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Biography

Pradier was born in

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. Two years after making her film début, in 1961, she was awarded the

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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

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productions that included the

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film '' Behold a Pale Horse'' (1964) starring luminaries

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, and

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. She returned to English-language filming in the

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thriller, ''

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'' (1968) with

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and

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. 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, ''

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''.

Death

Pradier died of a

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on 16 January 2013, aged 74, in

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, France, a month after being operated for an

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Filmography

*'' Le Roi Lion'' (The Lion King) (1994) (voice) *'' Le Big Bang (1987) (voice) *'' Fiével et le nouveau monde'' (An American tail) (1986) *'' Les Dalton en cavale'' (1983) (voice) *'' Comme une femme'' (1980) *'' Le Comédien'' (1976) (TV) *'' Le Temps de vivre, le temps d'aimer'' (1973) TV Miniseries *'' Céleste'' (1970) *''

'' (1968) *'' Au théâtre ce soir: Boléro'' (1968) (TV) *'' Le Judoka, agent secret'' (Judoka-Secret Agent) (1966) *'' L' Homme d'Istamboul'' (That Man in Istanbul) (1965) *'' Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117'' (OSS 117: Mission for a Killer) (1965) *'' L' Amour à la chaine'' (Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures) (1964) *'' Behold a Pale Horse'' (1964) *'' Des frissons partout'' (Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent) (1963) *'' Blague dans le coin'' (1963) *'' Les Saintes nitouches'' (Wild Living) (1962) *''

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'' (Crime Does Not Pay) (1962) *'' The Burning Court'' (La chambre ardente) (1962) *''

Les Sept péchés capitaux ''Les Sept péchés capitaux'' is a 1962 French film composed of seven different segments, one for each of the seven deadly sins, each being by different directors and featuring different casts. At the time it served as a showcase for rising dire ...

'' (The Seven Deadly Sins) (1962) *'' Les Amours de Paris'' (Paris Loves) (1961) *'' Le Jeu de la vérité'' (The Game of Truth) (1961) *''

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'' (1961) * ''

The Nabob Affair ''The Nabob Affair'' (French: ''Au voleur!'', German: ''Affäre Nabob'') is a 1960 French-West German comedy film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Paul Guers, Perrette Pradier and O.E. Hasse.Rège p.489 Cast * Paul Guers as Serge * Perrett ...

'' (1960) *'' La Brune que voilà'' (There Is the Brunette) (1960) *''

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'' (The Wretches) (1959)

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pradier, Perrette 1938 births 2013 deaths French film actresses French stage actresses French voice actresses French voice directors People from Hanoi 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses