Lila Kedrova

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BIRTHDAY

January 01, 1918

Petrograd, Russia (now St. Petersburg)

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

Montparnasse 19 (FILM) Apr. 16, 1993

Some Girls (FILM) Sep. 9, 1988

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BIOGRAPHY

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Born in Russia during the second year of the communist regime, actress Lila Kedrova has spent most of her life in France. After spending a decade establishing herself in European films and theatrical productions, Kedrova won an Academy Award for her first English-speaking role: fading courtesan Madame Hortense in 1964's Zorba the Greek (she replaced Simone Signoret, who withdrew shortly after shooting started). She would go on to win a Tony nomination when she reprised Hortense for the Broadway musical Zorba, again co-starring with Anthony Quinn. Appearing in fewer and fewer films as the 1970s became the 1980s (sometimes there were four-year gaps between her pictures), Lila Kedrova won the Golden Mask award at the Taorima Film Festival for her portrayal of a terminally ill woman in the American Tell Me a Riddle (1980).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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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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