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Word: kempson (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...washed her own hair in midafternoon, then summoned Beverly Hills Coiffeur Carrie White for a comb-out and had her add a cascading fall for greater thickness. The whole business took all of ten minutes. Lynn, meanwhile, puffed up her own do as well as Mum's (Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: The Decline or Fall of Practically Everybody | 4/21/1967 | See Source »

...Michael Redgrave, 58, is a tragedian who ranks only a little lower in English estimation than Sir John Gielgud and Sir Laurence Olivier. Lady Redgrave, who plays as Rachel Kempson, is accounted a superb supporting actress. And over the last year a new generation of Redgraves, who might well be known as "Michael's bloody marvels," has spangled the marquees with a retina-rocking glitter of new talent. Corin, 27, played his first big part (Sir Thomas More's son-in-law) in a big picture (A Man for All Seasons) and charmed the critics with a witty portrait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actresses: Birds of a Father | 3/17/1967 | See Source »

Wearing the crown seems perfectly appropriate for Vanessa; she is a member of the royal family of the English theater. Her father is Sir Michael Redgrave; Lady Redgrave is Actress Rachel Kempson. Her sister and brother are players, as was her grandfather and his father before him. On the night she was born, her career was chosen by Laurence Olivier, who was playing Hamlet to her father's Laertes. Prophesied Olivier in a curtain speech: "Ladies and gentlemen, tonight a lovely new actress has been born. Laertes has a daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actresses: Laertes' Daughter | 5/27/1966 | See Source »

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