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Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Acting·1937·149 films

Vanessa Redgrave CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and political activist. Redgrave rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since starred in more than 35 productions in London's West End and on Broadway, winning the 1984 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for The Aspern Papers, and the 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the revival of Long Day's Journey into Night. She also received Tony nominations for The Year of Magical Thinking and Driving Miss Daisy.…

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As Actor

Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1996)Max
Cars 2
Cars 2 (2011)The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)
Atonement
Atonement (2007)Briony Tallis (Age 77)
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted (1999)Dr. Wick
Deep Impact
Deep Impact (1998)Robin Lerner
The Butler
The Butler (2013)Annabeth Westfall
Letters to Juliet
Letters to Juliet (2010)Claire
Foxcatcher
Foxcatcher (2014)Jean du Pont
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)Mary Debenham
Blow-Up
Blow-Up (1966)Jane
The Pledge
The Pledge (2001)Annalise Hansen
Anonymous
Anonymous (2011)Queen Elizabeth I
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits (1993)Nivea del Valle
The Whistleblower
The Whistleblower (2010)Madeleine Rees
Howards End
Howards End (1992)Ruth Wilcox
Cold Storage
Cold Storage (2026)Mary Rooney
A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons (1966)Anne Boleyn
Coriolanus
Coriolanus (2011)Volumnia
The Devils
The Devils (1971)Sister Jeanne des Anges
The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture (2017)Old Roseanne McNulty
Wilde
Wilde (1997)Lady Speranza Wilde
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)Elsa Lübing
Little Odessa
Little Odessa (1994)Irina Shapira
Finding You
Finding You (2021)Cathleen Sweeney
Georgetown
Georgetown (2019)Elsa Brecht
The Thief Lord
The Thief Lord (2006)Sister Antonia
Evening
Evening (2007)Ann Lord
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)Jeanne McDougall
Julia
Julia (1977)Julia
Song for Marion
Song for Marion (2012)Marion
Venus
Venus (2006)Valerie
Looking for Richard
Looking for Richard (1996)Self - Interviewee
Good Boy!
Good Boy! (2003)The Greater Dane (voice)
Restraint
Restraint (2008)Sky News Reader #2
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012)Rosalind Leigh
If These Walls Could Talk 2
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)Edith Tree
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)Lola Deveraux
Prick Up Your Ears
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)Peggy Ramsay
Cradle Will Rock
Cradle Will Rock (1999)Countess Constance La Grave
The White Countess
The White Countess (2005)Princess Vera Belinskya
A Quiet Place in the Country
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)Flavia
Mother's Boys
Mother's Boys (1993)Lydia
Camelot
Camelot (1967)Guenevere
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)Mrs Clarissa Morris
The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm (2002)Clemmie Churchill
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway (1997)Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway
Miral
Miral (2010)Bertha Spafford
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale (2013)Vida Winter
Agatha
Agatha (1979)Agatha Christie
Yanks
Yanks (1979)Helen
Bear Island
Bear Island (1979)Heddi Lindquist
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)Self
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)Mary, Queen of Scots
Nothing Like a Dame
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)Self (archive footage)
Playing for Time
Playing for Time (1980)Fania Fenelon
Sing Sing
Sing Sing (1983)la Regina
Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)Sylvia Pankhurst
The Bostonians
The Bostonians (1984)Olive Chancellor
Lulu on the Bridge
Lulu on the Bridge (1998)Catherine Moore
Mrs Lowry & Son
Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)Elizabeth Lowry
Wetherby
Wetherby (1985)Jean Travers
A Month by the Lake
A Month by the Lake (1995)Miss Bentley
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows (1995)Grandmother / Narrator
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)Leonie Delt
Isadora
Isadora (1968)Isadora Duncan
How About You...
How About You... (2007)Georgia Platts
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women (1971)Andromache
The Go-Between
The Go-Between (2015)Older Marian
