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Lila Kedrova

Acting Born Oct 9, 1909 Petrograd, Russia (now St. Petersburg, Russia) 24 credits

Biography

Lila Kedrova (October 9, 1918 – February 16, 2000) was a Russian-born French actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Zorba the Greek (1964), and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for the same role in the musical version of the film.

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Known for

Film

The Tenant

as Madame Gaderian
Film

Zorba the Greek

as Madame Hortense

Passione

as Madam Sophie

Full filmography

  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • The Tenant (1976) as Madame Gaderian
  • Zorba the Greek (1964) as Madame Hortense
  • Second City Firsts (1973) as Natasha
  • Cool Million (1972) as Mme. Martine
  • Torn Curtain (1966) as Countess Kuchinska
  • Some Girls (1988) as Granny
  • Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984) as Lady of Lyonesse
  • Womanlight (1979) as Sonia Tovalski
  • Razzia (1955) as Léa, la toxicomane
  • The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958) as Anna Zborowsky
  • A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) as Rosa
  • Penelope (1966) as Princess Sadaba
  • Blood Tide (1982) as Sister Anna
  • The Kremlin Letter (1970) as Madam Sophie
  • The Girl Who Couldn't Say No (1968) as Yolanda's Mother
  • Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) as Madame Grenier
  • A Woman Like Satan (1958) as Manuela
  • To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday (1974) as Contessa Mafalda
  • Two Men (1988) as Rose
  • A Star for Two (1991) as Simone
  • Footprints on the Moon (1975) as Mrs. Heim
  • The Night Child (1975) as Contessa Cappelli
  • Until the Last One (1957) as Marcella Bastia