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Perrette Pradier

Acting Born Apr 17, 1938 Hanoi, Vietnam 24 credits

Biography

Perrette Pradier (born Perrette Marie Mathilde Chevau; 17 April 1938 – 16 January 2013) was a French actress and dubbing director. She is best known for her work as a voice actress which earned her the nickname of "Queen" or "High Priestess" of dubbing.

Pradier was born in Hanoi, French Indochina. Two years after making her film début, in 1961, she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as most promising new actress in France for her performance as "Amenita" in the Sacha Guitry film, "Stop Thief." That year she gained further recognition for her role as "Constance Bonacieux" in two films based on the Three Musketeers. Throughout the 1960s, she appeared in a number of films in her native France, then was contracted for Hollywood productions that included the Fred Zinnemann film Behold a Pale Horse (1964) starring luminaries Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, and Omar Sharif. She returned to English-language filming in the Universal Studios thriller, House of Cards (1968) with Orson Welles and George Peppard.

In her long career, Perrette Pradier has also worked in live theatre, appearing in plays such as La Bonne Addresse as well as the longest running French play ever produced, Boeing Boeing. In 1994, she was the voice of "Sarafina" in the French version of the Walt Disney Studios animated feature film, The Lion King.

Pradier died of a heart attack on 16 January 2013, aged 74, in Rueil-Malmaison, France, a month after being operated for an aneurysm.

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Known for

Lucky Luke

as (voice)

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea

as Massmédia
Film

Ernest & Celestine

as Head Nurse Mouse (voice)

Broken Promises

as Madame Purpur (voice)

Full filmography

  • At Theatre Tonight (1966) as Anne-Marie
  • Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
  • Lucky Luke (1984) as (voice)
  • Les Jeux de 20 heures (1976) as Self
  • Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea (1985) as Massmédia
  • Ernest & Celestine (2012) as Head Nurse Mouse (voice)
  • The Fighting Musketeers (1961) as Constance Bonacieux
  • House of Cards (1968) as Jeanne-Marie
  • Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose (1983) as (voice)
  • Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961) as Constance Bonacieux
  • Totally Spies! The Movie (2009) as Madame Scritch (voice)
  • Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer (1973) as sylvie
  • Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer (1973) as Sylvie
  • That Man in Istanbul (1965) as Elisabeth Furst
  • Behold a Pale Horse (1964) as Maria, Hussy
  • The Seven Deadly Sins (1962) as La Speakerine (segment "La colère")
  • Si Perrault m'était conté (1966) as Carabine
  • The Nabob Affair (1960) as Jeannette aka 'Amenita'
  • The Game of Truth (1961) as Florence Geder
  • Fifteen Year Old Captain (1974) as Clara Marlowe (voice) (uncredited)
  • OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965) as Consuela Moroni
  • La Colère (1962)
  • The Thousand Wonders of the Universe (1997) as Madame Purpur (voice)
  • Crime Does Not Pay (1962) as Hélène