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Ralph Fiennes honors Vanessa Redgrave and Natasha Richardson at Harper's Bazaar Women Of The Year Awards
"I was blessed to know your daughter", Fiennes tells award-winner Vanessa Redgrave
The Evening Standard UK
Felix Allen
08.09.09
Ralph Fiennes paid an emotional tribute to the late Natasha Richardson when he presented an award to the actress's mother Vanessa Redgrave.
The Oscar-winning film star and veteran of the London stage was honoured with a lifetime achievement award in Harper's Bazaar magazine's Women Of The Year Awards last night.
Fiennes, who presented the award at a ceremony at the Dorchester hotel, said he was “blessed” to have known Redgrave's daughter, who suffered fatal head injuries on a ski-slope in Canada in March.
He said: “If I think of a woman of truth, of loyalty, of integrity, of passion, of compassion, a woman with a great heart and a woman of all elements, I think of Vanessa Redgrave.
“And if I just think of a fantastic, beautiful, sexy woman, I think of Vanessa.
“You might think I'm a bit in love but I'm just a fan and a friend, and if I am it's because of a great friendship I shared with Natasha and through that great friendship I've got to know Vanessa.
“Natasha was imbued with so many of your fantastic qualities as well as many of her own, and I feel blessed to have had that friendship, and thus through that friendship to have known Vanessa.”
Last month Richardson's husband Liam Neeson revealed he had become a US citizen because of the warmth of reaction from the American public following the tragedy.
The Evening Standard UK
Felix Allen
08.09.09
Ralph Fiennes paid an emotional tribute to the late Natasha Richardson when he presented an award to the actress's mother Vanessa Redgrave.
The Oscar-winning film star and veteran of the London stage was honoured with a lifetime achievement award in Harper's Bazaar magazine's Women Of The Year Awards last night.
Fiennes, who presented the award at a ceremony at the Dorchester hotel, said he was “blessed” to have known Redgrave's daughter, who suffered fatal head injuries on a ski-slope in Canada in March.
He said: “If I think of a woman of truth, of loyalty, of integrity, of passion, of compassion, a woman with a great heart and a woman of all elements, I think of Vanessa Redgrave.
“And if I just think of a fantastic, beautiful, sexy woman, I think of Vanessa.
“You might think I'm a bit in love but I'm just a fan and a friend, and if I am it's because of a great friendship I shared with Natasha and through that great friendship I've got to know Vanessa.
“Natasha was imbued with so many of your fantastic qualities as well as many of her own, and I feel blessed to have had that friendship, and thus through that friendship to have known Vanessa.”
Last month Richardson's husband Liam Neeson revealed he had become a US citizen because of the warmth of reaction from the American public following the tragedy.
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Permalink Reply by Sandra Conti on -
Thank you for posting this. In the spring I will go to the hospital grounds to place flowers and up to the Sacred Heart Chapel to light a candle for she and the family and friends. I will never forget the day I found out about the accident, and I will always remember her there. She would've liked the park across the street. It borders the river and is full of weeping willows and white birch. There's a winding little stream, and a wooden bridge to cross over it. There are ducks and multiple songbirds-- and picnic tables. There's a children's park and a ball park as well.
Perhaps her spirit will find it and find peace there. S.
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