Actress Natasha Richardson was hospitalized after she fell on a ski slope at a Quebec resort, a resort spokeswoman said in a statement Tuesday.
Richardson was taken to a hospital near Station Mont Tremblant before she was transferred to Hopital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal following her fall on Monday, according to the statement. However, she was transferred Tuesday to an undisclosed location in the United States, according to Michelle Simard, spokeswoman for Hopital du Sacre-Coeur. Simard said she had no further details. Richardson fell on a beginners’ trail Monday during a lesson at Station Mont Tremblant, said the statement from the resort, located about 80 miles northwest of Montreal. At the time, Richardson was accompanied by a ski instructor, who called the ski patrol, the statement said. “She did not show any visible sign of injury, but the ski patrol followed strict procedures and brought her back to the bottom of the slope and insisted she should see a doctor.” Richardson, accompanied by the instructor, returned to her hotel, but about an hour after the fall was “not feeling good,” the statement said. An ambulance was called, and Richardson was taken to a local hospital before she was transferred to Hopital du Sacre-Coeur. The statement offered no details on Richardson’s condition or injuries. Richardson, 45, has appeared in many television, film and stage roles, including the movies “Nell” and “The Parent Trap,” according to her biography on the Internet Movie Database Web site. She won a Tony award in 1998 for her performance as Sally Bowles in “Cabaret,” according to the biography. She is married to actor Liam Neeson and is the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave. The Montreal Gazette reported that Richardson’s two sons with Neeson were skiing with her at the time of her fall, and that Neeson flew to Montreal from a Toronto film set to be with her at the hospital.
