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Vanessa Redgrave (born January 30, 1937) is an
England|English actor|actress, a member of the
Redgrave acting dynasty. Her parents were Sir
Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Her sister,
Lynn Redgrave, and brother, Corin Redgrave, are
also well-known actors, as are her daughters,
Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson. She also
has a son, Carlo Nero, a writer and film director,
by a relationship with Italian actor Franco Nero
(né Francesco Spartanero), whom she met while
filming Camelot (musical)|Camelot.

She was born in London and entered the Central
School of Speech and Drama in 1954. She first
appeared in the West End, playing opposite her
father, in 1958, and subsequently became notorious
for her unconventional lifestyle and daring film
roles such as Isadora (1968). She won an Academy
Award for her performance in Julia (movie)|Julia
(1977).

Her Trotskyism|Trotskyist political views have
also caused controversy, being a member of the
Workers' Revolutionary Party and denouncing
Zionism when receiving her Academy Award. Redgrave
remained loyal to WRP founder Gerry Healy when he
was expelled from the WRP in the mid-1980s. She
and other Healy loyalists founded the Marxist
Party in the 1990s.

In December, 2002, Redgrave paid £50,000
bail for Chechnya|Chechen separatist Deputy
Premier and special envoy Akhmed Zakayev, who was
accused by Russia of aiding and abetting
hostage-takings in the Moscow Hostage Crisis of
2002, and guerrilla warfare against Russia.

In 2004 she and her brother Corin Redgrave
announced the launch of the Peace and Progress
Party which would campaign against the war in Iraq
and for human rights. The party only ran a handful
of candidates and called for votes for candidates
from other parties who supported their agenda,
mainly the Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal
Democrats but also even individual Conservative
Party (UK)|Tories who claimed to support human
rights. The aim of this tactic was to attempt
maximalise the possibility of defeat for the
Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party at the United
Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general
election.

She was married to the film director Tony
Richardson (1928-1991) from 1962 until 1967. She
subsequently had a long-term relationship with
Timothy Dalton.

==Select filmography==
* A Man for All Seasons (1966 in film|1966, again
1988 in film|1988)
* Morgan!  (1966 in film|1966)
* Blowup (1966 in film|1966)
* Camelot (musical)|Camelot (1967 in film|1967)
* Isadora (1968 in film|1968)
* Oh! What a Lovely War (1969 in film|1969)
* The Devils (film)|The Devils (1971 in film|1971)
* Mary, Queen of Scots (movie)|Mary Queen of Scots
(1971)
* Murder on the Orient Express (1974 in film|1974)
* Julia (movie)|Julia (1977 in film|1977)
* Agatha (film)|Agatha (1979 in film|1979)
* The Bostonians (1984 in film|1984) 
* Wetherby (1985 in film|1985)
* Prick Up Your Ears (1987 in film|1987)
* Howards End (1992 in film|1992)
* Mission: Impossible (1996 in film|1996)
* Wilde (1997 in film|1997)
* Mrs. Dalloway|Mrs Dalloway (1997 in film|1997)
* Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact (1998 in
film|1998)
* Girl, Interrupted (1999 in film|1999)
* If These Walls Could Talk 2 (1999 in film|1999)
* The Pledge (2001 in film|2001)

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0000603|name=Vanessa Redgrave
* http://www.peaceandprogress.org/ Peace and
Progress Party
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