Sonia Petrovna (name also credited as ''Petrova'' and ''Petrowa'') (born 13 January 1952) is a French dancer and actress (film, television and theatre). Petrovna was born in Paris. Between the age of 6 and 14 she studied dance at the
Paris Opera Ballet
The Paris Opera Ballet () is a French ballet company that is an integral part of the Paris Opera. It is the oldest national ballet company, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it. It is still regarded a ...
(Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris) and on the initial invitation of
Roland Petit
Roland Petit (13 January 192410 July 2011) was a French ballet company director, choreographer and dancer. He trained at the Paris Opera Ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets.
Life and work
The son of shoe designer Ros ...
went on to appear in various
ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...
productions. Her most famous early acting roles were those of Vanina Abati in ''
La prima notte di quiete'', acting alongside leading French actor
Alain Delon, and as
Princess Sophie in
''Ludwig'' alongside leading actors
Helmut Berger
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,
John Moulder Brown
John Moulder-Brown (born 3 June 1953) is an English actor of television and film, known for his appearances in the films '' Deep End'', ''First Love'', '' Ludwig'' and '' The House That Screamed''.
Biography
Moulder-Brown was born in London an ...
and
Romy Schneider
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, both in 1972.
Selected filmography
* ''
Adolescence'' (1966)
* ''Le feu sacré'' (1971)
* ''
La prima notte di quiete'' (1972)
*
''Ludwig'' (1972)
* ''Di mamma non ce n'è una sola'' (1974)
* ''Amore'' (1974)
* ''Un hombre como los demás'' (1974)
* ''
D'Annunzio'' (1985)
* ''Les nouveaux tricheurs'' (1987)
* ''La posta in gioco'' (1988)
* ''Da domani'' (1989)
* ''Obbligo di giocare - Zugzwang'' (1989)
* ''Innocence (II)'' (2004)
Television
France and Italy:
* ''The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway'' (1988)
* ''Le prime foglie d'autunno'' (1988)
* ''La casa del sortilegio'' (1989)
* ''Due madri'' (1990)
* ''The Fatal Image (Meurtre en video)'' (1990)
* ''Le Signe du Pouvoir'' (1992)
* ''Il segno del comando'' (1992)
* ''Boulevard ossements'' (1993)
* ''"La crim'" Le sang d'une étoile'' (2001)
* ''Sous le soleil'' (2007)
United States:
* ''
Search for Tomorrow
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Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show fo ...
'' (09/1979 - 09/1980)
* ''
The Edge of Night
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It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that netwo ...
'' (09/1980 - 10/1981)
* ''
The Greatest American Hero
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'' (series)
* ''
Tucker's Witch
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'' (series)
External links
Sonia Petrovna Official Website (in French and English)*
1952 births
Living people
French film actresses
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