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Vanessa Redgrave

One of the top five actresses of the 20th century in my opinion. Nowadays she does just about any film and is not too picky in her roles. Sure she wants a nice little nest egg for retirement. But still doesn't detract from what she has accomplished in her career. Was almost booed offstage in 1978 when she won her oscar for her politics. Lots of love here for Maggie and Judi. No one here mentions Vanessa much. She is definitely their equal. Thoughts and opinions?

by Anonymousreply 124December 31, 2021 10:20 PM

[quote]Sure she wants a nice little nest egg for retirement.

Liam supports her. (she lives with his kids now)

by Anonymousreply 1April 23, 2014 3:04 AM

Isn't that anti Semitic bitch married to Franco Nero?

by Anonymousreply 2April 23, 2014 3:06 AM

She is not their equal. She is their superior.

by Anonymousreply 3April 23, 2014 3:06 AM

whoops [1] sorry. I gave you a lesson you alread knew regarding the Oscars. I didn't do well in SAT Reading Comprehension. Lol.

by Anonymousreply 4April 23, 2014 3:08 AM

Beautiful and gifted woman, who sometimes falls too much into shtick (she overdoes the radiant and tremulous trick she did in Julia, Howard End, Mrs. Dalloway, etc.). When she moves away from that (as in Mary, Queen of Scots) she's wonderful--she actually was wonderful when she first did the radiant and tremulous act; she just did it far too often thereafter.

by Anonymousreply 5April 23, 2014 3:10 AM

R1 hmmm never heard this. I can see her living with him to care for her grand kids after what happened to Natasha but supporting her? She works constantly and probably has more money than him after nearly 50 years in the industry.

by Anonymousreply 6April 23, 2014 3:10 AM

[quote]Liam supports her. (she lives with his kids now)

She lives with her husband, Franco Nero. I hardly think that Liam needs to support her, and if he does, so what. She's his kids' grandmother and he's been making millions doing action flicks.

[quote]She is not their equal. She is their superior.

I think she might be, yeah.

[quote]Isn't that anti Semitic bitch married to Franco Nero?

She's not an anti-Semite, but thanks for playing.

It'd be nice if we could keep politics out of this, s'il vous plaît.

by Anonymousreply 7April 23, 2014 3:12 AM

It's very hard to separate the Top 4 British actresses now: But they are:

Helen Mirren Judi Dench Vanessa Redgrave Maggie Smith

All 4 are far superior to any American actress save Meryl Streep.

by Anonymousreply 8April 23, 2014 3:13 AM

She donated most of her money to causes she supports.

by Anonymousreply 9April 23, 2014 3:13 AM

[quote]She works constantly and probably has more money than him after nearly 50 years in the industry.

she has almost always had money trouble because she gave so much away to her political causes

by Anonymousreply 10April 23, 2014 3:14 AM

R8, +1. Helen is good, but the others are just the best. Vanessa and Maggie are legendary, IMO.

by Anonymousreply 11April 23, 2014 3:28 AM

[quote]It's very hard to separate the Top 4 British actresses now: But they are: Helen Mirren Judi Dench Vanessa Redgrave Maggie Smith

And what am I? Chopped liver?

by Anonymousreply 12April 23, 2014 3:32 AM

I saw a commercial tonight with her starring in an upcoming US network TV series. That's a first. Before it was specials like Playing for Time, the Baby Jane remake and Nip/Tuck guest appearances. Also, didn't she play Renee Richards in a TV movie?

by Anonymousreply 13April 23, 2014 4:59 AM

[quote]she actually was wonderful when she first did the radiant and tremulous act; she just did it far too often thereafter.

I won three Oscars doing it.

by Anonymousreply 14April 23, 2014 5:03 AM

So far I hate this thread.

by Anonymousreply 15April 23, 2014 5:10 AM

Love, love, love her.

by Anonymousreply 16April 23, 2014 5:23 AM

4 Kate at r14...but who's counting

by Anonymousreply 17April 23, 2014 5:34 AM

M - I got my first Oscar when I was just another ham that spoke better and faster than the rest of those heifers.

[quote]I hope you're going to tell me your name. I want you for my first friend in New York. Mine's Eva Lovelace. It's partly made up and partly real. It was Ada Love. Love's my family name. I added the 'lace.' Do you like it, or would you prefer something shorter? A shorter name would be more convenient on a sign. Still, 'Eva Lovelace in Camille,' for instance, or 'Eva Lovelace in Romeo and Juliet' sounds very distinguished, doesn't it?

by Anonymousreply 18April 23, 2014 5:47 AM

Oh I see your point Kate. Yes you did get one back when you were still fertile. Fast talking can be a great benefit to an actress. We did tongue twisters back at Yale to increase our speed.

