NEW YORK - A mahogany coffin bearing Natasha Richardson's body has been taken from the Manhattan townhouse where screen and stage stars gathered to pay their respects.

The Daily News newspaper says the actress's coffin was driven later Saturday to the upstate New York country home where she married Liam Neeson in 1994.

It is in a stretch of hills and horse farms in Millbrook, about 150 kilometres north of New York City.

There has been no official word on a funeral but reports have suggested one is planned Sunday in Millbrook.

The 45-year-old Richardson died Wednesday at a New York hospital after a skiing accident in Quebec.

Neeson greeted a stream of celebrity mourners Friday at the American Irish Historical Society in Manhattan.