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Vanessa Redgrave, (born Jan. 30, 1937, London, Eng.), British actress. The daughter of actor Michael Redgrave, she made her London stage debut in 1958 and won praise as Rosalind in As You Like It (1961). Her performances in such movies as Blow-Up (1966), Camelot (1967), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), and Julia (1977, Academy Award) won her critical adulation. Though criticized by some for her left-wing political activism, especially on behalf of Palestinians, she continued to win acclaim for her acting. Her later films included The Bostonians (1984), Howards End (1992), Mrs. Dalloway (1998), Atonement (2007), and Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017). She also regularly performed on the stage, notably starring in Long Day’s Journey into Night (2003, Tony Award) and Driving Miss Daisy (2010–11). In addition, Redgrave appeared on television, and she won Emmy Awards for her performances in the TV movies Playing for Time (1980) and If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000).

Academy Award Summary

Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly

acting Summary

Acting, the performing art in which movement, gesture, and intonation are used to realize a fictional character for the stage, for motion pictures, or for television. (Read Lee Strasberg’s 1959 Britannica essay on acting.) Acting is generally agreed to be a matter less of mimicry, exhibitionism, or

film Summary

Film, series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light. Because of the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision, this gives the illusion of actual, smooth, and continuous movement. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film