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Article: NATASHA RICHARDSON
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2009
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Member of celebrated acting family who found success on stage and
screen
Natasha Richardson had a versatile talent that enabled her to
triumph in plays by Ibsen, Chekhov and ONeill as well as musicals,
farces and contemporary drama. She had a penchant for playing edgy,
volatile women with unsuspected complexities notable portrayals
included the title roles in the play Anna Christie and the film
Patty Hearst, and the heroines of The Seagull, Suddenly Last Summer,
Zelda [Fitzgerald], Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire. She had a
distinguished pedigree as part of a great theatrical dynasty her
parents were the actress Vanessa Redgrave and the director Tony
Richardson, her aunt was Lynn ...