Lila Kedrova - 407

Russian-born actress, long resident in France. After spending a decade establishing herself in European films and theatrical productions, Kedrova won an Academy Award for her first English-speaking role: fading courtesan Madame Hortense in 1964's Zorba the Greek (she replaced Simone Signoret, who withdrew shortly after shooting started). She would go on to win a Tony nomination when she reprised Hortense for the Broadway musical Zorba, again co-starring with Anthony Quinn. After appearing in Hitchcock's Torn Curtain (1966) Kedrova was seen in fewer and fewer films as the 1970s became the 1980s (sometimes there were four-year gaps between her pictures), She won the Golden Mask award at the Taorima Film Festival for her portrayal of a terminally ill woman in the American Tell Me a Riddle (1980). This is a fine black and white 9" x 7" photograph, signed and inscribed to a light area of the image in dark blue ink. In very good condition.