Michael Redgrave
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Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave was an English actor and filmmaker. Beginning his career in theatre, he first appeared in the West End in 1937. He made his film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Van
Redgrave in 1978
Michael Redgrave in costume for the lead role in Uncle Vanya, backstage at the Chichester Festival Theatre, 1962. Photo: Tony French.
Redgrave (right) with Catherine Lacey and Margaret Lockwood in a publicity shot for Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Sir Michael Redgrave by Allan Warren, 1973
Rachel Kempson
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Rachel, Lady Redgrave, known primarily by her birth name, Rachel Kempson, was an English actress. She married Michael Redgrave, and was the matriarch of the famous acting dynasty.
Michael Redgrave
…as Roy Darwin in Counsellor-at-Law (by Elmer Rice). He then spent two years with the Liverpool Repertory Company; while there, he met his future wife, Rachel Kempson. Offered a job by Tyrone Guthrie, Redgrave made his professional debut in London at the Old Vic on 14 September 1936, playing Ferdinand in Love's Labours…
Kempson in 1974