Claim: Natasha Richardson starred in a movie.
Evidence: 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.