Remembering Lynn Redgrave

This is very sad news: Lynn Redgrave has died at the age of 67 after a long battle with breast cancer.

Miss Redgrave won the Golden Globe Award and earned the second Oscar nomination of her career for her memorable performance as Ian McKellen’s no-nonsense housekeeper in Gods and Monsters.

The New York Times reports:

Ms. Redgrave, the daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and sister of Vanessa Redgrave, recently presented her autobiographical one-woman show “Nightingale” at the Manhattan Theater Club. In an interview with The New York Times she said that the piece had come to her in the clarity she found after undergoing a mastectomy and chemotherapy for breast cancer in 2003. During preparations for the show Ms. Redgrave said she had undergone treatment at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and that her cancer was Stage IV, meaning that it had spread to other organs.

In a statement, the Redgrave family wrote:

Our beloved mother Lynn Rachel passed away peacefully after a seven-year journey with breast cancer. She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before. The endless memories she created as a mother, grandmother, writer, actor and friend will sustain us for the rest of our lives. Our entire family asks for privacy through this difficult time.

Ms. Redgrave is survived by a son, Ben, and daughters Pema and Annabel. The family said a private funeral will be held later this week.