Perrette Pradier

Acting

Perrette Pradier

Born April 17, 1938 · Hanoi, Vietnam

Died January 16, 2013 · aged 74

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. 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 …

Known For

Ernest & CelestineErnest & Celestine · 2012
Ernest & Celestine
7.72012
MovieAnimationFamily
Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.
Totally Spies! The MovieTotally Spies! The Movie · 2009
Totally Spies! The Movie
6.32009
MovieAnimationAdventure
An origin story of how three high school girls became, like, totally spies.
The Nabob AffairThe Nabob Affair · 1960
The Nabob Affair
6.01960
MovieComedy
Serge, alias Count Fornari, is hired by a mysterious employer to try to steal the Nabob, an exceptionally valuable diamond that Jeannette, alias Aménita (Perrette Pradier), the companion of a billionaire, wears as a locket. She covets the diamond and steals it from the safe. About to be caught in the act, she keeps it hidden in a handkerchief in her hand and manages to conceal it in Serge's pocket during the hotel ball. When she rejoins the billionaire, he asks her to open her hand, but the diamond is gone. The result is a chase full of misunderstandings and twists and turns between the three protagonists.
House of CardsHouse of Cards · 1968
House of Cards
4.91968
MovieDramaThriller
In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order.
The Seven Deadly SinsThe Seven Deadly Sins · 1962
The Seven Deadly Sins
5.81962
MovieComedy
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.
Comme une femmeComme une femme · 1980
Comme une femme
8.01980
MovieDrama
A transsexual becomes a star of Paris and lives a crazy love story with the lover of a friend. But the young man comes to his senses and his bourgeois upbringing. A victim of prejudice, Vicky has no choice but to kill herself.
Behold a Pale HorseBehold a Pale Horse · 1964
Behold a Pale Horse
6.01964
MovieDramaWar
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his biggest enemy, the Spanish police officer Vinolas, prepared a trap at the hospital as a chance to finally catch Artiguez.
The Fighting MusketeersThe Fighting Musketeers · 1961
The Fighting Musketeers
6.81961
MovieAdventureHistory
D'Artagnan is back from England with a message for the queen. Buckingham has declared that he was ready to attack France to deliver Anne of Austria. D'Artagnan ends up arrested and thrown into prison. Musketeers wonder how to rescue their friend.

