RIP Lynn Redgrave

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She was only 67.

Lynn Redgrave, an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty who became a 1960s sensation as the freethinking title character of "Georgy Girl" and later dramatized her troubled past in such one-woman stage performances "Shakespeare for My Father" and "Nightingale," has died. She was 67.

Her publicist Rick Miramontez, speaking on behalf of her children, said Redgrave died Sunday night at her Manhattan apartment. In 2003, Redgrave had been treated for breast cancer. Her death comes a year after her niece Natasha Richardson died from head injuries sustained in a skiing accident and just a month after the death of her older brother, Corin Redgrave.

RIP Georgie Girl.

 

[driphoney]

 

[sr71plt]

Rats. She was always a favorite of mine. Seemed much the best grounded of the whole family. Had some contact with her on the Black Comedy/White Lies (Peter Shaffer) stage production she was in, and she was a very nice in person.

 

[R. Richard]

A great actress and a great person. However, my memories of Georgy Girl will always be the Seekers song.

 

[rgraham666]

Sigh. Rest in Peace, Ms. Redgrave.

 

[CharleyH]

The Redgraves have had a difficult year, I can relate. Nevertheless, they are not the only ones. RIP, to all unknown citizens: W.H. Auden


He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be
One against whom there was no official complaint,
And all the reports on his conduct agree
That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint,
For in everything he did he served the Greater Community.
Except for the War till the day he retired
He worked in a factory and never got fired,
But satisfied his employers, Fudge Motors Inc.
Yet he wasn't a scab or odd in his views,
For his Union reports that he paid his dues,
(Our report on his Union shows it was sound)
And our Social Psychology workers found
That he was popular with his mates and liked a drink.
The Press are convinced that he bought a paper every day
And that his reactions to advertisements were normal in every way.
Policies taken out in his name prove that he was fully insured,
And his Health-card shows he was once in hospital but left it cured.
Both Producers Research and High-Grade Living declare
He was fully sensible to the advantages of the Installment Plan
And had everything necessary to the Modern Man,
A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.
Our researchers into Public Opinion are content
That he held the proper opinions for he time of year;
When there was peace, he was for peace; when there was war, he went.
He was married and added five children to the population,
Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his generation.
And our teachers report that he never interfered with their education.
Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:
Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.

 

[sadangel]

RIP Lynn Redgrave. Enjoyed your work. Hope you are at peace.

 

[TE999]

Adios Lynn. Thanks for the great performances.

 

[Dragonlipz]

Rest in Peace, she was a class act.............

 

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