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Also Known As Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave
Born March 20, 1908 • Bristol • England
Died March 21, 1985 (aged 77) • Denham • England
Notable Family Members daughter Vanessa Redgrave • daughter Lynn Redgrave

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(From left) Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, and Paul Lukas in The Lady Vanishes (1938).
Poster from Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938), starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, and Dame May Whitty.
Learn about Lynn Redgrave's tribute to her late father, actor Sir Michael Redgrave through her one-woman play “Shakespeare for My Father”
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