Lynn Redgrave
Biography
Lynn Redgrave was a British and American actress whose career spanned five decades. Born in Marylebone, London, into the Redgrave acting family, she trained in London for the stage and made her professional debut in 1962. She joined the National Theatre for its first season at the Old Vic and moved into film with Tom Jones (1963) and Girl with Green Eyes (1964). Her title role in Georgy Girl (1966) brought a New York Film Critics Award, a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, and an Academy Award nomination. Redgrave made her Broadway debut in 1967. She returned to cinema in the late 1990s with Shine (1996) and Gods and Monsters (1998), earning a second Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. She also narrated audiobooks and was named to the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2009. She died in 2010.
67years old at death
- Born Marylebone
- Died Kent
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Lynn Rachel Redgrave
Movie Career
- Films
- 29
- Career span
- 61 years1963 to 2024
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A first
Lynn Redgrave was one of only two people, as of 2025, to be nominated for all four major American entertainment awards, the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, without winning any of them.
First role
After she trained at London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Redgrave's first professional role came in 1962, in a Royal Court Theatre staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
A first
Redgrave joined the National Theatre for its first season at the Old Vic, where she spent three years working with directors such as Laurence Olivier, Franco Zeffirelli and Noel Coward.
Beyond film
Redgrave lent her voice to roughly 20 audiobooks. Among them were C. S. Lewis's Prince Caspian: The Chronicles of Narnia and Cornelia Funke's Inkheart.
Lynn Redgrave movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask1972as The Queen
IMDb rating 6.744K votes
Most often with
P.J. Hogan directed three of these films. Thirteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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P.J. HoganDirector, 3 films, 2002 to 2009
All films by P.J. Hogan
Also two films together7 more actors
- Rupert EverettUnconditional Love (2002) and The Next Best Thing (2000)
- Mae WhitmanThe Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) and A Season for Miracles (1999)
- Gene WilderSunday Lovers (1980) and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
- Hugh DancyConfessions of a Shopaholic (2009) and The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
- Richard BriersPeter Pan (2003) and Unconditional Love (2002)
- Jack BettsThe Next Best Thing (2000) and Gods and Monsters (1998)
- Rachel KempsonGeorgy Girl (1966) and Tom Jones (1963)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Lynn Redgrave's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$336 million
14 of the 29 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 29 films: 14 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$122M36.3% of the total
- 2$108M32.2% of the total
- 3$36M10.7% of the total
- 4$24M7.2% of the total
- 5$18M5.4% of the total
- 6$7.2M2.1% of the total
- 7$6.5M1.9% of the total
- 8$5.8M1.7% of the total
$8.1 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 1967 to 1999, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1999 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Gods and Monsters | Won |
| 1967 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Georgy Girl | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | ||
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