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Corin Redgrave 
Born Corin William Redgrave
16 July 1939
Marylebone, London, EnglandDied 6 April 2010 (aged 70)
Tooting, London, EnglandNationality British Alma mater Kings College, Cambridge Occupation Actor Years active 1964–2009 Spouse Deirdre Hamilton-Hill
(m. 1962–1975, divorced)
Kika Markham
(m. 1985–2010, his death)Children Jemma, Luke, Harvey, Arden Parents Michael Redgrave (deceased)
Rachel Kempson (deceased)Corin William Redgrave (16 July 1939 – 6 April 2010) was an English actor and political activist.[1][2][3]
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Early life
Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. He was educated at the independent Westminster School and at King's College, Cambridge.[4]
Career
Redgrave played a wide range of character roles on film, television and stage.
On stage, he was noted for performances by Shakespeare (such as Much Ado About Nothing, Henry IV, Part 1, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Tempest) and Noel Coward (notably a highly successful revival of A Song At Twilight co-starring his sister Vanessa Redgrave and his second wife, Kika Markham).
For his role as the prison warden Boss Whalen in the Royal National Theatre production of Tennessee Williams's Not About Nightingales, Redgrave was nominated for an Evening Standard Award, and after a successful transfer of the production to New York, his performance garnered him a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play, in 1999.
In 2005, Redgrave had just finished an engagement playing the lead in King Lear with the Royal Shakespeare Company in London when he suffered a severe heart attack. In 2008, he returned to the stage a highly praised portrayal of Oscar Wilde in the one-man-play De Profundis. In 2009, he starred in Trumbo, which opened only hours after the death of his niece, Natasha Richardson.
On screen he is best known for his roles in such acclaimed and diverse films as A Man for All Seasons (1966), Excalibur (1981) as the doomed Cornwall, In the Name of the Father (1993) as the corrupt lead police investigator, Persuasion and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) as Hamish, the fiancee of Andie MacDowell's character.
Redgrave appeared in British television programs such as Ultraviolet, The Vice, Trial & Retribution, Shameless, Foyle's War, The Relief of Belsen and the Emmy Award-winning telefilm The Girl in the Cafe, in which he played the prime minister. He took the lead part of Sir George Grey in the 1977 New Zealand TV miniseries The Governor.
He wrote a play "BLUNT SPEAKING" in which he performed at MINERVA THEATRE (part of the Chichester Festival Theatre) between 23 July - 10 August 2002. (review The Mail on Sunday July 28 2002)
Politics
Redgrave was a lifelong activist in left-wing politics. With his elder sister Vanessa, he was a prominent member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party and wrote articles for the official journal of the Marxist Party.[5] More recently, he became a defender of the interests of the Romani people.
Both Redgrave and his second wife, Kika Markham, expressed support for Viva Palestina, a humanitarian convoy, led by British MP George Galloway, attempting to break the siege of the Gaza Strip.
Family
Main article: Redgrave familyCorin Redgrave was part of the third generation of a theatrical dynasty spanning four generations.
- His paternal grandparents were Roy Redgrave and Margaret Scudamore.
- His parents were Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. He wrote a biography of his father.
- His older sister is Vanessa; his younger sister was Lynn Redgrave; through Vanessa, his nieces were Natasha and Joely Richardson, and his nephew is Carlo Gabriel Nero.
- His first marriage was to Deirdre Deline Hamilton-Hill (1939–1981).[6] They had a daughter, actress Jemma Redgrave, and a son, Luke, a camera operator and production assistant. Redgrave and Hamilton-Hill divorced in 1975.[7]
- Redgrave had two sons, Harvey (born 1979) and Arden (born 1983) by actress Kika Markham. Redgrave and Markham married in 1985 in Wandsworth, London,[6] and remained together until Redgrave's death.
He wrote a memoir about his strained relationship with his father titled Michael Redgrave - My Father, which incorporates passages from Michael's diaries. It was also noted for revealing his father's bisexuality.[1]
Health problems and death
Redgrave was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000.[8] In June 2005, he was described by his family as being in a critical but stable condition in hospital following a severe heart attack at a public meeting in Basildon, Essex.[4] In March 2009, Redgrave returned to the London stage playing the title role in Trumbo, based on the life of the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. On the opening night, Redgrave dedicated his performance to the memory of his niece Natasha Richardson who had died earlier that week in a skiing accident.
