ACTING WORLD'S LATEST REDGRAVE HAS BRITISH TAKE ON DR. QUINN.Byline: New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. You've heard of the Redgrave sisters: Vanessa and Lynn. Then, there's their father, Sir Michael, and Vanessa's acting daughters, Natasha and Joely Richardson Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress. Biography Early life Richardson was born in London to a theatrical family, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and late director Tony Richardson, the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave . Now meet Jemma Redgrave Jemma Redgrave (born 14 January 1965) is an English actress. Born in London, she is the daughter of actor Corin Redgrave and is the niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave. She has a brother Luke Redgrave and two half-brothers Arden and Harvey Redgrave. - England's answer to Dr. Quinn. Redgrave stars in ``Bramwell,'' a four-part ``Masterpiece Theatre'' series that concludes at 9 p.m. Sunday on PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, (Channel 28). The British actress plays a Victorian-era doctor who perseveres through the prejudices of the time, much like our own homespun frontier doc, CBS' Michaela Quinn This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . ``She's very complex, and contradictory. She's so courageous, bold and unconventional for her time,'' says Redgrave of her character, Dr. Eleanor Bramwell. ``And, she's vulnerable. She's naive about men and relationships.'' ``Bramwell'' runs as a regular TV series in England; here, new episodes of the series will run as another four-part series, slated for the fall. The daughter of actor Corin Redgrave (Vanessa's brother) and his wife, Deidre, Redgrave says she knew from an early age she wanted to act. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. - it's in the genetic code, I guess,'' she says. There were trepidations. ``The only reservations I had about acting is that I didn't know whether I had an aptitude for it,'' she says. Until, that is, she received ``incredible notices'' for her stage debut, in a play called ``Easter,'' and her mind was set at ease. ``Then I felt absolutely sure that I wasn't going to embarrass my family,'' she says. Now, how would she feel if her son Gabriel, now 2, decided to follow in the footsteps of the theatrical Redgrave family, rather than in those of her husband, Tim, a lawyer? ``I think I'd just try and encourage him - and give him a few phone numbers,'' she says, laughing. |
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