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BIRTHDAY
October 09, 1918
Leningrad, Russia
DIED
February 16, 2000
RECENT CREDITS
A High Wind in Jamaica
(FILM)
Jan. 1, 2003
Blood Tide
(FILM)
Jan. 1, 2002
Zorba the Greek
(FILM)
Jan. 1, 1999
Some Girls
(FILM)
Mar. 24, 1989
Tell Me a Riddle
(FILM)
Jan. 1, 1980
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Sometimes a part comes along that is so perfectly tailored to an actor's strengths, it is correctly said the role was made for her or him. For Russian-born Lila Kedrova, it was Madame Hortense, the dying courtesan of....
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Sometimes a part comes along that is so perfectly tailored to an actor's strengths, it is correctly said the role was made for her or him. For Russian-born Lila Kedrova, it was Madame Hortense, the dying courtesan of "Zorba the Greek" (1964), which showcased her fragility, sensitivity and eccentricity. The petite actress earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the film and when she reprised it some twenty years later in a revival of the Kander-Ebb-Joseph Stein musical adaptation "Zorba!" in 1983, picked up both Drama Desk and Tony Awards. Kedrova, whose family settled in France in the late 1920s, began her career in European films, playing her first 'Madame' in Juan Antonio Bardem's acclaimed "Calle Mayor" (1956). After her English-language debut in "Zorba", she followed with a colorful turn as a Tampico bawdy house madam in "High Wind in Jamaica" (1965). She was a daffy Polish refugee in Alfred Hitchcock's "Torn Curtain" (1966) and yet another Madame (Martini) in NBC's "Cool Million" (1972). One of her better screen portrayals was as Melvyn Douglas' dying wife in "Tell Me a Riddle" (1980). Among her other roles was her sweet, batty Granny in "Some Girls" (1988), but she is Madame Hortense for the ages, wringing tears from all corners as she expires in Anthony Quinn's arms.
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Actor Anthony Quinn dies at 86
Jun. 4, 2001
On Saturday, Anthony Quinn passed away from respiratory failure, robbing Hollywood of a true legend. He was 86. The two-time Academy Award winner's tempestuous screen image matched his much-publicized, unquenchable thirst for life.
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Anthony Quinn
A High Wind in Jamaica
Released: Jan. 1, 2003
James Earl Jones
Blood Tide
Released: Jan. 1, 2002
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The Tenant
Released: Jan. 1, 2002
Patrick Dempsey
Some Girls
Released: Mar. 24, 1989
Melvyn Douglas
Tell Me a Riddle
Released: Jan. 1, 1980
Romy Schneider
Clair de Femme
Released: Jan. 1, 1979
Richard Boone
The Kremlin Letter
Released: Jan. 1, 1970
Paul Newman
Torn Curtain
Released: Jan. 1, 1966
Natalie Wood
Penelope
Released: Jan. 1, 1966
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