Deceased

How Did Lila Kedrova Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 90

Also known asЛила Кедрова, Elisabeth KedroffGenderFemaleNationalityFranceBorn09/10/1909Born inPetrograd, Russia (now St. Petersburg, Russia)Died16/02/2000Died inSault Ste. MarieCausepneumonia, Alzheimer's diseaseWikidataQ232879 ↗Buried atSainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian CemeteryTMDb#45523 ↗

Yelizaveta Nikolaevna Kedrova, known as Lila Kedrova, was a Russian-French 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.

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Filmography22 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1988	Some GirlsMovie	Granny	79
1979	The Sewers of ParadiseMovie	Charlotte	70
1976	The TenantMovie	Madame Gaderian	67
1974	To My Dear Mother on Her BirthdayMovie	Contessa Mafalda	65
1973	Second City FirstsSeries	Natasha	64
1972	Cool MillionSeries	Mme. Martine	63
1972	Escape to the SunMovie	Sarah Kaplan	63
1972	A Time for LovingMovie	Madame Olga	63
1970	The Kremlin LetterMovie	Madam Sophie	61
1966	PenelopeMovie	Princess Sadaba	57
1966	Torn CurtainMovie	Countess Kuchinska	57
1965	A High Wind in JamaicaMovie	Rosa	56
1964	Zorba the GreekMovie	Madame Hortense	55
1959	My Pal the GypsyMovie	'La Choute'	50
1958	The Lovers of MontparnasseMovie	Anna Zborowsky	49
1958	A Woman Like SatanMovie	Manuela	49
1957	Until the Last OneMovie	Marcella Bastia	48
1955	The Ragpickers of EmmausMovie	Bastien's wife (uncredited)	46
1955	School for LoveMovie	Mrs. Dimater, Sophie's mother	46
1955	RazziaMovie	Léa, la toxicomane	46
1954	No Way BackMovie	Ljuba	45
1953	The OscarsSeries	Self	44