USA: Funeral held for actress Natasha Richardson in upstate New York

Record ID: 393419

  • Title: USA: Funeral held for actress Natasha Richardson in upstate New York
  • Date: 23rd March 2009
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - FEBRUARY 26, 2003) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF NATASHA RICHARDSON AT PREMIERE
  • Embargoed: 7th April 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment,Obituaries
  • Reuters ID: LVAVYEQA12EAPSHP328PH6XLQ7J
  • Story Text: Friends and family of Natasha Richardson said a sad farewell to the actress on Sunday (March 22) at a private funeral service in upstate New York.
    The ceremony took place at St Peter's Episcopal Church in Millbrook, where Richardson shared a home with her husband Liam Neeson and their two children.
    Neeson, in a dark suit and sunglasses, was among the pallbearers for his wife's coffin as it was taken inside the building.
    He arrived at the tiny, white clapboard church with his sons Micheal, 13 and Daniel, 12, mother-in-law, Vanessa Redgrave, and sister-in-law, Joely Richardson.
    Also among the mourners were Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman and Laura Linney. Burial was in a nearby cemetery.
    Richardson, 45, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson, suffered a severe injury on Monday (March 16) while she was skiing at the Mont Tremblant resort in Canada, about 75 miles (120 km) north of Montreal.
    The Canadian ski resort said Richardson appeared to be in good condition after falling, but her instructor called a ski patrol to take her to the bottom of the hill. They escorted her back to the hotel and later called an ambulance after noticing she was not well.
    She was flown to New York City from Montreal's Hopital du Sacre-Coeur on Tuesday (March 17).
    Richardson, whose father was director Tony Richardson, followed her family's footsteps into acting.
    Perhaps best known for playing Lindsay Lohan's mother in the 1998 remake of the Disney movie "The Parent Trap," Richardson has been equally at home on New York's Broadway and London's West End. She won a Tony award, Broadway's highest honor, in 1998 for her role in the musical "Cabaret."
    Richardson and Neeson starred together in the Jodie Foster film drama "Nell" and they married in July 1994.
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