NEW YORK — Over the course of her distinguished career, Natasha Richardson won the hearts of many for her performances on stage, television and film.
Here are some of the tributes that have poured in for the Tony Award-winning actress, who died Wednesday from injuries suffered earlier in the week during a tragic skiiing accident in Canada.
"I first met her on the set of 'Julia.' She was a little girl but already beautiful and graceful. It didn't surprise me that she became such a talented actor. I wanted to go to the Lennox Hill Hospital where I was told she had been taken to see if there was anything I could do for Vanessa [Redgrave], any comfort I could bring but today was a two-show day and as the curtain went up tonight I heard the tragic news. It is hard to even imagine what it must be like for her family. My heart is heavy." — Jane Fonda, who starred opposite Richardson's mother, Vanessa Redgrave, in the 1977 film "Julia."
"She was a wonderful woman and actress and treated me like I was her own. My heart goes out to her family." — Lindsay Lohan, who starred alongside Richardson in the 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap."
"Natasha combined the best of Redgrave and Richardson: the enormous depth and emotional force of a great actor on the one hand, and the intelligence and objectivity of a great director on the other. She was one of a kind, a magnificent actress. She was also an amazing mother, a loyal friend, and the greatest and most generous host you could ever hope to meet. It defies belief that this gifted, brave, tenacious, wonderful woman is gone." — Director Sam Mendes, who produced the Broadway musical "Cabaret" for which Richardson won a Tony Award.
"We spent one amazing day on a boat with my whole family and she and Liam and the boys. And they were such a family. We were all in the Caribbean, and we all kind of knew each other from dinner parties and so forth. And we met at the airport, and we said, 'Oh, let's get together, with the kids.' And it was one of those wonderful days. We laughed and talked and had lunch, and the kids were jumping off the boat and we were drinking wine. She was just amazing and darling. That's what kills me. I mean [it] just shouldn't have happened. ... And they made such a good-looking couple, too. He doted on what she said, she doted on — it was just perfect. — Comedian Joan Rivers on CNN's "Larry King Live."
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