Lynn Redgrave: 1943-2010

Actress Lynn Redgrave attends the NY Academy Awards celebration for Director Sidney Lumet's honorary academy award on Feb. 23, 2005, in New York. Redgrave, an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty who became a 1960s sensation as the freethinking title character of "Georgy Girl" and later dramatized her troubled past in such one-woman stage performances, has died, it was announced by her family on Monday, May 3 2010. She was 67.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave attends the 2009 New York Film Critic's Circle Awards at Crimson on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, in New York. Redgrave, an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty who became a 1960s sensation as the freethinking title character of "Georgy Girl" and later dramatized her troubled past in such one-woman stage performances, has died, it was announced by her family on Monday, May 3 2010. She was 67.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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British actress Lynn Redgrave, 22, is shown in the title role in a movie scene from "Georgy Girl" at Shepperton Studios, Middlesex, England, on Dec. 8, 1965.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Lynn Redgrave is seen during her Broadway debut in "Black Comedy" at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Feb. 5, 1967, in New York.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Sisters Vanessa, left, and Lynn Redgrave attend the post-Oscar party at the annual Academy Awards, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on April 10, 1967. Both actresses were nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Vanessa for her role in "Morgan," her younger sister Lynn for "Georgy Girl."

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave applies makeup prior to the bar scene at Martell's Bar during the on-location filming of "The Happy Hooker" in New York on Dec. 4, 1974.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Lynn Redgrave is shown at Sardi's restaurant in New York on Nov. 11, 1976.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Vanessa Redgrave, bottom right, and Lynn Redgrave, left, pose with their niece Jemma Redgrave during previews of their play "Three Sisters" in London's West End Queens Theater on Dec. 5, 1990.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave arrives at the Gershwin Theater in New York for the 46th annual Tony Awards on June 1, 1992.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Lynn Redgrave holds her award for Best Suporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in "Gods & Monsters" during the 56th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 24, 1999.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave arrives for the 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards, Sunday, May 22, 2005, in New York.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actresses Vanessa Redgrave, left, and her sister, Lynn Redgrave, attend the premiere of Merchant Ivory's "The White Countess" at the Paris Theatre on Nov. 21, 2005, in New York. The movie starred Vanessa's daughter, the late Natasha Richardson.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave attends the National Arts Club Medal of Honor presentation at the National Arts Club on Dec. 20, 2005, in New York.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave attends The Actors Fund of America annual gala at Cipriani's 42nd street on May 8, 2006, in New York.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave arrives for the 60th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sunday, June 11, 2006. Redgrave was nominated as leading actress in a play for her work in "Well."

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actors Bernadette Peters, left, Brian Stokes Mitchell, center, and Lynn Redgrave attend the special sneak peek VIP reception of Animal Haven Soho on Dec. 12, 2006, in New York.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave attends the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Presents "Nothing Like a Dame" 2007 after party at John's Pizza on March 19, 2007, in New York.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave and director Joseph Hardy arrive to the opening night performance of the play titled "The Year of Magical Thinking," New York on March 29, 2007. Redgrave's sister, actress Vanessa Redgrave, plays the part of Joan Didion, who wrote the script based on her memoir.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Daisy Bevan, her mother, Joely Richardson, Carlo Gabriel Nero, Lynn Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave exit after the opening night of "The Year of Magical Thinking" at the Booth theater on March 29, 2007, in New York. Richardson is Vanessa's daughter and Lynn's niece.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actresses and sisters Lynn Redgrave, left, and Vanessa Redgrave arrives at the premiere of "Evening" on Monday, June 11, 2007, in New York.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist Nora Ephron, left, and actress Lynn Redgrave attend a lunch in honor of "The Jane Austen Book Club" at the Brasserie Ruhlmann on Sept. 10, 2007, in New York.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave attends the premiere of "Australia" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on Nov. 24, 2008.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave attends the 2009 New York Film Critic's Circle Awards on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, in New York.

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67
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Actress Lynn Redgrave takes a turn as Queen Elizabeth I, as four-time Tony Award winning costume designer William Ivey Long looks on. Redgrave starred n the leading role during the opening week of The Lost Colony outdoor drama at Waterside Theatre in Manteo, N.C.

Actress Lynn Redgrave shows off the OBE she recived from Queen Elizabeth II at an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace.