Perrette Pradier (born Perrette Marie Mathilde Chevau; 17 April 1938 – 16 January 2013) was a French actress and dubbing director. She is best known for her work as a voice actress which earned her the nickname of "Queen" or "High Priestess" of dubbing.

Biography

Pradier was born in

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. 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

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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, '' House of Cards'' (1968) with

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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, ''

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Death

Pradier died of a

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on 16 January 2013, aged 74, in Rueil-Malmaison, 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) *'' House of Cards'' (1968) *'' Au théâtre ce soir: Boléro'' (1968) (TV) *''

Le Judoka, agent secret ''Judoka-Secret Agent'' (french: Le Judoka, Agent secret, it, Carnet per un morto) is a 1966 French-Italian Eurospy film written and directed by Pierre Zimmer. It is based on the short story ''Le Judoka dans le ville'' by Ernie Clark.Marco Giust ...

'' (Judoka-Secret Agent) (1966) *''

L' Homme d'Istamboul ''That Man in Istanbul'' ( es, Estambul 65, it, Colpo grosso a Galata Bridge, french: L'Homme d'Istamboul) is a 1965 English-language European international co-production adventure film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst B ...

'' (That Man in Istanbul) (1965) *''

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'' (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'' (French:''Des frissons partout'', Italian:''Jeff Gordon, il diabolico detective'') is a 1963 French-Italian comedy crime film directed by Raoul André that stars Eddie Constantine, Perrette Pradier and Daniel Emi ...

'' (Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent) (1963) *'' Blague dans le coin'' (1963) *'' Les Saintes nitouches'' (Wild Living) (1962) *''

Le Crime ne paie pas ''Le Crime ne paie pas'' (US title: ''Crime Does Not Pay'', UK title: ''Gentle Art of Murder'') is a 1962 French drama portmanteau film directed and partly written by Gérard Oury. It consists of four separate episodes, each with its own cast and ...

'' (Crime Does Not Pay) (1962) *''

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'' (La chambre ardente) (1962) *'' Les Sept péchés capitaux'' (The Seven Deadly Sins) (1962) *'' Les Amours de Paris'' (Paris Loves) (1961) *'' Le Jeu de la vérité'' (The Game of Truth) (1961) *''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...

'' (1961) * '' The Nabob Affair '' (1960) *''

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'' (There Is the Brunette) (1960) *'' Les Scélérats'' (The Wretches) (1959)

References

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* {{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