She was quite an actress with a unique pedigree, and now Natasha Richardson has died at age 45 from injuries sustained in a skiing accident in Canada.
Her mom is Vanessa Redgrave. Her dad, the late Tony Richardson. Her sister, Joely Richardson. Her aunt, Lynn Redgrave. And Liam Neeson, whom she’d met during the filming of Nell, was her husband.
Notable films:
Patty Hearst (1988)
Fat Man and Little Boy (1988)
The Handmaid’s Tale (1990)
Nell (1994)
Waking up in Reno (2002)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
If you haven’t seen it, The Handmaid’s Tale is very good, a bit underrated. It’s a sci-fi piece about a distant future in which most women are barren, so those who can bear kids are coveted by rich folks. Richardson is the handmaid to Robert Duvall. Faye Dunaway is Duvall’s jealous, seething wife, and Aidan Quinn is the handsome lad who takes a fancy to the virtual-prisoner Richardson.