Movies

Ernest & CelestineErnest & Celestine · 2012
Ernest & Celestine
7.72012
MovieAnimationFamily
Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.
Totally Spies! The MovieTotally Spies! The Movie · 2009
Totally Spies! The Movie
6.32009
MovieAnimationAdventure
An origin story of how three high school girls became, like, totally spies.
The Nabob AffairThe Nabob Affair · 1960
The Nabob Affair
6.01960
MovieComedy
Serge, alias Count Fornari, is hired by a mysterious employer to try to steal the Nabob, an exceptionally valuable diamond that Jeannette, alias Aménita (Perrette Pradier), the companion of a billionaire, wears as a locket. She covets the diamond and steals it from the safe. About to be caught in the act, she keeps it hidden in a handkerchief in her hand and manages to conceal it in Serge's pocket during the hotel ball. When she rejoins the billionaire, he asks her to open her hand, but the diamond is gone. The result is a chase full of misunderstandings and twists and turns between the three protagonists.
House of CardsHouse of Cards · 1968
House of Cards
4.91968
MovieDramaThriller
In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order.
The Seven Deadly SinsThe Seven Deadly Sins · 1962
The Seven Deadly Sins
5.81962
MovieComedy
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.
Comme une femmeComme une femme · 1980
Comme une femme
8.01980
MovieDrama
A transsexual becomes a star of Paris and lives a crazy love story with the lover of a friend. But the young man comes to his senses and his bourgeois upbringing. A victim of prejudice, Vicky has no choice but to kill herself.
Behold a Pale HorseBehold a Pale Horse · 1964
Behold a Pale Horse
6.01964
MovieDramaWar
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his biggest enemy, the Spanish police officer Vinolas, prepared a trap at the hospital as a chance to finally catch Artiguez.
The Fighting MusketeersThe Fighting Musketeers · 1961
The Fighting Musketeers
6.81961
MovieAdventureHistory
D'Artagnan is back from England with a message for the queen. Buckingham has declared that he was ready to attack France to deliver Anne of Austria. D'Artagnan ends up arrested and thrown into prison. Musketeers wonder how to rescue their friend.
Young Girls of Good FamiliesYoung Girls of Good Families · 1963
Young Girls of Good Families
10.01963
MovieComedy
A young kleptomaniac girl befriends a rich heiress whom she admires and goes with her to Saint-Tropez.
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the LooseLucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose · 1983
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
6.21983
MovieAnimationComedy
The cowboy Lucky Luke tracks the Dalton brothers who escaped from prison and are seeking refuge in Canada.
Fifteen Year Old CaptainFifteen Year Old Captain · 1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain
5.71974
MovieActionAdventure
Dick Sand travels aboard the "Pilgrim" when, following dramatic events, the ship becomes without a captain. Fate has it so that, to keep all sailors in peace, he shall command the ship. All accept this arrangement, even Negoro - whose resentment will add treachery to circumstances already difficult to take the ship to safe harbour. To a point the task may prove impossible...
Pumpkins and Old LacePumpkins and Old Lace · 2011
Pumpkins and Old Lace
7.02011
MovieComedyAnimation
The perfect "Granny or Grandpa" poster face is what the photographer from Discra, an adult diaper company, hopes to find as he approaches a retirement home, camera in hand. A quick look at a couple of "nice old folks" and that should be it. But it's just the beginning of the story (or rather stories). While the folks he meets are a bit long in the tooth, they have a lot to say. With Pumpkins and Old Lace, Juliette Loubières joins the classic tradition of puppet animation films, creating a sincere, whimsical fairy tale with a moral that reminds us that old age is sometimes a mask guarding the treasures of our souls.
That Man in IstanbulThat Man in Istanbul · 1965
That Man in Istanbul
5.71965
MovieActionAdventure
An American adventurer who has a gambling den in Istanbul, who is suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of a nuclear scientist, but ultimately becomes self on the search for the disappeared and gets a striving for world domination secret organization.
The Burning CourtThe Burning Court · 1962
The Burning Court
5.11962
MovieHorrorDrama
A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.
Vengeance of the Three MusketeersVengeance of the Three Musketeers · 1961
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
6.91961
MovieAdventureRomance
To avenge her defeat and with the help of the Cardinal's army leader Rochefort, the treacherous Milady de Winter kidnaps both D'Artagnan and Constance, in order to spur a war between the French and the English, as per the Cardinal's wish.
Monstres... Pas si monstrueux!Monstres... Pas si monstrueux! · 2013
Monstres... Pas si monstrueux!
2013
MovieAnimationFamily
We are used to see terrifying monsters on screen... But they are not always as bad! These five short films offer an overview of the most terrible creatures on the planet, in a new light filled with tenderness and humor!
Crime Does Not PayCrime Does Not Pay · 1962
Crime Does Not Pay
5.51962
MovieMysteryCrime
A man walks into a movie theater in Paris and starts watching a film—the same one we're watching, consisting of four stories of best criminal intentions gone awry from the Middle Ages to the present day.
The Thousand Wonders of the UniverseThe Thousand Wonders of the Universe · 1997
The Thousand Wonders of the Universe
4.51997
MovieFantasyDrama
A science-fiction film centered around planet Earth receiving a coded message from outer space and the subsequent disappearance of 12,000 inhabitants of Sepuvedra, a free-trade port. The government and the army are convinced that they have been kidnapped by aliens and Professor Larsen, an eminent astrophysicist and UFO expert, is assigned to lead an urgent investigative mission into the deserted town.
OSS 117: Mission for a KillerOSS 117: Mission for a Killer · 1965
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
7.51965
MovieActionCrime
A secret agent is dispatched to find a rare and valuable drug.
The Three MusketeersThe Three Musketeers · 1974
The Three Musketeers
8.01974
MovieHistoryAnimation
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
The Game of TruthThe Game of Truth · 1961
The Game of Truth
6.01961
MovieCrimeMystery
A dozen elegant people are gathered in a writer's desirable mansion. In the grand tradition of Agatha Christie, they all have something to hide.They begin a cruel game of truth, a game where you're not supposed to tell lies. As the questions become more and more intimate and precise, the tempers rise, while outside the storm is raging. Enter a hateful person (played by Paul Meurisse, the nasty headmaster in "Les Diaboliques") who seems to know a lot about them. Someone is murdered. Whodunit?
On a volé ma VFOn a volé ma VF · 2024
On a volé ma VF
8.12024
MovieDocumentary
Documentary on the French dubbing industry. A journey through pop culture, the power of voice, artificial intelligence... French dubbing actors of stars like Brad Pitt, Tobey Maguire, Daniel Craig, Woopy Goldberg or Morgan Freeman, the most talented and known in France tell the story of French dubbing through the strike that immobilized the country's industry and the breaking point between art and business. They also testify to the importance that dubbing has had, its scope and the future it will face with the evolution of artificial intelligence.
There Is the BrunetteThere Is the Brunette · 1958
There Is the Brunette
5.81958
MovieComedy
Germain Vignon is a used car dealer whose eloquence is such that he could sell the lousiest banger to a guy that does not even have a driver's license. He is not bad either at chatting up girls. Indeed, since his blonde wife left him, Germain has seduced no fewer than four brunettes. And as, besides being a ladies'man, he has a heart of gold, Germain is unable to break up with any of them, hence a complicated sentimental life. But this delicate balance is threatened the day an outraged stranger comes to him and orders him to leave his wife alone. One small problem is that the man has forgotten to specify the name of the lady in question. So, which of his four mistresses - Christine, Sophie, Anne-Marie or Sonia - should he leave?
La ColèreLa Colère · 1962
La Colère
1962
MovieComedy
Anger seizes a man who finds a fly in his Sunday soup. It spreads through his neighborhood, his city, his country and soon the whole world. (Segment of "Les sept péchés capitaux")

