Born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Tall, distinguished star of the English stage and screen, and a member of the generation of British actors which included Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud. A versatile and polished performer, Redgrave made a superb screen debut as the musician hero of the classic Hitchcock thriller, THE LADY VANISHES (1938). He demonstrated a fine talent for comedy, as in Anthony Asquith's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (1952), as well as playing reserved, upper-class characters in films such as THE BROWNING VERSION (1951) and THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (1962). He was knighted in 1959 for his services to the theater. Redgrave wrote two plays and several books, including his autobiography, Face or Mask (1958), and was the father, by his actress wife Rachel Kempson, of Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave. Visit the Internet Movie Database for a listing of Redgrave's film and television credits.  Nominated for Actor 1947: MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA 1 nomination