BTW I no longer endorse Yale. I hear they'll let any second generation ham in nowadays. Even fat girls!!!

by Anonymousreply 19April 23, 2014 5:55 AM

Fuck, this was a perfectly good thread, and then the M Troll had to completely fucking hijack it.

Fuck off and die, asshole.

by Anonymousreply 20April 23, 2014 5:56 AM

r20=Julia

by Anonymousreply 21April 23, 2014 6:00 AM

I'm not dead yet, you know.

by Anonymousreply 22April 23, 2014 6:50 AM

Did you also have an Audrey Hepburn voodoo doll?

by Anonymousreply 23April 23, 2014 6:58 AM

She doesn't like me!

by Anonymousreply 24April 23, 2014 7:20 AM

But I took a job from British actresses. She even organized a protest!

by Anonymousreply 25April 23, 2014 7:27 AM

[quote]You cannot be pro-Palestinian and not be anti-semitic for the same reasons you cannot be pro-KKK and

Yes, you can. And you showed your true colors by comparing KKK to Palestinians. Nobody wants your shit stirring here. If you can't behave like a civilized person then leave the adults to talk about art and acting.

by Anonymousreply 26April 23, 2014 11:43 AM

A delight for the mind and eye

by Anonymousreply 27April 23, 2014 1:57 PM

Never realised what the fuss about her was until I saw the Bostonians, she seemed so painfully vulnerable it felt like intruding just watching her scenes in it

by Anonymousreply 28April 23, 2014 2:28 PM

I saw her big, wide naked ass once on Broadway in Orpheus Descending. Spooky, man, spooky.

by Anonymousreply 29April 23, 2014 2:31 PM

"Was almost booed offstage in 1978 when she won her oscar for her politics"

Won an Oscar for her politics??? You're an idiot, OP.

by Anonymousreply 30April 23, 2014 2:40 PM

Love hearing her voice narrating "Call the Midwife"

by Anonymousreply 31April 23, 2014 2:43 PM

Agree with R8- nearly as good are Kate Winslet and Kate Blanchett

by Anonymousreply 32April 23, 2014 2:48 PM

R31 that was probably her least deserved nomination.

by Anonymousreply 33April 23, 2014 2:49 PM

R23, you are the one who is like the KKK. You are the one who has the mentality of a Nazi. Racist and sick fuck.

You're the kind of (presumably Jewish) person who would've been a Nazi had Hitler not targeted them.

You were probably proud of Israel doing business with APARTHEID SA.

by Anonymousreply 34April 23, 2014 3:07 PM

[quote]Kate Blanchett

Is she related to Cate Blanchett?

by Anonymousreply 35April 23, 2014 3:17 PM

R23 is absolutely deranged.

by Anonymousreply 36April 23, 2014 3:18 PM

R39, and I didn't write what I did without seeing some of his other postings on another thread.

He's clearly some Jewish Supremacist.

by Anonymousreply 37April 23, 2014 3:22 PM

Is Angela Lansbury considered an English actress?

by Anonymousreply 38April 23, 2014 3:34 PM

Does she still live with Franco Nero? That is a long lasting relationship. I wasn't fond of her Guinivere. Of course, that was the role, prehaps. She was beautiful enough, but brainless. And some of things Natasha Richardson had said about her childhood made you wonder if she was overdedicated to her causes at the expense of her children. I think that's why Maggie Smith is thought of more affectionately - she is not political or preachy and has a more obvious sense of humor.

by Anonymousreply 39April 23, 2014 3:39 PM

I first saw her in the wonderful madcap film Morgan with David Warner who stirred the loins at the time. She made a lasting impression.

I've seen her on stage many times in London since and followed her in film. A great actress.

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by Anonymousreply 40April 23, 2014 3:40 PM

She is utterly capitivating in the few minutes she appears in the small (but key) role as "The Girl"in Blowup.

by Anonymousreply 41April 23, 2014 3:46 PM

V and Nero reunited after many years. Franco Nero has always been a hot piece of ass.

