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Natasha Richardson

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Actor 1963–2009 On stage 1993–2005

Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English actress. A member of the Redgrave family, she was a daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director-producer Tony Richardson and a granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. She was married to Liam Neeson. Early in her career, Richardson portrayed Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's Gothic (1986) and Patty Hearst in the eponymous 1988 biopic film directed by Paul Schrader. She appeared in The Handmaid's Tale (1990). She received critical acclaim and a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie. Richardson also appeared in Nell (1994), The Parent Trap (1998), Maid in Manhattan (200…

On stage 4 productions, 12 years

1993 Anna Christie Criterion Center Stage Right · Revival · directed by David Leveaux 53 perf.
1998 Cabaret Kit Kat Klub at Studio 54 · Revival · directed by Sam Mendes & Rob Marshall 2,377 perf.
1999 Closer Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Kim Levin 172 perf.
2005 A Streetcar Named Desire Studio 54 · Revival · directed by Edward Hall 73 perf.

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In the literature8 passages

  • Natasha Richardson as Sally Bowles in the 1998 Sam Mendes Broadway production of Cabaret . (Joan Marcus/Photofest)ebooks/Garebian, Keith/Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian.txt
  • Natasha Richardson as Sally Bowles in the 1998 Sam Mendes Broadway production of Cabaret. (Photofest)ebooks/Garebian, Keith/Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian.txt
  • • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Natasha Richardson, winner )ebooks/Garebian, Keith/Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian.txt
  • 1998 Original Cast Recording (with Alan Cumming, Natasha Richardson, Mary Louise Wilson)ebooks/Garebian, Keith/Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian.txt
  • Cast: Natasha Richardson, Alan Cumming, Ron Rifkin, John Benjamin Hickey, Denis O’Hare, Michele Pawk, Mary Louise Wilsonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson met and began an electric affair that led to marriage while co-starring in Anna Christie . Steven Spielberg reportedly visited Neeson backstage after seeing the production and it was that visit at the Criterion Center that convinced him Neeson could star in his next film: Schindler’s List . And it was Ri…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer Ashley/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 2, The - Jennifer Ashley Tepper.txt

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