Dita Parlo

. Redgrave was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, although she later became an American citizen. She appeared in only three films during the last thirty years of her life making her final film appearance in 1965. She has written a play, The Mandrake Root, in which she will star if her cancer treatments allow. With the outbreak of World War II, Parlo returned to Germany. Recently, Redgrave announced that she has breast cancer. She was scheduled to appear in the Orson Welles production of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness but this did not eventuate. The assistant eventually married, then divorced, Redgrave and Clark's son Benjamin.

She attempted to establish a career in American films but despite a couple of roles in Hollywood films, was unable to extend her European success. In 2000, Redgrave divorced her husband of 33 years, producer John Clark, when it was revealed that he had fathered a child with his assistant. During the 1930s she moved easily between German and French language films, achieving success in such films as L'Atalante (1934) and La Grande Illusion (The Grand Illusion) (1937). In 1998 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Gods and Monsters. Born Grethe Gerda Kornstädt in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) Parlo made her first film appearance in 1928 and quickly became a popular actress in Germany. From 1979 to 1981, she starred in the American television series House Calls. Dita Parlo (September 4, 1906 - December 13, 1971) was a film actress. Other films include The Happy Hooker, Every Little Crook and Nanny, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask), The Big Bus, Sunday Lovers and Morgan Stewart's Coming Home.

". She has twice been nominated for Tony Awards. Its title track commences with the line "My name is Dita, I'll be your mistress tonight.. She has worked on television, the London stage, and Broadway. Madonna, said to have been fascinated by Parlo, took her name for the character she created for her Sex book and Erotica album. In 1966 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Georgy Girl. Lynn Redgrave's first film role was in a small part in Tom Jones in 1963.

She is the aunt of Natasha Richardson, Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave. Her parents are Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, her brother is Corin Redgrave and her sister is Vanessa Redgrave. Born Lynn Rachel Redgrave in London, she is a member of the famous acting Redgrave family. Lynn Redgrave (born March 8, 1943) is a British actress.