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Natasha Richardson's death is terribly, terribly sad. I knew she was far too young, but I didn't realize she was as painfully young as 45.
My earliest memory of her is as Violet Hunter in the Granada TV adaptation of "The Copper Beeches" with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. I doubt I saw the episode when it first aired in the U.S. but I have quite a clear memory of watching it at my parents' house and being impressed by her screen presence. The whole episode is up on YouTube:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
She's excellent in Blow Dry, a movie about the world of competitive hairdressing which also features Alan Rickman. It has a Full Monty sort of appeal... though there is a sad cast to it, involving her character, so if you're mourning her it might be a painful one to watch right now. (In several threads I've read over the past few days, Liam Neeson fans have declared moratoria on watching Love Actually. Because ow.)
In Nell her character is overshadowed by Jodie Foster as a semi-feral young woman, but it's a thoughtful performance and I recall people who know about these things being very impressed with her accent - a toned-down-for-"professionalism"-rural-Southern one.
My earliest memory of her is as Violet Hunter in the Granada TV adaptation of "The Copper Beeches" with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. I doubt I saw the episode when it first aired in the U.S. but I have quite a clear memory of watching it at my parents' house and being impressed by her screen presence. The whole episode is up on YouTube:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
She's excellent in Blow Dry, a movie about the world of competitive hairdressing which also features Alan Rickman. It has a Full Monty sort of appeal... though there is a sad cast to it, involving her character, so if you're mourning her it might be a painful one to watch right now. (In several threads I've read over the past few days, Liam Neeson fans have declared moratoria on watching Love Actually. Because ow.)
In Nell her character is overshadowed by Jodie Foster as a semi-feral young woman, but it's a thoughtful performance and I recall people who know about these things being very impressed with her accent - a toned-down-for-"professionalism"-rural-Southern one.
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