Lila Kedrova
Acting
Biography
Lila Kedrova (October 9, 1918 – February 16, 2000) was a Russian-born French actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Zorba the Greek (1964), and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for the same role in the musical version of the film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lila Kedrova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: October 9, 1909
Place of Birth: Petrograd, Russia (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
Known For
The Tenant
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Zorba the Greek
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
The Oscars
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
The Ragpickers of Emmaus
The Emmaüs community opened and functioned thanks to the generous impetus of Abbé Pierre Groues, bringing together a cross-section of the underprivileged: unemployed truck drivers, former paratroopers, young people leaving prison, etc., and underprivileged families. The "ragpickers" manage to make a bit of money by practicing the art of "chine", while the abbé tries his hand at winning radio games. The accident and death of one of them will unite the Emmaus companions even more.
No Way Back
A Russian army officer is haunted by the memory of a girl he met during the war.
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.
Maigret at the Pigalle
Maigret is about to leave for the holidays but a colleague asks him for help in investigating the mysterious murder of a stripper and a noblewoman, both of which took place in Pigalle.
Razzia
Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy preceding him, he sets himself to the task of knowing why the French operations were not so profitable - and soon he is master of all links of the organization. He can now get it honed to perfection - or destroy it. Only... the Police are following his every step.
Torn Curtain
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.
A High Wind in Jamaica
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
Filmography
as Mother
as Simone
as Granny
as Lady of Lyonesse
as Sister Anna
as Eva
as Sonia Tovalski
as Charlotte
as Olga
as Mother
as Countess de Tocqueville
as Madame Gaderian
as Natasha
as Contessa Cappelli
as Mrs. Heim
as Lila
as Contessa Mafalda
as Madame Grenier
as Sarah Kaplan
as Mme. Martine
as David's mother
as Madame Olga
as Madam Sophie
as Yolanda's Mother
as Rosa
as Rose
as Princess Sadaba
as Countess Kuchinska
as Rosa
as Madame Hortense
as La mère de Massa
as Kirvi
as 'La Choute'
as Manuela
as Anna Zborowsky
as Léa
as Marcella Bastia
as Pepita
as Mme. Vacopoulos
as Mrs. Dimater, Sophie's mother
as Léa, la toxicomane
as Bastien's wife (uncredited)
as Mme Denis, la concierge
as Ljuba
as Self
as Irina