#tony richardson

Tony Richardson was an English director for both stage and films. He worked for 5 decades, with his best know work “Tom Jones” (1963) starring Albert Finney. The film won 4 Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Score.

In 1962, Richardson married actress Vanessa Redgrave. But there had been gossip that their marriage would not last. Tony Richardson was bisexual.

Even Vanessa’s mother Rachel Kempson expressed doubts, predicting the relationship would last ‘five years at a guess’. She was right.

Kempson spoke from experience… she too married a bisexual. Her husband Michael Redgrave came out to her before their marriage.

Richardson and Redgrave had two daughter, both who would become successful actresses: Natasha Richardson (born 1963), and Joely Richardson (born 1965).

Although Richardson had relationships and one night stands with men outside the marriage, it was his affair with French actress Jeanne Moreau that moved Vanessa to divorce him in 1967.

Richardson never publicly revealed his bisexuality. He died at the age of 63 due to complications from AIDS in 1991.