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name: "Rachel Kempson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rachel-kempson"
fi1m_id: "rachel-kempson"
imdb_id: "nm0447499"
tmdb_id: 10653
wikidata_id: "Q289364"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 May 1910"
died: "24 May 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T11:18:21.678249+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rachel Kempson

## Identity

Rachel Kempson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rachel-kempson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rachel-kempson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0447499
- **TMDB ID:** 10653
- **Wikidata ID:** Q289364
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Kempson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289364, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10653

Actor. Born 28 May 1910 in Dartmouth, Devon, England, UK. Died 24 May 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 May 1910, Dartmouth, Devon, England, UK
- **Died:** 24 May 2003
- **Active:** 1963–1989
- **Also known as:** Lady Rachel Kempson
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 1980s 72 (3)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 2, Romance 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $228m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Kempson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289364, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10653

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Out of Africa*](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rachel Kempson was an English actress. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made her professional stage debut in 1933 at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. She appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company and other theatre companies, and worked regularly with her husband, the actor Michael Redgrave, whom she married in 1935.

Her film roles included Bridget Allworthy in *Tom Jones* (1963), Mrs Stoddard in *Grand Prix* (1966), Ellen Leamington in *Georgy Girl* (1966), Mrs Codrington in *The Charge of the Light Brigade* (1968), Lady Lorradaile in *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1980) and Lady Belfield in *Out of Africa* (1985). She also appeared in television productions including *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979) and *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984).

Kempson and Redgrave had three children: Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave, all actors. She died in 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *She's Been Away* (1989), Fi1m 76, as Matilda — [page](https://film.one/film/shes-been-away.md)
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Fi1m 54, as Lady Belfield — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984), Fi1m 85, as Lady Manners — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-jewel-in-the-crown.md)
- *Tom Jones* (1963), Fi1m 74, as Bridget — [page](https://film.one/film/tom-jones.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Déjà Vu* (1998), as Skelly's Mother
- *Uncle Vanya* (1991), as Mariya Vasilyevna
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Mariya Vasilyevna
- *For the Greater Good* (1991), series, as Dame Margaret Delysia
- *Lorna Doone* (1990), as Lady Dugal
- *She's Been Away* (1989), as Matilda — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/shes-been-away.md)
- *Stealing Heaven* (1988), as Prioress
- *Worlds Beyond* (1986), series, as Alice Pearcy
- *Out of Africa* (1985), as Lady Belfield — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *The Black Tower* (1985), series, as Grace Willison
- *Camille* (1984), as Hortense
- *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984), series, as Lady Manners — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-jewel-in-the-crown.md)
- *The Boxwallah* (1982), as Amelia
- *Blunt Instrument* (1981), as Mrs. Miller
- *Jude* (1980), as Louisa
- *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1980), as Lady Lorradaile
- *Kate: The Good Neighbour* (1980), as Kate Dawson
- *Sweet Wine of Youth* (1979), as Mrs Brooke
- *The Winter Ladies* (1979), as Miss Ives
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Mrs Mason, Nell Bridges
- *Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill* (1974), series, as Duchess of Marlborough
- *Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill* (1974), as Duchess of Marlborough
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Mrs. Brooke
- *Breeze Anstey* (1972), as Miss Wills
- *Country Matters* (1972), series, as Miss Wills
- *The House on Highbury Hill* (1972), as Mrs. Anderson
- *The Grass Widows* (1971), as Mrs. Augusthorpe
- *Elizabeth R* (1971), series, as Kat Ashley
- *Jane Eyre* (1970), as Mrs. Fairfax
- *It’s Too Late Now* (1970), as Sarah
- *Tales of Unease* (1970), series, as Sarah
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Mrs. Anderson, Louisa
- *Suspect* (1969), as Phyllis Segal
- *The Virgin Soldiers* (1969), as Mrs Raskin
- *Two Gentlemen Sharing* (1969), as Mrs. Ashby-Kydd
- *A Touch of Love* (1969), as Sister Harvey
- *W. Somerset Maugham* (1969), series, as Jane Fowler
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Celia Lavender
- *The Expert* (1968), series, as Miss Daley
- *The Charge of the Light Brigade* (1968), as Mrs Codrington
- *Sleeping Dog* (1967), as Lady Caroline
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Phyllis Segal, Miss Ives, Amelia
- *The Jokers* (1967), as Mrs. Tremayne
- *Death of a Teddy Bear* (1967), as Eve
- *Grand Prix* (1966), as Mrs. Stoddard
- *Georgy Girl* (1966), as Ellen Leamington
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Fraulein von Kesten, Mrs. Whitefield, Ruth Wilcox, Miss Trafalgar Gower
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Miss Winton, Caroline
- *Curse of the Fly* (1965), as Madame Fournier
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Phyllis Brendon
- *The Third Secret* (1964), as Mildred Hoving
- *Tom Jones* (1963), as Bridget — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tom-jones.md)
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Mary Racey, Lady Byass
- *Colonel March of Scotland Yard* (1956), series, as Helen Rune
- *The Sea Shall Not Have Them* (1954), as Mrs. Waltby
- *A Woman's Vengeance* (1948), as Emily Maurier
- *The Captive Heart* (1946), as Celia Mitchell

## Gallery

- ![Rachel Kempson](https://film.one/media/person/118373/gallery-394001766c9f.jpg) Rachel Kempson — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Rachel_Kempson_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Rachel_Kempson_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rachel Kempson](https://film.one/media/person/118373/gallery-d97c30065891.jpg) Rachel Kempson — Image via TMDB

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