With an oeuvre ranging from swooning Merchant Ivory serenity to bravura blasphemy, we rate the acting dynasty doyenne’s finest films as she approaches her 88th birthday

In a brief but memorable role as a socialite dumped by her husband, Redgrave cuts through the schmaltz to provide some of this disaster movie’s most affecting moments. She also happens to be mother of the reporter breaking the story that a comet is about to wipe out life on Earth.