Lynn Redgrave: a life in pictures

Lynn Redgrave in the 1960s
Photograph: Michael Ward/Rex Features

James Mason and Lynn Redgrave in Georgy Girl
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Columbia

Sisters Vanessa, left, and Lynn Redgrave attend the post-Oscar party at the annual Academy Awards, in in 1967. Both actors were nominated for a best actress Oscar, Vanessa for her role in Morgan, her younger sister Lynn for Georgy Girl
Photograph: AP

Actress Lynn Redgrave applies make up prior to the bar scene at Martell's Bar during filming on location of The Happy Hooker, in New York in 1974
Photograph: Dave Pickoff/AP

Sisters Vanessa (left) and Lynn Redgrave with Vanessa's daughter Joely Richardson (right) in 1990
Photograph: Malcolm Croft/PA

Lynn Redgrave and Geoffrey Rush in the 1996 film Shine
Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Lynn Redgrave portraying Hanna in the film Gods and Monsters for which she was nominated for an Oscar for best performance by an actress in a supporting role
Photograph: Anne Fishbein/Lion's Gate Films

Lynn Redgrave holds her award for best supporting actress for her role in Gods and Monsters during the 56th annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, in 1999
Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Lynn Redgrave in 1999
Photograph: Rex Features

Lynn Redgrave and Peter Egan in Noises Off at the Piccadilly theatre in 2001
Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Actress Lynn Redgrave listens to a reporter's question about the voice-over animated film The Wild Thornberrys Movie in 2002
Photograph: J.p. Moczulski/AFP/Getty Images