Lila Kedrova

Infobox actor
name = Lila Kedrova


imagesize = 150px
birthdate = birth date|1918|10|09
location = Petrograd, Russia, Soviet Union
deathdate = Death date and age|2000|02|16|1918|10|09
deathplace = Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
yearsactive = 1938-1994
spouse = Dick Howard
Richard Howard (1968-2000)
academyawards = Best Supporting Actress
1964 "Zorba the Greek"
tonyawards = Best Featured Actress in a Musical
1984 "Zorba"

Lila Kedrova ( _ru. Ли́ля Кедро́ва) (October 9, 1918 – February 16, 2000) was a Academy Award- and Tony Award- winning Russian-born French actress.

Biography

Though born in Petrograd, Russia, Kedrova spent most of her life in France.

In 1932, she joined the Moscow Art Theatre touring company. Then her film career began, mostly in French films, until her first English appearance in 1964 as Mme Hortense in "Zorba the Greek". Her performance won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She then went on to play a series of eccentric or batty ladies in several Hollywood films.

In 1983, she reprised her role as Mme Hortense on Broadway in the musical version of "Zorba the Greek", winning both a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award in the process. In 1989 she played Madame Armfeldt in the London revival of "A Little Night Music".

Lila Kedrova died at her summer home in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, of pneumonia, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

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Persondata
NAME= Kedrova, Lila
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress
DATE OF BIRTH= October 9, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH= Petrograd, Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH= February 16, 2000
PLACE OF DEATH= Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada