Academy to fete Redgrave

The Academy of movement Picture Arts and Sciences will recognition Vanessa Redgrave at its first European tribute for an actor on Sunday working in london, where she's starring with James Earl Johnson within the stage manufacture of "Driving Miss Daisy." The big event, located by scribe David Hare, includes special visitors Meryl Streep, Rob Fiennes, Joely Richardson, James Earl Johnson and Eileen Atkins. Past Academy leader Sid Ganis will introduce the evening. The salute will explore Redgrave's "dramatic range and exquisite skill," the Academy stated. Redgrave, 74, rose to prominence in 1961, playing Rosalind in "As You Desire It" using the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since that time, she's made an appearance in a large number of theatrical productions and most 70 films, that she received six Academy Award nominations along with a win for supporting actress in 1977's "Julia." She was nominated for performances in "Morgan!" (1966), "Isadora" (1968), "Mary, Full of Scots" (1971), "The Bostonians" (1984) and "Howards Finish" (1992). She stars in "Anonymous," now in release, and also the approaching "Coriolanus." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com