VANESSA REDGRAVE - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/06/1971 - HFSID 189620

VANESSA REDGRAVE
Vanessa Redgrave sends a typed letter of thanks for the review of Trojan Women.
Typed Letter Signed: "Vanessa", 1p, 7x9 on personal letter head. No place, 1971 October 6. Addressed to Mr. L. Arnold Weissberger, New York, New York. In full: "Many thanks for the review of TROJAN WOMEN. I haven't seen the film yet, but don't expect much of it. All the best to you. Remember me to your mother. Love" British-born stage, screen and television actress Vanessa Redgrave (born in London in 1937) won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award and Golden Globe for Julia (1977), and she has been nominated for Best Actress Oscars for Morgan! (1966), Isadora (1968), Mary, Queen of Scotts (1971), The Bostonians (1984) and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Howards End (1992). She also won the 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress for the revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night. Redgrave, who made her stage debut in 1957 and her film debut in 1958, became a distinguished member of the Stratford-Upon-Avon Theater Company before returning to films in 1966 in A Man For All Seasons. Redgrave, the daughter of distinguished actor, Sir Michael Redgrave, and sister of actor Corin Redgrave and actress Lynn Redgrave (with whom she appeared in the 1991 remake of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?), was married to director Tony Richardson from 1962 until their divorce in 1967. In addition to her daughters, actresses Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson with Richardson, Redgrave also has a son by Franco Nero, her co-star in the 1967 film, Camelot. Also known for her social activism, Redgrave allegedly refused to be honored as Dame of the Order of the British Empire in 1999. Fold creases through signature. Fine condition.