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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

RIP Natasha Richardson (1963-2009)

Tragic news.

Actress Natasha Richardson dies after skiing accident...

The daughter of acting legend Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson wife of actor Liam Neeson died

She had suffered a traumatic brain injury in a skiing accident in Canada on Monday, March 16, and was later transported to New York, where she passed away at age 45.

In a statement, Richardson's family said, "Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha. They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time."

Richardson made her feature film debut as Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's 1986 flick Gothic. Then director Paul Schrader cast her in the title role for Patty Hearst

A Month in the Country, Roland Joffé's Fat Man and Little Boy and The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish, featuring Bob Hoskins and Jeff Goldblum followed.

Her performance in Volker Schlöndorff's The Handmaid's Tale and Schrader's The Comfort of Strangers, earned a London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress of 1990; Widows' Peak co-starring Mia Farrow and Joan Plowright, she received the Best Actress Award at the 1994 Karlovy Vary Festival.

In 1995 she co-starred with Jodie Foster and hubby Neeson in Nell.

In 1998, she lightened things up with Dennis Quaid for The Parent Trap remake co-staring Lindsay Lohan--who remembers Parent Trap Mum ...

Other big screen work included Blow Dry, Ethan Hawke's Chelsea Walls, the rom-com Maid in Manhattan, and Evening. Her final film was Wild Child last year....

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