Lady rachel kempson biography
Rachel Kempson
British actress (–)
Rachel, Lady Redgrave (28 May – 24 May ), known primarily by her birth name Rachel Kempson, was an English actress.[1] She married Sir Michael Redgrave, and was the matriarch of the famous acting dynasty.[2]
Early life
Kempson was born in Dartmouth, Devon, the daughter of Beatrice Hamilton (née Ashwell) and Eric William Edward Kempson, who became headmaster of the Royal Naval College.[3][4]
Career
Kempson trained at RADA before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company.
She married Michael Redgrave in and the couple appeared together many times on stage.
Lady rachel kempson biography From , she also appeared in occasional films, including Georgy Girl , which starred her daughter Lynn, who was nominated for an Oscar and won the New York Film Critics Best Actress award for her touching performance of the plump ugly duckling of the title. Retrieved 6 September The Jewel in the Crown. Rachel Kempson.She also appeared many times on film and television, most notably in the films The Captive Heart, The Sea Shall Not Have Them (both opposite her husband Michael), The Jokers, Two Gentlemen Sharing, Out of Africa, Uncle Vanya; and the television series Tales of Unease, ('It's too Late Now', episode, ), Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill () , and The Jewel in the Crown.
She made three films with her daughter Lynn (Tom Jones, Georgy Girl and The Virgin Soldiers), and two films with her other daughter Vanessa (The Charge of the Light Brigade – which also starred her son Corin – and Déjà Vu). Her autobiography, Life Among the Redgraves was published by Dutton.
According to Publishers Weekly, "Lady Redgrave writes with candour, wit, restraint and some sadness about her background, beginnings in the theatre in , marriage and motherhood, the trials of moving and the problems of being married to a handsome matinee idol."[5][page&#;needed]
Personal life and death
Main article: Redgrave family
Kempson married fellow actor Michael Redgrave in , and became the daughter-in-law of Roy Redgrave and Margaret Scudamore.
Kempson was the mother of Vanessa (born ), Corin (–) and Lynn Redgrave (–) and the grandmother of Joely and Natasha Richardson (–), Jemma Redgrave, Luke Redgrave, Arden Redgrave, Harvey Redgrave, Carlo Gabriel Nero, Benjamin B. Clark, Kelly B. Clark and Annabel Lucy Clark.
In , her husband was knighted and she formally became Lady Redgrave.
However, she refused to use her title professionally.
Corin redgrave photo Vanessa Redgrave characterizes her mother as a modest woman who never believed she was beautiful or a very good actress. Retrieved 6 September However, she cites Kempson's performance in a small production of Shaw's Saint Joan , as particularly memorable, calling it "brave, eager, direct, and very moving. Kemper, Reuben.In , four days before what would have been her 93rd birthday, she died of a stroke at the home of her granddaughter, Natasha Richardson, in Millbrook, New York. Richardson died on 18 March in a skiing accident and was buried near Kempson. Kempson's youngest daughter, Lynn Redgrave, was buried in the same cemetery on 8 May , near Kempson and Richardson.