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by Anonymousreply 42April 23, 2014 3:47 PM

Is there son hot?

by Anonymousreply 43April 23, 2014 3:50 PM

I read her autobiography a few years ago. I was surprised that she was mostly focused on her political career and it appeared she acted for the money to support her and Colin's Trotskyite worker's party (you can't be more left than that). He didn't even mention most of her films but there was chapter after chapter about politics. I think my problem is I confuse her acting roles with her as a person. She doesn't like the past, art, history, music, culture, etc. She likes sex and politics.

by Anonymousreply 44April 23, 2014 3:54 PM

[quote]All 4 are far superior to any American actress.

There. I fixed it.

by Anonymousreply 45April 23, 2014 4:01 PM

I think she's tremendous.

by Anonymousreply 46April 23, 2014 4:10 PM

[quote]She doesn't like the past, art, history, music, culture, etc. She likes sex and politics.

That makes sense because on her episode of The Actors' Studio she could barely form a coherent sentence. Proof positive that you don't have to be very bright to be a great actor.

by Anonymousreply 47April 23, 2014 4:28 PM

I also read her autobiog'.

I was just dazed by how many causes she's had. She goes from thing to the next. It's hard to take her seriously.

I remember telling my brother about this and his response was 'a lot of emotion and not a lot of intellect'. Which I think is funny and true.

But she sold her lovely large London house to finance one of her causes and now lives in a very basic flat-so you can't say she doesn't put her money where her mouth is.

She also fought to save my local cinema...so I thank her for that.

by Anonymousreply 48April 23, 2014 4:30 PM

Did she fuck that black guy that use too live with her?

by Anonymousreply 49April 23, 2014 5:36 PM

I know her - she gives her money away to various causes, has for many years.

by Anonymousreply 50April 23, 2014 5:39 PM

She speaks at least 5 languages.

by Anonymousreply 51April 23, 2014 5:40 PM

I love her.

by Anonymousreply 52April 23, 2014 5:42 PM

I wonder how she feels about the money she invested in her communist party, if it was well spent. I can't imagine she has any regrets, she doesn't seem to be very introspective and she lacks empathy. She's a brilliant actress.

by Anonymousreply 53April 23, 2014 5:42 PM

She can play a dyke like no other.

by Anonymousreply 54April 23, 2014 5:45 PM

She is a lot like Jane Fonda. Both of them really had their heads turned by the late 60s and thought because they were world-famous they needed to tell the world what to do about politics. The problem was that neither woman was terribly thoughtful or reflective.

Fonda finally learned to keep her politics more-or-less on the quiet, but Redgrave never did.

by Anonymousreply 55April 23, 2014 5:46 PM

Loved her in Bostonians.

by Anonymousreply 56April 23, 2014 5:58 PM

She was greeat in those Weight Watchers commercials.

by Anonymousreply 57April 23, 2014 6:10 PM

Vanessa and Franco are now married. Truly married. Vanessa is great in "Blow Up" and "Morgan", classics of the 1960s.

by Anonymousreply 58April 23, 2014 6:18 PM

I wonder id most here on DL think "Zionism" is just another word for "Jewish"? It isn't.

by Anonymousreply 59April 23, 2014 7:16 PM

R58 I guess your last sentence sums it up, but nevertheless...

All one has to do is compare Jane Fonda's 1972 Oscar acceptance speech with Nessa's 1978 Oscar acceptance speech. Perfect example of how to handle a political situation vs how NOT to handle a political situation.

I think Fonda at the very least has always been fairly self-aware - Redgrave never has been.

Both brilliant actresses.

by Anonymousreply 60April 23, 2014 7:22 PM

She has said some fucking wack things in the past. I read an article when she said gypsies should be allowed to camp out wherever they please.

by Anonymousreply 61April 23, 2014 7:29 PM

She was Kate Hepburn's favorite actress.

by Anonymousreply 62April 23, 2014 7:47 PM

Fucking bitch!..

by Anonymousreply 63April 23, 2014 7:50 PM

[quote]She has said some fucking wack things in the past. I read an article when she said gypsies should be allowed to camp out wherever they please.

I stand by that. As long as it isn't mine and Frank's mansion!

by Anonymousreply 64April 23, 2014 7:56 PM

[quote]Fonda finally learned to keep her politics more-or-less on the quiet, but Redgrave never did.

I can think of a lot worse. Charlton Heston immediately comes to mind. Jon Voight too.

