# Actress Lynn Redgrave has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155 "2010-05-03T15:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/21 "2010-05-03T17:31:48Z")
Sad news. I really, really liked Lynn and thought she was terrifically talented. I feel bad for the whole family. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/22 "2010-05-03T18:17:58Z")
R.I.P., Lynn ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/23 "2010-05-03T18:21:25Z")
I liked watching her in the television series “House Calls” with Wayne Rogers. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/24 "2010-05-03T19:12:01Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I liked watching her in the television series “House Calls” with Wayne Rogers. I planned to post the same thing. I know “theatre royalty” and all, but when that show was on I knew her from that and she’d make talk show appearances and was funny and engaging. RIP ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/25 "2010-05-03T19:13:58Z")
I’m going to Tivo \*Georgy Girl. \*Haven’t seen it since the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/26 "2010-05-03T20:05:45Z")
Yeah, I remember her from “House Calls” as well, and I remember seeing \*Georgy Girl \* back in the late 60s. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/27 "2010-05-03T20:20:36Z")
How odd- I was just talking about her this morning. (Though I doubt there’s a direct causal link.) ## Very charming person. I met her when she stayed in a hotel where I worked while she was performing at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Totally un-glamorous- she came to the desk in a bathrobe and no makeup and her hair in a shower cap- “I’m really desperate for a hair dryer dear and I left mine at home and there’s not one in my room, could you swing one?” I apologized for there not being one in her room and she said “No problem, while you round one up I’ll be pigging out at the breakfast bar” and she went over to the breakfast buffet and chatted with other guests and employees, none of whom recognized her and all of whom seemed charmed by this slightly eccentric English lady eating in her shower cap and bathrobe. She always seemed a class act. Her ex husband is a douche- used to have- probably still does- a “Why my wife is a bitch for kicking me out and taking our house just because I knocked up our daughter-in-law” site but it’d be interesting to see what he has to say. RIP Georgy Girl. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/28 "2010-05-04T00:25:58Z")
[Her ex-husband’s blog](http://www.johnclarkprose.com/) for those who are morbidly curious. He takes a day off from obsessively bashing her and their kids and her family to mourn her. (When Natasha Richardson died he wrote how stupid she was to take up skiing at 45.) Poor Vanessa- a daughter, a brother and a sister in 1 year. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/29 "2010-05-04T17:04:19Z")
I didn’t see a thread for Lynn Redgrave, so thought she was worthy of a fond farewell. A solid actress who did some fine work. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/30 "2010-05-04T17:24:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I didn’t see a thread for Lynn Redgrave, so thought she was worthy of a fond farewell. A solid actress who did some fine work. WTF? I did a “lynn redgrave” search of the forum and nothing came up. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/31 "2010-05-04T17:27:33Z")
@ Sampiro: What a lovely anecdote! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/32 "2010-05-04T17:28:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > WTF? I did a “lynn redgrave” search of the forum and nothing came up. It happens. Anyway I’ve moved your post into this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/33 "2010-05-04T17:43:41Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [Her ex-husband’s blog](http://www.johnclarkprose.com/) for those who are morbidly curious. He takes a day off from obsessively bashing her and their kids and her family to mourn her. (When Natasha Richardson died he wrote how stupid she was to take up skiing at 45.) > > Poor Vanessa- a daughter, a brother and a sister in 1 year. I’m so not surprised to hear Lynn was sweet and charming(and eccentric!). She used to pop up on Bill Maher’s _Politically Incorrect_ once in a while and she was a hoot. Good God, John Clark is a first rate douchebag. He should go hide in a cave somewhere and never come back. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/34 "2010-05-04T18:44:50Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [Her ex-husband’s blog](http://www.johnclarkprose.com/) for those who are morbidly curious. He takes a day off from obsessively bashing her and their kids and her family to mourn her. (When Natasha Richardson died he wrote how stupid she was to take up skiing at 45.) I just read it. Oh my God, her ex-husband is a loon. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/35 "2010-05-04T20:11:50Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It happens. Anyway I’ve moved your post into this thread. No worries; just surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/36 "2010-05-04T20:21:49Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I just read it. Oh my God, her ex-husband is a loon. He does come off as a bit “off,” but there were times when Lynn seemed to be a bit “far out” as well, like with her controversy with her TV show. I did like her work professionally, and always loved _Georgey Girl_ ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/37 "2010-05-05T01:33:42Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > ETA: They don’t say how she died yet but she had breast cancer, she was supposedly in remission but maybe not. Unlike some other cancers, there is no expiration date on breast cancer. It can return any time, even decades later. Additionally, even radiotherapy used to treat the cancer can cause subsequent cancers of the lungs, bones, etc. We survivors feel the threat every time we hear of someone dying of recurrence. So sad. Too many women dying too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-lynn-redgrave-has-died/538155/38 "2010-05-05T01:36:56Z")
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