Corin Redgrave
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Corin Redgrave Net Worth

Corin Redgrave was a renowned British actor who had a successful career spanning five decades. Born to actor parents, he showed an aptitude for acting early on and honed his skills while at Cambridge. He went on to feature in a number of plays and theatrical productions, and later in television series and films. Redgrave was also an active political activist, supporting far-Left political philosophies and joining the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Trotskyist Workers Revolutionary Party. His death in 2010 marked the end of an era of his artistic and political influence.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor
Birth Day July 16, 1939
Birth Place Marylebone, England, British
Age 81 YEARS OLD
Died On 6 April 2010(2010-04-06) (aged 70)\nTooting, London, England
Birth Sign Leo
Cause of death Prostate cancer
Resting place Highgate Cemetery
Alma mater King's College, Cambridge
Occupation Actor, political activist
Years active 1964–2009
Spouse(s) Deirdre Hamilton-Hill (m. 1962; div. 1975) Kika Markham (m. 1985; his death 2010)
Children 4, including Jemma Redgrave
Parent(s) Michael Redgrave Rachel Kempson
Relatives Vanessa Redgrave (sister) Lynn Redgrave (sister) Natasha Richardson (niece) Joely Richardson (niece) Carlo Gabriel Nero (nephew)
Family Redgrave

💰 Net worth: $600,000 (2024)

Corin Redgrave, a prominent British actor, is estimated to have a net worth of $600,000 by 2024. He is regarded as one of the finest actors in the industry, known for his exceptional talent and versatility. Famous for his theater and film performances, Redgrave has made significant contributions to the art form over the years. With an impressive body of work to his name, including notable appearances in both classic and contemporary productions, Redgrave has built a successful career that continues to inspire and captivate audiences worldwide.

Biography/Timeline

1939

Corin Redgrave was part of the third generation of a theatrical dynasty spanning four generations. His parents were Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson; Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave were his sisters. His first marriage was to Deirdre Deline Hamilton-Hill (1939–1981). They had a daughter, Actress Jemma Redgrave, and a son, Luke, a camera operator and production assistant. Redgrave and Hamilton-Hill divorced in 1975. Redgrave and Kika Markham married in 1985 in Wandsworth, London, and remained together until Redgrave's death. The couple had two sons, Harvey (born 1979) and Arden (born 1983).

1966

On screen he is best known for his roles in such acclaimed and diverse films as A Man for All Seasons (1966) as Thomas More's son-in-law; william Roper, Excalibur (1981) as the doomed Cornwall, In the Name of the Father (1993) as the corrupt lead police investigator, Persuasion and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) as Hamish, the fiancée of Andie MacDowell's character.

1977

Redgrave appeared in British television programmes such as Ultraviolet, The Vice, Trial & Retribution, Shameless, Foyle's War, The Relief of Belsen, The Ice House and the Emmy Award-winning telefilm The Girl in the Cafe, in which he played the prime minister. He took the lead part of Sir George Grey in the New Zealand TV miniseries The Governor (1977).

1999

For his role as the prison warden Boss Whalen in the Royal National Theatre production of Tennessee Williams's Not About Nightingales, Redgrave was nominated for an Evening Standard Award, and after a successful transfer of the production to New York, he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play, in 1999. Two years later he starred in the original London production of The General from America as Benedict Arnold. When the play transferred to Broadway the following season Redgrave switched roles and portrayed George Washington .

2000

Redgrave was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000, which continued to affect him until he died in 2010. In June 2005, he was described by his family as being in a critical but stable condition in hospital following a severe heart attack at a public meeting in Basildon, Essex. In March 2009, Redgrave returned to the London stage playing the title role in Trumbo, based on the life of the blacklisted Hollywood Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. On the opening night, Redgrave dedicated his performance to the memory of his niece Natasha Richardson who had died earlier that week in a skiing accident.

2002

He wrote a play called Blunt Speaking, in which he performed at the Minerva Theatre (a second stage of the Chichester Festival Theatre) between 23 July - 10 August 2002. (review The Mail on Sunday, 28 July 2002)

2005

In 2005, Redgrave had just finished an engagement playing the lead in King Lear with the Royal Shakespeare Company in London when he suffered a severe heart attack. In 2008, he returned to the stage in a highly praised portrayal of Oscar Wilde in the one-man-play De Profundis. In 2009, he starred in Trumbo, which opened only hours after the death of his niece, Natasha Richardson.

2010

His ex-wife Deirdre died of cancer in 1997. His sister Lynn Redgrave died of breast cancer on 2 May 2010, less than a month after her brother. Kika Markham's memoir of her husband, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave, was published in 2014.

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