Didn't we all watch Clint Eastwood make a total damn fool of himself at the last Republican convention? Yeah, I thought so.

by Anonymousreply 65April 23, 2014 8:02 PM

Vanessa's costarring in that horrible-looking new show "Black Box", starring Not-Jessica-Chastain.

by Anonymousreply 66April 23, 2014 8:15 PM

I recently bought "Orpheus descending" on DVD. She was excellent in that.

by Anonymousreply 67April 23, 2014 8:34 PM

I watched a movie on Netflix last week with Terence Stamp and VR. It was kind of a lightweight movie but I liked them both in it.

by Anonymousreply 68April 23, 2014 8:42 PM

R63 Vanessa is no shrinking violet when it comes to speaking her mind. Plus Henry Fonda pleaded with Jane not to start anything at the oscars and she shut her mouth partly to keep Henry happy. It's interesting at the Tonys when Vanessa won she didn't say anything political.When she won the Emmy twice dont think she showed up.

by Anonymousreply 69April 23, 2014 8:44 PM

Where does this nonsense about VR lacking empathy come from? Nothing could be further from the truth.

by Anonymousreply 70April 23, 2014 9:06 PM

Although I adore Vanessa as an actress I can't validate her founding of the Worker's Revolutionary Party and her support for him and his actions. Trotsky was responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Russia, Poland and other Eastern European countries. Vanessa had no sympathy for these victims who she saw as class enemies. Correct me if I am wrong

by Anonymousreply 71April 23, 2014 9:42 PM

How can anyone be fool enough to claim that VR is anti-semitic? Have you ever listen to her? Did you happen to see her in the TV movie "Playing for Time". She just sympathizes with oppressed people.

by Anonymousreply 72April 23, 2014 9:59 PM

Pretty lady

by Anonymousreply 73April 28, 2014 2:12 AM

Again, Fonda dropped out of politics after she entertained the Israeli troops during the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre of the Palestinians outside Beirut. A great many people would take a dim view of this and would be inclined to do something about it. American liberalism at its finest. Robert Fisk wrote a whole column about it.

by Anonymousreply 74April 28, 2014 4:06 AM

Why do people say she and her family are looney tunes? Did she really find her father and 1st husband in bed together? What's the tea?

by Anonymousreply 75June 18, 2014 10:19 PM

R80 what does that have to do with her family ?

by Anonymousreply 76June 18, 2014 10:34 PM

I adore Vanessa.

by Anonymousreply 77June 18, 2014 11:28 PM

R82, me, too. :-)

by Anonymousreply 78June 19, 2014 2:40 AM

She's been doing the voiceovers for Call The Midwife, as the adult Jenny.

Still will be next year, though the young Jenny will no longer be on the show.

by Anonymousreply 79June 19, 2014 2:53 AM

Saw her in a preview of a Greek tragedy in London. Her fellow actors were playing to the rafters; she was playing to them. Startling contrast.

by Anonymousreply 80June 19, 2014 5:56 AM

She seems a bit doddery lately, and got terrible reviews for her last stage outing in London. I have seen her a few times on stage in her prime in the 70s and 80s when she was amazing.

It must have been hard to have lost her daughter, her sister and brother within such a short space of time. But she has Franco Nero at home, he is still working too and looks good for his age.

Lets not forget her dalliance with Timothy Dalton too - gal sure could pick them !

I must get around to watching her and Christopher Reeve in The Bostonians, a Merchant-Ivory.

by Anonymousreply 81June 19, 2014 8:55 AM

[quote]Hinduism obviously isn't very gay-friendly either because gay sex is still illegal in India (yes, I know the British Raj put those laws on the books, but the Indian government could have repealed them at any time; they simply chose not to).

Actually, Hinduism is quite ambivalent when it comes to issues like homosexuality. I personally believe that Hinduism is an inherently gay friendly religion. Hinduism is the world's oldest religion at about 4000 years old and ancient India was considered by historians to be highly tolerant of the sexual minorities. The reason homophobia is endemic in Indian society is due to the influence of Abrahamic religions. The last time India was ruled by a Hindu Emperor/King was around a millennium ago. For the next 700 years, India was under the control of the Islamic Mogul Empire whose rulers originated from Central Asia.These Muslim rulers imported homophobia and a culture of sexual repression.

During the reign of Queen Victoria,India came under the complete control of the British who imposed their Victorian values and laws on the Indian middle class and the elites.It was the British who criminalised gay sex and set up an educational system modelled along the English Victorian system. Close to six generations of Indians have graduated from these institutions, who despite being Hindu are taught about gay sex from a Judeo -Christian perspective.

Hence, the homophobia displayed by the government cannot be attributed to Hinduism.

P.S. Can someone correct any grammatical errors in my post? I would definitely like to know your opinions on my ability to write in English, since I consider it to be my second language.

by Anonymousreply 82June 19, 2014 10:06 AM

r87 You done really good.

by Anonymousreply 83June 19, 2014 10:18 AM

Yes, R87, your grammar was lovely. Better than many native English speakers on this site.

by Anonymousreply 84June 19, 2014 1:54 PM

Add to R87: There are gay gods in the Hindu pantheon. Cum guzzling, cross dressing, you name it. I think IDs now have a third gender choice, T, for transgenders? Though I believe T stands for an Indian word. Remarkable gay tolerant in its own way.

As in most of Asia, what goes on behind closed doors is your business. Sure there's homophobia, closet cases and all, but little gay bashing and certainly not on the scale we have here.

by Anonymousreply 85June 19, 2014 1:56 PM

There's a new biography of Vanessa that was published in May. David Thomson liked it.

by Anonymousreply 86July 11, 2014 10:46 PM

[quote] Does she still live with Franco Nero? That is a long lasting relationship.

They are married

by Anonymousreply 87July 11, 2014 11:00 PM

R50 Do you really?

by Anonymousreply 88July 11, 2014 11:58 PM

Ccommunist bitch

by Anonymousreply 89March 18, 2015 3:33 AM

Charlton Heston and Vanessa Redgrave did A MAN FOR ALL SEASON for cable television many years ago. I heard that they got along very well or at least acted as if they did.

In addition to supporting Marxist political parties, Vanessa Redgrave worked primarily in the theater which doesn't pay as well as film or television

Vanessa and Corin Redgrave's politics could be described far left of center. Sister Lynn, an underrated performer, was a self-described "raging capitalist."

by Anonymousreply 90March 18, 2015 3:53 AM

[quote]I know her - she gives her money away to various causes, has for many years.

Yes, she puts her money where her mouth is.

I believe she sold her grand London house (see pic) to support one of her 'causes' and now lives in a very basic flat in Chiswick.

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by Anonymousreply 91March 18, 2015 4:04 AM

Love her. I wish she would quite smoking.

by Anonymousreply 92March 18, 2015 5:11 AM

r91 but wasn't that house in Clapham?

by Anonymousreply 93March 18, 2015 5:34 AM

I adore her and like her even more for her politics. Sure, she shot her mouth off at the Oscars but that was because some assholes were burning her in effigy outside the hall. It both frightened her and pissed her off (rightly so) and she had a go at them. Good for her.

Redgrave and Fonda have never been intellectuals or deep political thinkers. Fonda always took on the politics of her man of the moment (or decade), having no real political belief system of her own. Redgrave was at least independently consistent in her activism and beliefs.

As an actress, I'll take Glenda Jackson over any of them. As a political thinker/activist I'll take Glenda Jackson over any of them. Still, Vanessa's no slouch in either department.

by Anonymousreply 94March 18, 2015 5:37 AM

Maggie and Judi can do comedy as well as tragedy. Redgrave can't.

by Anonymousreply 95March 18, 2015 6:57 AM

[quote]As an actress, I'll take Glenda Jackson over any of them.

The gays seem to [bold]ADORE[/bold] her for some reason.

The gay love for certain people is never logical.

by Anonymousreply 96March 18, 2015 7:27 AM

Heston worked with Redgrave a great deal and always said she was the greatest actress in the world. He also said she was the most opposite him in terms of politics but they were great friends because they never discussed politics.

by Anonymousreply 97March 18, 2015 3:05 PM

"Liam supports her. (she lives with his kids now)"

Which may explain why Liam's movie choices are actually more suspect and less worthy of his talents than Vanessa's are of hers!

by Anonymousreply 98March 18, 2015 3:14 PM

Redgrave can absolutely do comedy. Saw her in a Noel Coward play in London. She's done Wilde too. CRADLE WILL ROCK is a comic turn. She may not do it often, but she certainly can.

by Anonymousreply 99March 18, 2015 3:24 PM

I've often thought great actors/actresses are not necessarily bright. Listen to their interviews, they are not the roles they play. In the case of Ms. Redgrave, her body of work stands to put her in the pantheon of the top five English actresses. Yes, in living her life she mixes it up and can be off-putting to many not supporting her causes. It seems from her press she has calmed down a bit in her older age. She goes along being a working actress. I saw her leave a stage door once, she was patient and pleasant to those waiting for her, kind, actually, as if they had done her a favor. She allowed photographs, listened to those yaking at her, smiled and actually asked questions to continue the conversation. For a star of her magnitude she was quite lovely to her "public." (I had gone next door to get a look at T.R. Knight's dick, but he had already come out. 'Nessa next door showed me how gracious a star can be.) Maggie Smith is probably as whip-smart as any on the English top five, but is NOT her DOWNTON ABBEY character. For the series, she does her tracks, forgets them, this from an aide.

by Anonymousreply 100March 18, 2015 4:32 PM

Andy's getting his own Sirius radio channel. Famewhore. As If we didn't already hear enough of him.

