Corin Redgrave

Corin Redgrave (born July 16, 1939) is a British actor.

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July 16 - 1939 - British - Actor

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He is the son of the actor Sir Michael Redgrave and the actress Rachel Kempson and represents the third generation of an acting dynasty, which includes his daughter Jemma Redgrave.

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Michael Redgrave - Rachel Kempson - Jemma Redgrave

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He has played a wide range of character roles in the cinema, television and theatre. He has written a biography of his father and a play Bluntly Speaking, which has been produced at the Chichester Festival Theatre. He has a son and a daughter by his first wife, the late Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, and two sons by his current wife, the actress Kika Markham.

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Cinema - Television - Theatre - Biography - Kika Markham

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He has long been active in Trotskyist politics (alongside his more famous sibling, Vanessa Redgrave), being first a member of the Workers Revolutionary Party and later a leading figure in the Marxist Party. He is also a defender of the interests of gypsies.

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Trotskyist - Vanessa Redgrave - Workers Revolutionary Party - Marxist Party

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In June 2005 he was described by his family as being in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital following a severe heart attack. Corin Redgrave had also been undergoing treatment for cancer.

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June 2005 - Heart attack - Cancer

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