R.I.P - Lynn Redgrave : 1943-2010

The following statement has been released by the family.

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.

Redgrave worked steadily in theater and film throughout her brilliant career, and turned in so many indelible performances that it's impossible to name one as her defining moment.

Redgrave's vivacious willingness to work brought her into some interesting projects. I'll never forget watching her as Xaviera Hollander in THE HAPPY HOOKER at a woefully inappropriate age; even though the film was quite awful (while failing to deliver on the smutty promise of the material), Redgrave somehow managed to emerge from the debacle cheerfully unscathed. This was one of her gifts: though she appeared in a number of terrible films, she was never terrible in them.