Michael Redgrave
Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave (born 20 March 1908 in Bristol, † March 21 1985 in Denham, Buckinghamshire ) was a British actor.
Life
Redgrave was born as the son of silent film star Roy Redgrave and the actress Margaret Scudamore. He studied at Cambridge, became a teacher, a newspaper editor and freelance journalist. In 1934 he went to Liverpool to the theater.
He made his film debut in 1936 in Alfred Hitchcock's The Secret Agent. The director was pleased with his performance and gave him in 1938 the title role in The Lady Vanishes Margaret Lockwood with.
1941/42, Redgrave served in the Royal Navy. In 1947 he went to Hollywood, where he received an Oscar nomination for Mourning Becomes Electra. At the Cannes Film Festival in 1951, he was awarded the Best Actor award for his role in the conflict of the heart. In 1957 he founded his own production company in 1959, he was elevated to Knight.
In 1935, Redgrave was married to the actress Rachel Kempson. Corin Redgrave your children, Lynn Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave were or are also actors like their children Natasha Richardson, Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave.
Redgrave died of complications from Parkinson's disease in 1985 in Denham.