When Natasha Richardson died, it was widely noted that she belonged to a British acting "dynasty" that included grandparents Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, mother Vanessa, uncle Corin, aunt Lynn and sister Joely.

Though Natasha preferred to think of herself and her famous relatives as working actors, no one could disagree that the Redgraves have earned a regal stature through their work on stage and screen. Here's a look at their accomplishments.

Michael Redgrave:  The patriarch, himself the son of actors, cut his professional teeth performing Shakespeare at the Old Vic in the 1930s. Even as he branched out into TV and film work, including Alfred Hitchock's.

The Lady Vanishes and the movie adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra, for which he earned an Oscar nomination, he remained active on stage into the 1970s. Redgrave also worked as a director and author. His adaptation of Henry James' The Aspern Papers premiered in 1959 the same year he was knighted  and was revived 25 years later with daughter Vanessa.