FILE - In this Monday, March 3, 2003 file photo UNICEF goodwill ambassador and British actress Vanessa Redgrave listens to questions at a UNICEF press conference in Berlin. Hollywood's film academy is honoring acting icon Vanessa Redgrave at a star-studded ceremony in London. Meryl Streep, Ralph Fiennes and James Earl Jones are scheduled to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute to Redgrave's 50-year career on Sunday Nov. 13, 2011. A member of a famous British acting dynasty, Redgrave is also known for her left-wing political activism. The 74-year-old actress has been nominated for six Oscars and won for her supporting role as an anti-Nazi activist in 1977's "Julia." (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)
FILE - In this Monday, March 3, 2003 file photo UNICEF goodwill ambassador and British actress Vanessa Redgrave listens to questions at a UNICEF press conference in Berlin. Hollywood's film academy is honoring acting icon Vanessa Redgrave at a star-studded ceremony in London. Meryl Streep, Ralph Fiennes and James Earl Jones are scheduled to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute to Redgrave's 50-year career on Sunday Nov. 13, 2011. A member of a famous British acting dynasty, Redgrave is also known for her left-wing political activism. The 74-year-old actress has been nominated for six Oscars and won for her supporting role as an anti-Nazi activist in 1977's "Julia." (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)
FILE -- In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008 file photo actress Vanessa Redgrave acknowledges the applause for her Hall of Fame prize during the distribution of the DIVA Entertainment Awards 2008 in Munich, southern Germany. Hollywood's film academy is honoring acting icon Vanessa Redgrave at a star-studded ceremony in London. Meryl Streep, Ralph Fiennes and James Earl Jones are scheduled to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute to Redgrave's 50-year career on Sunday Nov. 13, 2011. A member of a famous British acting dynasty, Redgrave is also known for her left-wing political activism. The 74-year-old actress has been nominated for six Oscars and won for her supporting role as an anti-Nazi activist in 1977's "Julia." (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
FILE In this March 24, 1968 file photo actress Vanessa Redgrave and her brother Corin, right, are seen during an anti-Vietnam War rally held in Trafalgar Square, London. Hollywood's film academy is honoring acting icon Vanessa Redgrave at a star-studded ceremony in London. Meryl Streep, Ralph Fiennes and James Earl Jones are scheduled to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute to Redgrave's 50-year career on Sunday Nov. 13, 2011. A member of a famous British acting dynasty, Redgrave is also known for her left-wing political activism. The 74-year-old actress has been nominated for six Oscars and won for her supporting role as an anti-Nazi activist in 1977's "Julia." (AP Photo)
LONDON (AP) ? Hollywood's film academy is honoring acting icon Vanessa Redgrave at a star-studded ceremony in London.
Meryl Streep, Ralph Fiennes and James Earl Jones are scheduled to join Sunday's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute to Redgrave's 50-year career.
A member of a famous British acting dynasty, Redgrave is also known for her left-wing political activism.
The 74-year-old actress has been nominated for six Oscars and won for her supporting role as an anti-Nazi activist in 1977's "Julia."
In her acceptance speech, she praised the academy for not bowing to "Zionist hoodlums" who had objected to the nomination because of her support for the Palestinian cause.
She is currently starring in London's West End alongside Jones in "Driving Miss Daisy."
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