Name Perrette Pradier | Role Actress | |
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Children Vanina Pradier, Fabrice Trojani Movies Vengeance of the Three Mu, Behold a Pale Horse, OSS 117 Mission for a Killer, Les Scelerats, That Man in Istanbul Similar People Bernard Borderie, Antonio Isasi‑Isasmendi, Fabrice Trojani, Robert Hossein, Andre Hunebelle | ||
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Perrette Pradier (17 April 1938 – 16 January 2013) was a French actress. She is best known for her work as a voice actress which earned her the nickname of "Queen" or "High Priestess" of dubbing.
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Pradier was born in Hanoi, French Indochina. Two years after making her film début, in 1961, she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as most promising new actress in France for her performance as "Amenita" in the Sacha Guitry film, "Stop Thief." That year she gained further recognition for her role as "Constance Bonacieux" in two films based on the Three Musketeers. Throughout the 1960s, she appeared in a number of films in her native France, then was contracted for Hollywood productions that included the Fred Zinnemann film Behold a Pale Horse (1964) starring luminaries Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, and Omar Sharif. She returned to English-language filming in the Universal Studios thriller, House of Cards (1968) with Orson Welles and George Peppard.
In her long career, Perrette Pradier has also worked in live theatre, appearing in plays such as La Bonne Addresse as well as the longest running French play ever produced, Boeing Boeing. In 1994, she was the voice of "Sarafina" in the French version of the Walt Disney Studios animated feature film, The Lion King.
Pradier died on 16 January 2013, aged 74, in Rueil-Malmaison, France.
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