Vanessa Redgrave was born on 30 January 1937 in Blackheath, ... (1977), she starred in the title role as a woman murdered by the Nazi German regime in the years prior to World War II for her anti-Fascist activism. Her co-star in the film was Jane Fonda (playing writer Lillian Hellman). In her 2005 autobiography, Fonda wrote that:

The Gathering Storm: Directed by Richard Loncraine. With Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Linus Roache. Winston Churchill's wilderness years prior to World War II, when only he could see the threat that Adolf Hitler and a rearmed Germany posed to Europe.

The film, directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Larry Ramin and Hugh Whitemore, stars Albert Finney as Churchill and Vanessa Redgrave as his wife Clementine Churchill ("Clemmie").

Playing for Time is a 1980 CBS television film, written by Arthur Miller and based on acclaimed musician Fania Fénelon 's autobiography The Musicians of Auschwitz. Vanessa Redgrave stars as Fénelon.

Nov 17, 2011 · Yanks, WWII movie starring Richard Gere and Vanessa Redgrave (1979) From early 1942 on, the “Yanks” came over to Britain to fly out of their airfields and then, as portrayed in this movie, as the build-up of troops prior to the Normandy landings.

Apr 24, 2002 · The movie depicts the couple’s combative yet affectionate and supportive relationship during the years leading up to World War II, when Churchill (played by Albert Finney) was out of power but...

Aug 29, 2018 · Redgrave said even her first attempt at acting, in an amateur play when she was just 6 years old, has a political motive: She hoped to raise money to help the British Navy fight Germany in...

All That I Am: Directed by Kate Dennis. With Evan Rachel Wood, Rufus Sewell, Vanessa Redgrave, Eliza Scanlen. In the lead up to World War II a group of young German exiles risk their lives to warn others about the threat of Hitler and Nazi Germany.

Apr 25, 2002 · A love story and a tale of political redemption frame two engaging performances by Albert Finney and Vanessa Redgrave in "The Gathering Storm," a detailed look at Winston Churchill's determined...

Jan 3, 2008 · Vanessa REDGRAVE was 3 years old during the evacuation of Dunkirk, the 1940 rescue operation of British and French troops that is portrayed to gripping effect -- via a …