TV Shows

CinépanoramaCinépanorama · 1956
Cinépanorama
8.71956
SeriesDocumentaryFamily
Les Jeux de 20 heuresLes Jeux de 20 heures · 1976
Les Jeux de 20 heures
7.01976
Series
At Theatre TonightAt Theatre Tonight · 1966
At Theatre Tonight
7.01966
SeriesComedyDrama
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
Lucky LukeLucky Luke · 1984
Lucky Luke
6.61984
SeriesAnimationComedy
Lucky Luke, with his horse Double Six, travels the Old West to right wrongs and bring evildoers (usually his traditional enemies the Dalton Brothers) to justice. "The man who shoots faster than his shadow."
Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the SeaSpartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea · 1985
Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
8.01985
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
The Arkadians are a civilization that survived a great cataclysm and moved to the center of the earth, thriving under the power of their artificial sun, The Tehra, until one day it began to fail. In desperation, the Arkadians broke the ancient law and entered the Forbidden Archives to search for an answer. They used their special powers and created a messenger to the people above, naming her Arkana. She meets up with Matt and Rebecca, two ordinary kids from the surface world, Bic and Bac, two strange anteaters from Arkadia, and Spartakus, a mysterious warrior. Together they search the worlds of the strata for a way to save a people and possibly the world.
Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimerLe Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer · 1973
Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer
7.01973
SeriesDrama
Si Perrault m'était contéSi Perrault m'était conté · 1966
Si Perrault m'était conté
8.51966
SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy