During her career (1938-1997), she made 13 feature films and 47 television series, in addition to many plays.
She and her three children appeared in films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture: Tom Jones (1936), A Man for All Seasons (1966), and Out of Africa 1985. She also appeared with them in films such as The Virgin Soldiers (1969), The Charge of the Light Bridage (1968), and George Girl (1966).
Mother of actress and producer Vanessa Redgrave, actress Lynn Redgrave, and actor Corin Redgrave, and grandmother of actress and producer Natasha Richardson, actress and producer Joely Richardson, writer, director and producer Carlo Gabriel Nero, and actress Jemma Redgrave.