He died on 6 April 2010 in St George's Hospital,[9] Tooting, South West London.[10] His funeral was held on 12 April 2010 at St Paul's, Covent Garden,[11] London.[12]
His ex-wife Deirdre died of cancer in 1997. His sister Lynn died of breast cancer on 2 May 2010, less than a month after his death.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes 1964 Camera Three TV series (1 episode: "Chips with Everything") The Avengers Quentin Slim TV series (1 episode: "Lobster Quadrille") Crooks in Cloisters Brother Lucius 1965 A Study in Terror Rupert's Friend uncredited The Big Spender Copley TV series 1966 The Deadly Affair David A Man For All Seasons Roper 1968 The Gambler Mr. Astley TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1") The Charge of the Light Brigade Cpt. Featherstonhaugh Theatre 625 Kelvin Walker TV series (1 episode: "The Fall of Kelvin Walker") La ragazza con la pistola Frank Hogan Mystery and Imagination Jonathan Harker TV series (1 episode: "Dracula") The Magus Captain Wimmel 1969 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Arthur Huntingdon TV series (3 episodes) Oh! What a Lovely War Bertie Smith Tower of London: The Innocent Perkin Warbeck TV movie Canterbury Tales TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.2") ITV Sunday Night Theatre Willie Tatham TV series (1 episode: "Aren't We All?") David Copperfield James Steerforth TV movie 1970 The Wednesday Play Richard TV series (1 episode: "Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred") Callan Amos Green TV series (1 episode: "Amos Green Must Live") Paul Temple Rolf TV series (2 episodes) 1971 Hassan TV movie When Eight Bells Toll Hunslett Von Richthofen and Brown Major Lanoe Hawker VC La vacanza Gigi 1972 Thick as Thieves Trevor TV movie 1974 Anthony and Cleopatra Octavius Between Wars Dr. Edward Trenbow 1976 Sérail Eric Sange 1981 Excalibur Cornwall 1982 L'ombre sur la plage Harry 1983 Eureka Worsley Wagner Dr. Pusinelli TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1") 1990 The Fool Sir Thomas Neathouse 1993 In The Name of The Father Robert Dixon 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral Hamish - Wedding Two 1995 England, My England William of Orange Persuasion Sir Walter Eliot Performance Angelo/Earl of Worcestor TV series (2 episodes) Dangerfield Patrick Hooper TV series (1 episode: "The Unfaithful Husband") Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret Harry Summers TV movie 1996 Indecent Acts Oscar Wilde 1997 The Woman in White Dr. Kitson TV movie The Ice House D.C.I. George Walsh TV movie Prime Suspects Commissioner Trial & Retribution Robert Rylands QC TV series (5 episodes: 1997-2002) 1998 Ultraviolet Dr. Paul Hoyle/John Doe TV series (2 episodes) 1999 The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka or The Mystery of Chopin Judge The Vice Lord Buller TV series (2 episodes) Kavanagh QC John Woodley TV series (1 episode: "The More Loving One") 2000 Honest Duggie Ord Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story Narrator 2001 Enigma Admiral Trowbridge Gypsy Woman Devine 2002 Shackleton Lord Curzon TV movie Sunday Edward Heath TV movie Doctor Sleep Chief Inspector Clements Bertie and Elizabeth General Montgomery TV movie The Forsyte Saga Jolyon Forsyte Sr. TV mini-series (4 episodes) Waking the Dead Sir James Beatty TV series (2 episodes) 2003 To Kill a King Baron Vere Imagine Sir John Soane TV series (1 episode: "Entertaining Mr. Soane") Foyle's War ACC Rose TV series (2 episodes) 2004 Shameless Mr. Hammersley TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.5") Enduring Love Professor Spooks David Swift TV series (1 episode: "Episode #3.4") 2005 The Trial of the King Killers Sir Orlando Bridgman The Girl in the Cafe Prime Minister TV movie 2006 Welcome to World War One short 2007 The Relief of Belsen Glyn Hughes TV movie 2008 La rabbia Producer 1 2009 The Calling The Bishop Glorious 39 Oliver The Turn of the Screw Professor TV movie 2010 Eva Moving On Gabe TV series (1 episode: "The Test") References
- ^ a b Weber, Bruce (7 April 2010). "Corin Redgrave, Actor and Activist, Dies at 70 – Obituary (Obit)". NYTimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/theater/07redgrave.html?hpw. Retrieved 2010-04-07. Published 7 April 2010; page B10.
- ^ Obituary Los Angeles Times, 7 April 2010; page AA1.
- ^ Obituary Washington Post, 7 April 2010.
- ^ a b Published: 3:20PM BST 06 Apr 2010 (1939-07-16). "Corin Redgrave". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/7559989/Corin-Redgrave.html. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ MacKillop, Ian (16 April 2004). "Interview with Corin Redgrave". Theatre Archive Project. British Library. http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=024M-1CDR0025479X-ZZZZV0.xml. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ a b "Search birth, marriage and death records 1837-2006, overseas BMDs, parish records from 1538 and more". Findmypast.co.uk. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ Michael Billington (6 April 2010). "Corin Redgrave obituary | Stage". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/apr/06/corin-redgrave-obituary. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ Sanderson, David (7 April 2010). "Corin Redgrave, actor who paid dearly for political beliefs, dies aged 70 – Times Online". London: Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article7089645.ece. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ Independent obituary
- ^ Bremer, Jack. "Actor Corin Redgrave dies at 70 | Entertainment | People". The First Post. http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/61792,people,entertainment,corin-redgrave-dies-brother-of-vanessa-dies-at-70. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ Corin Redgrave is given one last theatrical goodbye
- ^ "Funeral of Corin Redgrave held in London". BBC News Online. 12 April 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8616468.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
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