Biography
She is perhaps best known, though, as Lady Redgrave, matriarch of the prominent acting dynasty. Married to the gifted stage and screen star Michael Redgrave from 1935 until his death in 1985, Kempson mothered the similarly talented Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave and is also the grandmother of actors Natasha and Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave. Lynn and particularly Vanessa look strongly like her but, to give credit where it is due, …
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Career Milestones
1933 | Made London stage debut as Blanca in "The Lady from Alfaqueque" at the Westminster Theater |
1933 | Made stage debut as Hero in a production of "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Shakespeare Memorial Theater in Stratford-on-Avon |
1941 | Feature film debut, "Jeannie"; also featured husband Michael Redgrave |
1948 | First U.S. film, "A Woman's Vengeance" |
1955 | With husband, played married couple in "The Sea Shall Not Have Them" |
1963 | Acted in "Tom Jones", directed by then-son-in-law Tony Richardson; also featured in film was daughter Lynn |
1966 | Appeared in "Georgy Girl", starring Lynn Redgrave |
1968 | Had featured role in "The Charge of the Light Brigade", directed by Richardson; son Corin and daughter Vanessa also acted in film |
1970 | Last film appearances for 15 years, "Two Gentlemen Sharing" and "The Virgin Soldiers"; the latter marked third feature in which she appeared with daughter Lynn |
1971 | First U.S. TV-movie, "Jane Eyre" |
1985 | Returned to features to act a role in "Out of Africa" |
1989 | Last feature film for nearly a decade, "She's Been Away" (released in the USA in 1991) |
1998 | Returned to features playing the onscreen mother of daughter Vanessa in "Deja Vu" |