Rachel Kempson interviewed by Jane Asher. In 1933, 22-year-old Rachel Kempson as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet took Stratford by storm. The national press hailed her as a new star. More than 50 years later Rachel Kempson is still acting in the theatre and in films. Married to Sir Michael Redgrave until his death three years ago, mother to Vanessa, Lynn and Corin and grandmother of ten including actresses Natasha and Joely Richardson, Rachel Kempson is at the centre of an English theatrical dynasty.