2:British actress VANESSA REDGRAVE. She's appeared in over 50 films, including "Morgan!", "Blow Up", "Julia" and "Howards End". Her stage work has included Shakespeare, Checkhov, Noel Coward and Tennessee Williams. She comes from a celebrated theater family, and her daughters (Natasha and Joely Richardson) are both actresses. VANESSA REDGRAVE is also well known for her political activism, including support for Nuclear Disarmament and Palestinian causes. Her memoirs have just been published by Random House.
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