Redgrave

American  

[red-greyv] / ˈrɛd greɪv /

noun

1. Sir Michael (Scudamore) 1908–85, English actor.

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Redgrave British  

/ ˈrɛdˌɡreɪv /

noun

1. Lynn . 1944–2010, British stage and film actress. Her films include Georgy Girl (1966), The Happy Hooker (1975), and Gods and Monsters (1999)

2. her father, Sir Michael . 1908–85, British stage and film actor. Among his films are The Lady Vanishes (1938), The Dam Busters (1955), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1963), and The Go-Between (1971)

3. Sir Steve . born 1962, British oarsman; won five gold medals in rowing events at consecutive Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)

4. Vanessa . Elder daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave. born 1937, British stage and film actress, whose roles include performances in the films Isadora (1968), Julia (1977), Howards End (1992), The Gathering Storm (2002), and Coriolanus (2011): noted also for her active commitment to left-wing politics

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Example Sentences

But Jones and Redgrave have such a consistency in how they play these skittish lovers that it drives home the point that their cruel, untamed condition doesn’t adhere to the niceties of narrative convention.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

LuPone and Farrow, both in their 70s, are older than Redgrave was when she won a Tony for playing Mary Tyrone.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

With Vanessa Redgrave, a piece of footage that I wasn’t able to include in my film featured Ismail and James interviewed about casting Vanessa in “Howards End.”

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024

Among its champions were decathlete Daley Thompson, javelin thrower Tessa Sanderson, a young rower named Steve Redgrave, and 1,500m runner Seb Coe - who went to lead the World Athletics body.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024

That they had waited three days, and then, feeling very uneasy, they had written down to Elton Court to Sir Richard Redgrave, who had immediately come up to town.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville