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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 11, 1963
Place of Birth:
London, England, United Kingdom
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Natasha Richardson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, she was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Early in her career, she portrayed Mary Shelley and Patty Hearst in feature films, and she received critical acclaim and a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Sally Bowles in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret. Some of her notable films included Patty Hearst (1988), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Nell (1994), The Parent Trap (1998) and Maid in Manhattan (2002).
Her first marriage to filmmaker Robert Fox ended in divorce in 1992. In 1994, she married Irish actor Liam Neeson, whom she had met when the two appeared in Anna Christie. The couple had two sons, Micheál and Daniel. Richardson's father died of AIDS-related causes in 1991. She helped raise millions of dollars in the fight against AIDS through the charity amfAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Richardson died in 2009 following a head injury sustained when she fell during a skiing lesson in Quebec.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Wildest Dream | Ruth Mallory (voice) |
| 2008 | Wild Child | Mrs. Kingsley |
| 2007 | Evening | Constance Haverford |
| 2007 | Mastersons of Manhattan | Victoria Masterson |
| 2006 | Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film | Self |
| 2005 | Asylum | Stella Raphael |
| 2005 | The White Countess | Countess Sofia Belinskya |
| 2002 | Waking Up in Reno | Darlene Dodd |
| 2002 | Maid in Manhattan | Caroline Lane |
| 2001 | Blow Dry | Shelley Allen |
| 2001 | Haven | Ruth Gruber |
| 2001 | Chelsea Walls | Mary |
| 1999 | Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall | Narrator |
| 1998 | The Parent Trap | Elizabeth James |
| 1996 | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self |
| 1994 | Nell | Dr. Paula Olsen |
| 1994 | Widows' Peak | Edwina Broome |
| 1993 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Catharine Holly |
| 1993 | Zelda | Zelda Fitzgerald |
| 1992 | Past Midnight | Laura Mathews |
| 1992 | Hostages | Jill Morrell |
| 1991 | The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish | Sybil |
| 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | Kate |
| 1990 | The Comfort of Strangers | Mary |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Jean Tatlock |
| 1988 | Patty Hearst | Patricia Hearst |
| 1987 | Gothic | Mary Shelley |
| 1987 | A Month in the Country | Alice Keach |
| 1987 | Ghosts | Regina Engstrand |
| 1985 | In the Secret State | Jilly |
| 1984 | Every Picture Tells a Story | Miss Bridle |
| 1973 | High Crime | Girl Playing Hopscotch (uncredited) |
| 1968 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Flower Girl at Wedding (Uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Top Chef | Herself - Guest Judge |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show | Self |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | Vera Brittain |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose | Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 8/15/05) |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Fiona Havisham |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Regina Engstrand |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues | Gabriella |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Violet Hunter |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Catharine Holly |