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  • Redgrave ready for new movie - 22 October 2009
    -Vanessa Redgrave has signed on to star in The Whistleblower - her first acting job since the tragic death of her daughter Natasha Richardson.- -Just days after her beloved daughter passed away from a brain injury following a skiing accident in March (09), the acting leg

Vanessa Redgrave - what members say


  • Mission: Impossible
  • Mission: Impossible review by DJM666 from Walsall, England
    Rated - 3 stars Good action movie 8 May 2006
    ..., Emmanuelle Beart, Ving Rhames, Jean Reno, Henry Czerny, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave, Emilio Estevez) and good acting throughout. ...  
  • If These Walls Could Talk 2
  • If These Walls Could Talk 2 review by Topkit from Berkshire
    Rated - 3 stars Highly recommended 6 April 2004
    ...e first story covers the relationship of a more elderly couple in the 60s (with Vanessa Redgrave), the second young love in the 70s (Chloe Sevigney, Michelle Williams) and the ...  
  • Gathering Storm
  • Gathering Storm review by from West Yorkshire
    Rated - 5 stars Another triumph 20 March 2004
    ...y a superb cast of British luminaries including Derek Jacobi, Jim Broadbent and Vanessa Redgrave as Winston’s long suffering wife Clemmie, this is another triumph. ...  

