Rachel Kempson

Rachel Kempson (28 May, 1910 - 24 May, 2003) was an English actress, best known as the wife of Sir Michael Redgrave and mother of his actor children, Vanessa, Lynn and Corin.

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28 May - 1910 - 24 May - 2003 - English - Actress - Michael Redgrave - Vanessa - Lynn - Corin

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Rachel Kempson was born in Dartmouth, England, and trained at RADA before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. She married Michael Redgrave in 1935, and appeared with him many times on stage. Although overshadowed by the rest of the family, she appeared many times on film and television, notably in The Captive Heart (1946), Tom Jones (1963), Out of Africa (1985), and the television series, The Jewel in the Crown (1984).

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Dartmouth, England - RADA - Royal Shakespeare Company - 1935 - The Captive Heart - 1946 - 1963 - Out of Africa - 1985 - The Jewel in the Crown - 1984

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She died of a stroke in 2003, at the home of her granddaughter, Natasha Richardson, in Millbrook, New York, four days before what would have been her 93rd birthday.

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Stroke - 2003 - Natasha Richardson - Millbrook, New York

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