Lila Kedrova
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Yelizaveta Nikolaevna Kedrova (Template:Langx; 9 October 1909[1] – 16 February 2000), known as Lila Kedrova, was a Russian-French[2] actress of the screen and stage. For her portrayal of Madame Hortense in Zorba the Greek (1964), she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. For reprising the same role in the musical stage adaptation on Broadway in 1984, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.[3]
Early life
Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Kedrova was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. During her life, her birth date was often reported as 9 October 1918.[4] However, her gravestone gives her birth date 9 October 1909.[1]
Kedrova was the youngest of three children born to opera singer parents. Her father, Nikolay Kedrov Sr. (1871–1940), was a singer and composer, a creator of the first Russian male quartet to perform liturgical chants. Her mother, Sofia Gladkaya (1874–1965), was a singer at the Mariinsky Theatre and a teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris. Her brother, Nikolay Kedrov Jr. (died 1981), was a Russian singer and composer of liturgical music. Her sister, Irene Kedroff (Irina Nikolayevna Kedrova; died 1989), was a soprano.[5]
In 1922, several years after the October Revolution, the family emigrated to Berlin. By 1926[6] they were living in France, where Kedrova's mother taught at the Conservatoire de Paris, and her father again recreated Quatuor Kedroff.
Career
In 1932, Kedrova joined the Moscow Art Theatre touring company. Throughout the 1950s and '60s was a fixture of the Parisian stage, notably appearing in productions of The Rose Tattoo, The Playboy of the Western World, A View from the Bridge, A Taste of Honey, and Les Parents terribles.[7] During this time, she also married actor-director Pierre Valde.[7]
She made her film debut in 1938's Ultimatum. She appeared in several French films, mainly in supporting parts, until her first English-language film appearance as Madame Hortense in Zorba the Greek (1964). She won the role after the director's first choice, Simone Signoret, quit early in production.[8] Despite being a relative unknown internationally, director Michael Cacoyannis reached out to her personally.[7] Her performance ultimately won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Kedrova then appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's film Torn Curtain (1966), playing the role of Countess Kuchinska, a Polish noblewoman in East Berlin who is desperate to emigrate to the United States. Kedrova played Fräulein Schneider in the West End stage production of Cabaret in 1968, and Lyuba Ranevskaya in a UK touring production of The Cherry Orchard.[7] She then played a series of eccentric and crazy women in Hollywood films, as well as in several Italian productions including the horror films Footprints on the Moon and The Cursed Medallion. In 1976, she starred in Roman Polanski's The Tenant.
In 1983, she reprised her role as Madame Hortense on Broadway in the musical stage version of Zorba the Greek, winning both a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical in the process. In 1989, she played Madame Armfeldt in the London revival of A Little Night Music.[9]
Personal life
Kedrova's second husband was Canadian stage director Richard Howard (1932–2017).[10] She retired from acting in the mid-1990s due to Alzheimer's disease.[3][11]
Death
In 2000, Kedrova died at her summer home in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, of pneumonia.[3] Her remains were cremated, and her ashes are buried in her family grave in the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery in Paris.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Ultimatum | Irina | as Lila Kédrova |
| 1953 | No Way Back | Ljuba | |
| 1954 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Uncredited | |
| 1954 | Flesh and the Woman | Rose | |
| 1955 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Mme. Denis, la concierge | |
| 1955 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Le femme de Bastien | Uncredited |
| 1955 | Razzia sur la chnouf | Léa | |
| 1955 | Futures vedettes | Mme. Dimater, Sophie's mother | |
| 1956 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Mme. Vacopoulos | |
| 1956 | Calle Mayor | Pepita | |
| 1957 | Until the Last One | Marcella Bastia | |
| 1957 | Ce joli monde | Léa | |
| 1958 | The Lovers of Montparnasse | Mme. Sborowsky | |
| 1959 | La Femme et le Pantin | Manuela | |
| 1959 | Jons und Erdme | ||
| 1959 | Mon pote le gitan | La Choute | |
| 1963 | Kriss Romani | Kirvi | |
| 1964 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | La mère de Massa | |
| 1964 | Zorba the Greek | Madame Hortense | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1965 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Rosa, Tampico Bar Owner | |
| 1966 | Torn Curtain | Countess Kuchinska | |
| 1966 | Penelope | Sadaba | |
| 1967 | Maigret de Pigalle | Rose Alfonsi | |
| 1967 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Rosa | |
| 1968 | The Girl Who Couldn't Say No | Yolanda's mother | |
| 1970 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Madam Sophie | |
| 1972 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Madame Olga Dubillard | |
| 1972 | Rak | Script error: No such module "Sort". | |
| 1972 | Escape to the Sun | Sarah Kaplan | |
| 1974 | Soft Beds, Hard Battles | Madame Grenier | |
| 1974 | Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno | Countess Mafalda | |
| 1975 | Footprints on the Moon | Mrs. Heim, Old woman on the beach | |
| 1975 | The Cursed Medallion | Contessa Cappelli | |
| 1975 | Eliza's Horoscope | Lila | |
| 1976 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Madame Gaderian | |
| 1977 | Moi, fleur bleue | Countess de Tocqueville | |
| 1977 | Nido de Viudas | Mother | US: Widow's Nest |
| 1978 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Camille Chevallier | |
| 1979 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Olga | |
| 1979 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Charlotte | |
| 1979 | Womanlight | Sonia Tovalski | |
| 1980 | Les Parents terribles | Yvonne | |
| 1980 | Tell Me a Riddle | Eva | |
| 1981 | Il Turno | Maria | |
| 1982 | Blood Tide | Sister Anna | |
| 1983 | Testament | Uncredited | |
| 1984 | Sword of the Valiant | Lady of Lyonesse | |
| 1988 | Some Girls | Granny | |
| 1988 | Two Men | Rose | |
| 1991 | A Star for Two | Simone | |
| 1993 | Next Time the Fire | Mother |
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Results | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 1964 | Best Supporting Actress | Zorba the Greek | Won | [12] |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1965 | Best Foreign Actress | Nominated | [13] | |
| Canadian Film Awards | 1975 | Best Supporting Actress | Eliza's Horoscope | Won | |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1984 | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Zorba | WonTemplate:Efn | [14] |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1964 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Zorba the Greek | Nominated | [15] |
| Laurel Awards | 1964 | Supporting Performance – Female | Template:Draw | ||
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| Taormina International Film Festival | 1981 | Best Actress | Tell Me a Riddle | Won | |
| Tony Awards | 1984 | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Zorba | Won | [16] |
See also
- List of Russian Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of French Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of actors with Academy Award nominations
Notes
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