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by Anonymousreply 101March 18, 2015 4:49 PM

Love her

by Anonymousreply 102August 23, 2019 4:10 PM

Vanessa Redgrave is the best. All others must fall in line behind her. If she repeats herself, so be it. She doesn't do the writing or the casting. Give more, she undoubtedly could do more.

Maggie Smith is the most disappointing. There is no end to her talent, but just about the only thing she has done for the past 30 years is her patented sotto voce bitch routine. She has wasted more talent than most actors will ever have.

by Anonymousreply 103August 23, 2019 4:27 PM

The best English actresses in order:

1. Vanessa Redgrave

2. Glenda Jackson

3. Maggie Smith

4. Cate Blanchett

5. Judy Dench

by Anonymousreply 104August 23, 2019 4:47 PM

Rosemary Harris is British and wiped the floor with Dame Diana Rigg at age 91 as Mrs. Higgins in “My Fair Lady” this year.

Vanessa turned down Damehood not because she is anti-Royal but because she wouldn’t accept the honor from Tony Blair’s government which backed the Iraq war. She has principles.

by Anonymousreply 105August 23, 2019 5:04 PM

Her memoir is very sketchy because it was just dictated to a Dictaphone while she was catching the train or having afternoon tea in the backyard.

by Anonymousreply 106September 20, 2020 12:23 AM

[QUOTE] 4. Cate Blanchett

Not British

by Anonymousreply 107September 20, 2020 12:31 AM

I wanted her to dish some dirt in her memoir, but no such luck. She acted like Richard Harris wasn't a drunk ass, which he mostly was. She did say Timothy Dalton broke her heart. I can see that. He seemed arrogant.

by Anonymousreply 108September 20, 2020 12:39 AM

I wouldn't mind her 'dishing some dirt' but because she's English she may place an embargo on all that.

She also should be compiling a scholarly footnoted autobiography of her art and career over the last 60 years.

by Anonymousreply 109September 20, 2020 12:46 AM

I thought Richard Harris looked thoroughly doped-up in 'Camelot'.

Vanessa looked like more of a king than him.

by Anonymousreply 110September 20, 2020 1:05 AM

R110, that's so funny--I agree. She is so stately and magnetic. She had a brief cameo in A Man For All Seasons as Anne Boleyn and was great, of course.

Don't get me wrong, I had a big crush on Harris (esp. in Hawaii), but he did seem out of it in this and other films of the 60s.

by Anonymousreply 111September 20, 2020 1:54 AM

Wish Rosemary Harris a happy 93rd birthday today!

She's fucking sublime and hilarious when need be.

by Anonymousreply 112September 20, 2020 2:15 AM

"Oscar" is capitalized, OP.

Other than that, pfffffft. "In my opinion."

by Anonymousreply 113September 20, 2020 2:24 AM

I’m halfway through The Devils and loving her in it!

by Anonymousreply 114December 14, 2020 11:23 PM

I think Vanessa is a fabulous actress and I think Dame Diana Rigg was the best Avengers girl so sexy in her black catsuit. Maggie was amazingly beautiful as an actress first starting out wow I saw an early film the other day. It was set in the sixties she had a Cilla look about her style wise just a fabulous figure. Helen Mirren just oozes class and Dame Judi is someone to aspire to equal in skill and accomplishments. Belinda.max6 Instagram

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by Anonymousreply 115May 11, 2021 12:47 PM

Vanessa has FINALLY accepted a Damehood!

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by Anonymousreply 116December 31, 2021 9:33 PM

Her performance as Renée Richards in the TV movie Second Serve was brilliant.

by Anonymousreply 117December 31, 2021 9:40 PM

The greatest British actresses:

1. Emma Thompson

2. Vanessa Redgrave

3. Maggie Smith

4. Helen Mirren

5. Judi Dench

6. Angela Lansbury

7. Kate Winslet

8. Julie Andrews

9. Julie Christie

10. Glenda Jackson

Cate Blanchett is Australian, by the way, not British.

by Anonymousreply 118December 31, 2021 10:11 PM

Forgetting someone r118?

by Anonymousreply 119December 31, 2021 10:20 PM
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