do that, but in the end he chose to remain silent about it.

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 world is love. Surely one fearless kiss would cure the million fevers". Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) (IPA: ; first syllable of Auden rhymes with law), who signed his works W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. ...

Selected films

• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
• The Stars Look Down (1939)
• Kipps (1941)
• Thunder Rock (1943)
• The Way to the Stars (1945)
• Dead of Night (1945)
• The Captive Heart (1947)
• Fame is the Spur (1947)
• Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
• The Browning Version (1951)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
• The Dam Busters (1955)
• 1984 (1956)
• Law and Disorder (1958)
• The Innocents (1961)
• The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
• The Hill (1965)
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
• Battle of Britain (1969)
• The Go-Between (1971)

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References

Corin William Redgrave (born 16 July 1939) is an English actor. ...

External links

• Michael Redgrave at the Internet Movie Database