Michael Redgrave (1908 - 1985) مايكل ريدجراف

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A British actor, born in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1948 and a BAFTA Award in 1958 and 1956. He won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951. He married actress Rachel Kempson (1935-1985) and had three children, and...Read more she remained with him until his death. Among his most important works are The Lady Vanishes (1938), The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), The Browning Version (1951), and Mourning Becomes Electra (1947). Sir Michael Redgrave was one of the first artists to receive the title of Sir. He was a stage and film actor, director, theater manager, and writer. He was the son of silent film legend Roy Redgrave and actress Margaret Scudamore. He studied at Clifton College and Magdalen College, Cambridge, and worked as a schoolmaster at Cranleigh School before becoming an actor in 1934. He worked for the first time at the Liverpool Playhouse, where he met his future wife, Rachel Kempson, and they married in 1935. Their marriage lasted 50 years. Michael Redgrave moved between several theaters and met actress Edith Evans, and they fell in love for 20 years. He joined the Royal Navy in 1941 as an ordinary seaman, and a year later, he was discharged for medical reasons. He continued his theatrical work in British theaters and toured the United States, Canada, South America, New Zealand, and Australia. As for his cinematic career, he began with the film The Lady Vanishes (1938), and he continued his cinematic work, playing his first cinematic starring role in the film The Stars Look Down (1940), opposite James Mason. His first Hollywood film was Mourning Becomes Electra (1947), for which he was nominated for an Oscar, and his cinematic work included British and American films. He participated in 53 films, the last of which was Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1975). As for his television career, during which he participated in 22 works between series and films, he began with the TV film Twelfth Night (1939). Michael Redgrave suffered from Parkinson’s disease, which was not diagnosed at first, as the symptoms were thought to have been caused by his drinking alcohol until it was finally diagnosed. He later retired from work and died in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, on March 21, 1985.

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The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)

The Innocents (1961)

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  • A British actor, born in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1948 and a BAFTA Award in 1958 and 1956. He won the Best Actor Award at the...Read more Cannes Film Festival in 1951. He married actress Rachel Kempson (1935-1985) and had three children, and she remained with him until his death. Among his most important works are The Lady Vanishes (1938), The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), The Browning Version (1951), and Mourning Becomes Electra (1947). Sir Michael Redgrave was one of the first artists to receive the title of Sir. He was a stage and film actor, director, theater manager, and writer. He was the son of silent film legend Roy Redgrave and actress Margaret Scudamore. He studied at Clifton College and Magdalen College, Cambridge, and worked as a schoolmaster at Cranleigh School before becoming an actor in 1934. He worked for the first time at the Liverpool Playhouse, where he met his future wife, Rachel Kempson, and they married in 1935. Their marriage lasted 50 years. Michael Redgrave moved between several theaters and met actress Edith Evans, and they fell in love for 20 years. He joined the Royal Navy in 1941 as an ordinary seaman, and a year later, he was discharged for medical reasons. He continued his theatrical work in British theaters and toured the United States, Canada, South America, New Zealand, and Australia. As for his cinematic career, he began with the film The Lady Vanishes (1938), and he continued his cinematic work, playing his first cinematic starring role in the film The Stars Look Down (1940), opposite James Mason. His first Hollywood film was Mourning Becomes Electra (1947), for which he was nominated for an Oscar, and his cinematic work included British and American films. He participated in 53 films, the last of which was Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1975). As for his television career, during which he participated in 22 works between series and films, he began with the TV film Twelfth Night (1939). Michael Redgrave suffered from Parkinson’s disease, which was not diagnosed at first, as the symptoms were thought to have been caused by his drinking alcohol until it was finally diagnosed. He later retired from work and died in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, on March 21, 1985.

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  • Nationality:
  • UK
  • Birth Name:
  • Michael Scudamore Redgrave
  • Nickname:
  • ريدجراف الأحمر
  • Nickname in English:
  • Red Redgrave
  • Birth Country:
  • UK
  • Birth City:
  • Bristol, City of
  • Died on:
  • 21 March 1985
    [مرض باركينسون (الشلل الإرتعاشى)]
  • Death Country:
  • UK
  • Death City:
  • Buckinghamshire

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