natasha richardson starred in a movie
early in her career  she portrayed mary shelley in ken russell s gothic lrb 1986 rrb  and patty hearst in the eponymous 1988 film directed by paul schrader  and later received critical acclaim and a theatre world award for her broadway debut in the 1993 revival of anna christie
gothic is a 1986 british horror film directed by ken russell  starring gabriel byrne as lord byron  julian sands as percy bysshe shelley  natasha richardson as mary shelley  myriam cyr as claire clairmont lrb mary shelley s stepsister rrb and timothy spall as dr john william polidori