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Actress injured in ski accident; SHOWBIZ: Fears for the health of Natasha Richardson.


Byline: By Tom Morgan

RELATIVES of Natasha Richardson said they were "very concerned"

today after the actress suffered a serious head injury while skiing.

She was injured at a resort in Canada yesterday and was later transferred to a Montreal hospital.

Her husband, actor Liam Neeson, flew from filming in Toronto to be with his wife, following the incident, it was reported.

Kika Markham Kika Markham (born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, UK 1942) is the daughter of the English actor David Markham.

She has led a long career in the cinema, television, and theatre as a respected actress.
, the wife of Richardson's uncle, Corin Redgrave Corin William Redgrave (born 16 July 1939) is an English actor.

He is the son of actor Sir Michael Redgrave and actress Rachel Kempson (Lady Redgrave) and represents the third generation of an acting dynasty that now includes his daughter Jemma Redgrave in the fourth
, said: "We know she has had an accident but we really do not know any more details. We are very concerned."

She said the family wanted to be left alone. She added: "Corin has got a show tonight.

"He has had heart problems."

The 45-year-old, who is the daughter ofOscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. She is also a social activist for human rights.  and the late director Tony Richardson, was initially taken to a hospital near the luxury Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec.

She was later moved to Montreal's Sacre Coeur Hospital, the website People.com reported.

Richardson's accident came after a British police officer was killed in an accident at a French ski resort.

PC Michael Probert, 42, was skiing with his wife and friends when he was killed in a fall in the Alpe d'Huez Alpe d'Huez is a famous ski resort 1850 metres / 3330 metres (6,069 ft / 10,924 ft) high. Alpe d'Huez was and still is a mountain pasture in the Central French Alps, located on the territory of the commune of Huez, in the Isère département.  resort.

Richardson and Neeson have two sons.

She won a Tony award for best actress in a musical in 1998 for her role in Cabaret.

Her film credits have included The Parent Trap and The Handmaid's Tale.

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Natasha Richardson and her husband Liam Neeson, above. Below, pictured at a red carpet event in 1998.
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Date:Mar 17, 2009
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