Corin Redgrave

Corin Redgrave is one of those figures I find compelling precisely because he refused to stay in one lane. An English actor of obvious pedigree, brother to Vanessa, he could have coasted on the family name alone, yet he poured just as much of himself into left-wing politics, even co-founding a Marxist party with his sister. To me that conviction is what makes him memorable. Acting and activism can sit uneasily together, but he carried both with seriousness until his death in 2010. I respect a performer who treated his beliefs as more than a press release, and who let principle cost him comfort.

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Name (English)

Corin Redgrave

Name (Japanese)

コリン・レッドグレイヴ

Reading

こりん・れっどぐれいゔ

Born

July 16, 1939 – April 6, 2010

Origin

Marylebone, United Kingdom

Occupation

writer / playwright / political activist / stage actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

University

King's College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corin%20Redgrave
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380884

Tags

• writer
• playwright
• political activist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.