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Lila Kedrova: Russian-French actress (1909–2000).
Born in Saint Petersburg (died at age 81).
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Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1965
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Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1965
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Tony Awards
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
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Tony Awards
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Biography
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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