Vanessa Redgrave - filmography


  • The Riddle on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Vinnie Jones,  Derek Jacobi,  Julie Cox
    Director: Brendan Foley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames-side-pub. Gradually he becomes obsessed with unraveling a century-old murder in the pages of the manuscript. Only when he has done so, with the help of ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 388 members
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  • Atonement - HD DVD Version (2007)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  James McAvoy,  Romola Garai
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 709 members
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  • Evening on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Claire Danes,  Toni Collette,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Lajos Koltai
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 4,067 members
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  • How About You (2007)
    Starring: Joss Ackland,  Hayley Atwell,  Orla Brady
    Director: Anthony Byrne
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Ellie is left in charge of an elderly residential home, and while most of the residents have left to spend Christmas with their families, four residents known as 'The Hard Core' remain. The Hard Core have become impossible to live with. In fact, their rude and objectionable behavior is so terrible ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 5 members
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  • Atonement on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  James McAvoy,  Romola Garai
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 84,223 members
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  • The Locket on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Vanessa Redgrave,  Marguerite Moreau,  Chad Willett
    Director: Karen Arthur
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Vanessa Redgrave stars as Esther, a woman who befriends and helps out Michael (Chad Willet), a young man who has had a tough life and could possibly lose out on the love of his life. Through her friendship and guidance, she tries to see Michael through his trying times. In return, she has a favour ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 72 members
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  • The Pledge on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Helen Mirren,  Michael O'Keefe
    Director: Sean Penn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Sean Penn's (THE INDIAN RUNNER, THE CROSSING GUARD) third film features Jack Nicholson as Jerry Black, a retired detective whose final case ultimately causes his slow descent into madness. In the midst of his retirement party, Black decides to join Detective Stan Krolak (Aaron Eckhart) on ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,664 members
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  • Deep Impact on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  Tea Leoni,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A fourteen-year-old amateur astronomer, an ambitious newswoman, and a former astronaut all find themselves at the forefront of catastrophe when it is discovered that a comet is on a fatal collision course with the Earth. In the time leading up to the disaster, they find themselves searching for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 7,719 members
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  • Deep Impact - BLU-RAY Version (1998)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  Tea Leoni,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A reporter believes that she has discovered a Congressman's affair. But as it turns out, Elle isn't a mistress, but something used to describe an event so cataclysmic that it could destroy the planet...When it is discovered that an enormous comet is on a collision course with Earth, a handful of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 47 members
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  • Wilde on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Stephen Fry,  Jude Law,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian Gilbert
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This unconventional biopic traces the brilliant, witty, and tragic life of Oscar Wilde from his rise to fame as a much-in-demand author and public speaker to his downfall and ultimate imprisonment for homosexuality. Thoughout the melodrama, the amazing performance of comic actor and author Stephen ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,717 members
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  • Mrs Dalloway (1997)
    Starring: Vanessa Redgrave,  Natascha McElhone,  Rupert Graves
    Director: Marleen Gorris
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Critically-acclaimed adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel of the same name. It's a lovely summer day and Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for an elaborate party. During the day of her party, she remembers another summer in the past, when she was a beautiful, vivacious and much-courted young woman. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,218 member
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  • Mission: Impossible on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jean Reno,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 33,521 members
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  • Mission: Impossible - HD DVD Version (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jean Reno,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 296 members
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  • Mission: Impossible - BLU-RAY Version (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jean Reno,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,647 member
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  • A Month By The Lake (1995)
    Starring: Vanessa Redgrave,  Uma Thurman,  Edward Fox
    Director: John Irvin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    At a luxurious lakeside resort, an attractive red-headed guest has her eye on a handsome, well-to-do bachelor. But when he's more interested in a beautiful young flirt, the mischievous redhead goes to outrageous lengths -- including a fling with a passionate younger man -- to reel in her wealthy catch!
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 25 members
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  • Howard's End on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Prunella Scales,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    E.M. Forster's 1910 novel is adapted for the screen by Merchant Ivory Productions in this masterful Edwardian Age romance directed by James Ivory. The dying Ruth Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave) wishes to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson in an Academy Award-winning ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 4,570 members
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  • Prick Up Your Ears on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Alfred Molina,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A celebration of British playwright Joe Orton's irreverent and charismatic talent. It tells the story of Joe's rise from a working class boy to peer of the Beatles and cult figure of London's Swinging 60s. The story is told through the eyes of his agent and of his best friend and murderer, Kenneth ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,322 members
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  • The Bostonians on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Christopher Reeve,  Vanessa Redgrave,  Jessica Tandy
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director James Ivory brings Henry James's classic novel THE BOSTONIANS to the screen in this evocative, historical adaptation filled with exciting, exacting performances. The story centers on the fight between an ardent feminist and a southern gentleman for a charismatic faith healer's daughter. ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 266 members
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  • Yanks on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Vanessa Redgrave,  Lisa Eichhorn
    Director: John Schlesinger
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From early 1942 until D-Day, several million Americans landed in Britain on their way to fight at the European front. To the war-weary British, many of these troops were "overpaid and oversexed." But despite the resentment, with thousands of men abroad, the stage was set for romantic dalliances ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 719 members
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  • Camelot on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Richard Harris,  Vanessa Redgrave,  Franco Nero
    Director: Joshua Logan
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A musical adaptation of the legendary King Arthur and the Knights Of The Round Table. Songs include: 'If Ever I Would Leave You', 'How To Handle A Woman' and 'Then You May Take Me To The Fair'. Music directors include Ken Darby and Alfred Newman. Music and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Edward Carere ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 832 members
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  • Letters to Juliet
    Starring: Amanda Seyfried,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Gary Winick
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on the compilation of missives that lovelorn people all over the world have written to storied star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet. The letters find their way to Verona, Italy. Book explains who are the volunteers who've been answering the missives for 70 years.
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  • Short Order
    Starring: Emma De Caunes,  Jack Dee,  Vincent Fegan
    Director: Anthony Byrne
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Fifi Koko, a young chef prodigy, falls prey to an existential quagmire that fears her talent shall not overcome the expectations her reputation has sown. The late hours bring about a colorful cast of strangers and romances that feed her with temptation, insight and humor on the path of her life-..read more »
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Vanessa Redgrave facts

5 most recent films

The Riddle - 2.0 stars
Atonement - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Evening - 3.0 stars
How About You - 4.0 stars
Atonement - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Gathering Storm - 4.0 stars
The Devils - 3.5 stars
Mission: Impossible - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Oh What A Lovely War - 3.5 stars
If These Walls Could Talk 2 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Letters to Juliet - 3 stars
Short Order - 3 stars
Isadora - 2.0 stars
The Fever - 2.0 stars
The Trojan Women - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jon Voight - 4 times - show films
Maximilian Schell - 4 times - show films
John Gielgud - 4 times - show films
Jean Reno - 3 times - show films
Emmanuelle Beart - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Brian De Palma - 3 times - show films
James Ivory - 3 times - show films
Mimi Leder - 2 times - show films
Joe Wright - 2 times - show films
Anthony Byrne - 2 times - show films