Bella Mafia
Bella Mafia (1997)Graziella Luciano
The Lost Girls
The Lost Girls (2022)Great Nana
Sparrow
Sparrow (1994)Suor Agata
A Rumor of Angels
A Rumor of Angels (2000)Maddy Bennett
Comrades
Comrades (1987)Mrs. Carlyle
The Riddle
The Riddle (2007)Roberta Elliot
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers (2019)Juliana Bordereau
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment (2002)Rodion's mother
The Fever
The Fever (2007)The woman
Searching for Debra Winger
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (2000)Vicky's Mother
They
They (1993)Florence Latimer
Vacation
Vacation (1971)Immacolata Meneghelli
The Willows in Winter
The Willows in Winter (1996)Grandmother / Narrator
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)Miss Amelia
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991)Blanche Hudson
Steaming
Steaming (1985)Nancy
A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons (1988)Lady Alice More
Déjà Vu
Déjà Vu (1998)Skelly
Out of Season
Out of Season (1975)Ann
The Locket
The Locket (2002)Esther Huish
Byron
Byron (2003)Lady Melbourne
The Sea Gull
The Sea Gull (1968)Nina
Two Mothers for Zachary
Two Mothers for Zachary (1996)Nancy Shaffell
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils (2002)Self
The Body
The Body (1970)Narrator
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)Miss Sangorski
Short Order
Short Order (2005)Marianne
Great Moments in Aviation
Great Moments in Aviation (1994)Dr. Angela Bead
A Wall of Silence
A Wall of Silence (1993)Kate Benson
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005)Self
The Sailor from Gibraltar
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)Sheila
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Thank You, Doctor Rey (2003)herself
Sea Sorrow
Sea Sorrow (2017)Self
Second Serve
Second Serve (1986)Renee Richards
The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers (2007)Penelope Keeling
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III (2016)Queen Margaret
Stalin's Funeral
Stalin's Funeral (1990)English journalist
Down Came a Blackbird
Down Came a Blackbird (1995)Anna Lenke
Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask (1958)Pamela Benson-Gray
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story (2001)(voice)
Robinson in Ruins
Robinson in Ruins (2010)Narrator
Dropout
Dropout (1970)Mary
Orpheus Descending
Orpheus Descending (1990)Lady Torrance
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1984)The Evil Queen
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words (2021)Self
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967)Self
Merchant Ivory
Merchant Ivory (2024)Self
Consuming Passions
Consuming Passions (1988)Mrs. Garza
The Ghost of Richard Harris
The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022)Self
Uninvited
Uninvited (2000)Mrs. Rutterburn
Last Will. & Testament
Last Will. & Testament (2012)
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular (2020)Self
A Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third
A Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third (1970)Herself
On Our Way
On Our Way (2023)
Romeo.Juliet
Romeo.Juliet (1990)Mother Capulet (voice)
The Palestinian
The Palestinian (1977)Self
Red and Blue
Red and Blue (1968)Jacky
The Estate
The Estate (2025)
My Body, My Child
My Body, My Child (1982)Leenie Cabrezi
Red, White, and Zero
Red, White, and Zero (1968)Jacky
Mirka
Mirka (2000)Kalsan
Breath of Life
Breath of Life (1990)Suor Crocifissa
Exile in Buyukada
Exile in Buyukada (2000)Narrator
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said (2016)Self
Ein Job
Ein Job (2008)Hannah Silbergrau
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film (2006)Self
The Crystal Planet
The Crystal Planet (2026)The Matriarch (voice)
Alice, Through the Looking
Alice, Through the Looking (2021)Narrator
1961
1961 (2000)Edith Tree
No Arks
No Arks (1969)Narrator
Michael Redgrave: My Father
Michael Redgrave: My Father (1997)Self
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985)Sarah Cloyce
Right to Work March
Right to Work March (1972)
Common Wealth
Common Wealth (2025)Self
The Fifth War
The Fifth War (1980)
A Sunday in September
A Sunday in September (1961)Self
God, Smell and Her
God, Smell and Her (2009)
Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms
Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms (2007)Narrator
The Wound and the Gift
The Wound and the Gift (2014)
Circus at Clopton Hall
Circus at Clopton Hall (1961)Narrator

As Director

Sea Sorrow
Sea Sorrow (2017)

As Writer

Sea Sorrow
Sea Sorrow (2017)