Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave (28 May 1910 – 24 May 2003) was an English actress. May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This page is about the English county, for alternative meanings see Devon (disambiguation). ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Millbrook is a village in Dutchess County, New York, USA. The population was 1,429 at the 2000 census. ... Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE (March 20, 1908—March 21, 1985) was an English actor of great renown. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ...

She was the wife of Sir Michael Redgrave; daughter-in-law of Roy Redgrave and Margaret Scudamore; mother of Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave; and grandmother of Natasha and Joely Richardson, Jemma Redgrave, and Carlo Nero. Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE (March 20, 1908—March 21, 1985) was an English actor of great renown. ... 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. ... 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. ... Lynn Rachel Redgrave OBE (born 8 March 1943 in London) is an English actress born into the famous acting Redgrave family. ... Corin William Redgrave (born 16 July 1939) is an English actor. ... 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. ...

Rachel Kempson was born in Dartmouth, England and trained at RADA before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. She married Michael Redgrave in 1935 and appeared with him many times on stage. She also appeared many times on film and television, most notably in The Captive Heart (1946); Tom Jones (1963); Out of Africa (1985); and the television series The Jewel in the Crown (1984). The town seen from the River Dart Dartmouth is a town in Devon in the south-west of England. ... Rada is the term for council or assembly borrowed by Polish from Middle High German Rat (council) and later passed into Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages. ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a British theatre company. ... VHS cover for The Captive Heart The Captive Heart is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... For the 1985 film based on this novel, see Out of Africa (film). ... The Jewel in the Crown is a British television drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and based on the Raj Quartet novels by Paul Scott. ...

In 1959 her husband was knighted, and she became, formally, Lady Redgrave. She never used this name professionally.

In 2003, four days before what would have been her 93rd birthday, she died of a stroke at the home of her granddaughter, Natasha Richardson, in Millbrook, New York. For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... 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. ... Millbrook is a village in Dutchess County, New York, USA. The population was 1,429 at the 2000 census. ...

External links

• Rachel Kempson at the Internet Movie Database