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Redgrave was married to the actress Rachel Kempson for 50 years from 1935 until his death. Their children Vanessa (b. 1937), Corin (1939–2010) and Lynn Redgrave (1943–2010), and their grandchildren: Natasha Richardson (1963–2009), Joely Richardson (b. 1965) and Jemma Redgrave (b. 1965) are also involved in theatre or film as actors.
He was married to the actress Rachel Kempson. His two daughters Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave, and his son Corin Redgrave, all became well-known actors. He was knighted in 1959. He was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium, and his ashes were buried at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. Sexuality
- He Was Born to The Theater
- He Was A Natural
- He Dealt with Rejection Early
- He Thought He Was Illegitimate
- He Suddenly Had A New Family
- He Was Sent Packing
- He Discovered Something About Himself
- He Felt Deep Shame
- He Was Daring
- He Always Wanted to Be A Writer
Curtains up! Michael Redgrave was born on March 20th, 1908, in Bristol, England, to actress Margaret “Daisy” Scudamore, and Roy Redgrave, a pioneer of Australian silent cinema. His grandfather, Cornelius Redgrave, was a “theatrical racketeer”—a dramatic way of saying he used his shop to resell theater tickets at pocket-gouging prices. As if the Red...
Michael made his acting debut at the age of two when he was supposed to run on stage into his father’s arms during a sentimental monologue and cry, “Daddy”! He broke down in tears instead, poor thing, but then, he always knew how to add emotional depth to lines he delivered. Unfortunately, he’d later find it easy to draw on family trauma. Getty Ima...
When Michael was only six months old, Roy left the family to pursue his career in Australia. Against his wishes, Daisy soon followed with Michael in tow, determined not to lose her husband. It was a brutal mistake. After two years of putting up with an uninterested, unfaithful partner, she finally took her exit cue and returned to England. Michael ...
Michael’s father Roy had abandoned his first wife, Judith Kyrle, and their three children for an actress named Ettie Carlisle. Roy then dumped Ettie—when she pregnant, no less!—for Daisy, who was also with child. In spite of Judith filing divorce papers in 1905, Michael persisted in believing that he was the illegitimate son of a bigamist. It’s eas...
After her split, Daisy began seeing a wealthy tea farmer named Captain James Anderson. As she was still legally married, she had to be discreet—so discreet she hid a pregnancy! Nine-year-old Michael had only met Anderson three times when Daisy made a shocking announcement. She told him that not only would they be moving in together, but that he had...
Michael Redgrave disliked his conservative step-father and the feeling that he was being replaced by his new sister. Soon the most comfortable solution for everyone was to pack him off to Clifton, a boarding school for boys. There he excelled in creative subjects like music and poetry, and his participation in school plays made him very popular at ...
As he later admitted to his son, Corin, while writing his memoirs, “I am, to say the least of it, bisexual”, but at the age of 17, “the least of it” had yet to come. Michael was only just starting to form romantic attachments to fellow classmates; He had his first heartbreak with a boy named Cyril White—but that’s not the most scandalous part. Arou...
Because identifying as anything other than straight was not only a 1920s society no-no, but also illegal in the UK until 1967, Michael began the lifelong habit of keeping a diary filled with guilt-ridden confessions. He wrote about his secret loves and described himself as having “diseased morals” and of being “rotten in mind and thoughts”. Yet for...
Michael started going alone to Turkish bathhouses to see if men with “beastly” intensions would proposition him—and he took some big risks. Once, on a holiday in France with his family, he brazenly snuck out of his hotel to “cruise” for company. He let a strange man take him back to a flat only to chicken out, throwing money at him as he bolted out...
Redgrave’s education in all things continued at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was the editor of the school paper and wrote film reviews for Grantamagazine. He refused more acting roles in school productions than he accepted. Being a writer seemed a far superior aspiration than becoming an actor, but since his love of poetry wouldn’t pay the bill...
Oct 10, 2010 · He was married to Rachel Kempson for over 50 years, but it was widely acknowledged by his wife and his acting peers that he preferred men, however he was never publicly open about it, and it didn’t come out until his son Corin published his book Michael Redgrave My Father after Michael passed away. Still, he often displayed a sensitivity in ...
Jul 21, 2024 · Redgrave married actor John Clark in 1967 and they had three children but their marriage was dissolved in 2000 after it was revealed he had fathered a child with her assistant. Redgrave was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 and underwent treatment, but later relapsed.
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Jun 11, 2018 · Married to Liverpool Playhouse colleague actress Rachel Kempson in 1935, he fathered three children, Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave, and all became actors–although Corin Redgrave eventually also pursued a political career.
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His first professional appearance was at the Playhouse, Liverpool in 1934, where he met and married actress Rachel Kempson in 1935. His first season in London was with the Old Vic in 1936 before joining John Gielgud's company at the Queen's Theatre in 1937.
