Acalis Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0714386/ Natasha Richardson Dies at 45 18 March 2009 5:23 PM, PDT | From IMDb News Acclaimed actress Natasha Richardson, the wife of actor Liam Neeson and daughter of acting legend Vanessa Redgrave, died Wednesday of a critical head injury resulting from a skiing accident; she was 45. Richardson had been taking a beginner's skiing lesson at the Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec when she fell in what appeared to be a minor mishap; the actress was reported to be laughing and joking as she walked back to her room with assistance from her ski instructor. She began to complain of headaches within an hour of the accident, and was taken to a nearby hospital before being transferred to Montreal's Sacre Coeur Hospital. Her husband, Liam Neeson, was in Toronto filming the movie Chloe when he heard of the incident, and rushed to her side. After being pronounced brain dead in Montreal, Richardson was later transferred by plane to New York where she was met by family and friends, who held a vigil at her bedside at Lenox Hill hospital. She was later taken off life support, and passed away early Wednesday evening. Richardson, born into the legendary Redgrave acting family, was the eldest daughter of late Oscar-winning director Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) and Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave, and the granddaughter of famed actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Her aunt was Lynn Redgrave, her uncle Corin Redgrave, and her sister, Joely Richardson, was also an actress, most well-known for her role on the television series Nip/Tuck. Trained primarily for the stage, Natasha made small appearances in television films before making an auspicious screen debut as Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's Gothic, the fascinatingly lurid tale of how Shelley came to write the classic novel Frankenstein during a nightmarish weekend at Lord Byron's country estate with her husband, her cousin, and Byron himself. Roles in independent films such as Patty Hearst (where she played the title character), The Handmaid's Tale, and The Comfort of Strangers followed in the late '80s and early '90s. In 1993, she starred opposite Neeson in the Broadway revival of Anna Christie, where both received Tony nominations; though neither took home an award, they fell in love and married in 1994, the same year they also appeared together in the film Nell opposite Jodie Foster. In 1998, Richardson appeared onscreen as the mother of identical twins (played by Lindsay Lohan) in the remake The Parent Trap, and won a Tony award on Broadway as Sally Bowles in the revival of Cabaret. Her work in film afterward varied from smaller films like Asylum and Evening (in which she appeared with her mother) to bigger-budget Hollywood comedies like Maid in Manhattan and Wild Child, and her theater career continued to be impressive, with turns in the original Broadway production of Closer, Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea, and Tennesee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, where she played the iconic Blanche DuBois. Most recently, she had appeared with mother Vanessa in a one-night benefit concert of Sondheim's A Little Night Music, which had prompted rumors of a potential Broadway run. She also appeared as a guest judge in the most recent season of reality show Top Chef. Richardson had two sons with Neeson, her second husband; she was married to producer Robert Fox from 1990-1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aartemys Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 This is so sad...she was so young & what a wonderful actress. She will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 The shocking thing is she was fine immediately after. Just goes to show how easily these things happen. Rest in Peace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 If I ever become famous I am never going skiing. Mike Kennedy and Sonny Bono went the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Alot of celebrities died in plane crashes. Gonna avoid planes too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Alot of celebrities died in plane crashes. Gonna avoid planes too? They all died in SMALL plane crashes, have you ever heard of a single celebrity dying on a 747? I'm avoiding charter planes and private jobs like the devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signal08 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 many more people die in skiing and plane crashes... you just dont hear about them because they arent celebrities... so fuck the normal people right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acalis Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 They all died in SMALL plane crashes, have you ever heard of a single celebrity dying on a 747? I'm avoiding charter planes and private jobs like the devil. Wasn't there a celebrity or someone famous on board one of the four 9/11 planes that crashed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Wasn't there a celebrity or someone famous on board one of the four 9/11 planes that crashed? If there was then this is the first I've heard about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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