| Lila Kedrova | |
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| Born | 9 October, c. 1918 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 16 February 2000 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1938–1994 |
| Spouse | Dick Howard (1968-2000) |
Lila Kedrova (born Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Kedrova; Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Кедрова; 9 October, c. 1918 – 16 February 2000) was a Russian-born French actress.
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Kedrova claimed to have been born in 1918, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her parents were Russian opera singers. Lila Kedrova's brother was Nikolay Kedrov, Jr. Her father, Nikolay Kedrov, Sr., was a singer and composer, a creator of the first Russian male quartet to perform liturgical chants. Her mother, Sofia Gladkaya (ru: Софья Николаевна Гладкая) (1875—1965), was a singer at the Mariinsky Theatre. In 1922, some time after the October Revolution, the family emigrated from Russia and lived in Berlin. In 1928 they moved to France. There, Kedrova's mother taught at the Conservatoire de Paris, and her father once again recreated the quartet "Quatuor Kedroff". In 1932, Lila Kedrova 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.
In 2000, Lila Kedrova died at her summer home in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, of pneumonia, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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| Ultimatum | 1938 | Irina | as Lila Kédrova |
| Weg ohne Umkehr | 1953 | Ljuba | |
| Le Défroqué | 1954 | uncredited | |
| Flesh and the Woman | 1954 | Rose | French: Le Grand jeu |
| Les Impures | 1955 | Mme. Denis, la concierge | |
| Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaüs | 1955 | Le femme de Bastien | uncredited |
| Des gens sans importance | 1955 | ||
| Futures vedettes | 1955 | Sophie's mother | |
| Razzia sur la Chnouf | 1955 | Léa | |
| Calle Mayor | 1956 | ||
| Jusqu'au dernier | 1957 | Marcella Bastia | |
| Ce joli monde | 1957 | Léa | |
| The Lovers of Montparnasse | 1958 | Mme. Sborowsky | |
| Mon pote le gitan | 1959 | La Choute | |
| Jons und Erdme | 1959 | ||
| La Femme et le Pantin | 1959 | Manuela | |
| Kriss Romani | 1963 | ||
| La Mort d'un tueur | 1964 | ||
| Zorba the Greek | 1964 | Madame Hortense |
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| A High Wind in Jamaica | 1965 | Rosa, Tampico Bar Owner | |
| Torn Curtain | 1966 | Countess Kuchinska | |
| Penelope | 1966 | Sadaba | |
| Maigret à Pigalle | 1967 | Rise | |
| Le Canard en fer-blanc | 1967 | Rosa | |
| Les Amants de Montparnasse | 1968 | ||
| Il Suo modo di fare | 1969 | Yolanda's mother | |
| The Kremlin Letter | 1970 | ||
| A Time for Loving | 1971 | Madame Olga Dubillard | |
| Rak | 1972 | La mère de David | |
| Escape to the Sun | 1972 | Sarah Kaplan | |
| Soft Beds, Hard Battles | 1974 | ||
| Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno | 1974 | ||
| Il Medaglione insanguinato | 1975 | Contessa Cappelli | |
| Eliza's Horoscope | 1975 | Lila | |
| Footprints on the Moon | 1975 | Old woman on the beach | French: Le Orme |
| The Tenant | 1976 | Madame Gaderian | French: Le Locataire |
| Moi, fleur bleue | 1977 | Countess de Tocqueville | |
| Nido de viudas | 1977 | Mother | |
| Le Paradis des riches | 1978 | Camille Chevallier | |
| Le Cavaleur | 1979 | Olga | |
| Les Égouts du paradis | 1979 | Charlotte | |
| Clair de femme | 1979 | Sonia | |
| Tell Me a Riddle | 1980 | Golden Mask Award | |
| Les Parents terribles | 1980 | ||
| Il Turno | 1981 | Maria | |
| Blood Tide | 1982 | Sister Anna | |
| Testament | 1983 | uncredited | |
| Sword of the Valiant | 1984 | Lady of Lyonesse | |
| Some Girls | 1988 | Granny | |
| A Star for Two | 1991 | ||
| La Prossima Volta il Fuoco | 1994 | Mother |
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