10x8 Pose from " A High Wind in Jamaica " signed 1965Date of Birth
9 October 1918, Petrograd, Russia (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
Date of Death
16 February 2000, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
When she and her family escaped from Russia, her birth papers were left behind and never recovered. Her counterfeit papers were later confiscated.
Spoke Russian, French, English, and some Italian.
Had homes in Toronto, Paris, and summer home in Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada.
Suffered from congestive heart failure and Alzheimer's disease.
Won an Oscar for playing Madame Hortense in Alexis Zorbas (1964), and 20 years later won a Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for playing the same role in the Broadway production of "Zorba" (1964 Oscar/1984 Tony).
Price: £45.00
