Richard Widmark

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ardant has appeared in more than fifty motion pictures. In 2002, Widmark was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. It opened the 14th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 9, 2003. Other starring roles were in Night and the City, Panic in the Streets, No Way Out, Halls of Montezuma, Destination Gobi, Pickup on South Street, Take the High Ground!, The Cobweb, Backlash, Run for the Sun, The Last Wagon, Warlock, The Alamo, The Secret Ways, Two Rode Together, Judgment at Nuremberg, How the West Was Won, The Long Ships, Cheyenne Autumn, The Bedford Incident, When the Legends Die, Murder on the Orient Express, Coma and Madigan (he also starred in the television series which was based on the latter movie). Fluent in English, Ardant has starred in several Hollywood and British films. Her latest film in English, produced by Franco Zeffirelli, is Callas Forever, in which she portrays opera diva Maria Callas. In the intervening two years, he had appeared in Slattery's Hurricane, Down to the Sea in Ships, Yellow Sky, Road House and The Street with No Name. She proved her versatility, playing a comedic role in Pédale douce for which she won the 1997 Cesar Award for Best Actress.

Widmark became so popular so fast that it was only two years later that he had his handprints cast in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater. Initially, her youthful beauty brought popularity but over time her sophistication and acting skills have made her one of France's most admired actresses. Widmark's character in this film was the inspiration for the song, "The Ballad of Tommy Udo" by the band Kaleidoscope. The film, directed by François Truffaut, brought Ardant her first Cesar Award nomination for best actress in 1982 and in 1984 she was nominated again for Vivement dimanche! Eventually she became Truffaut's companion, giving birth to their daughter, Joséphine, on September 28, 1983. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the performance. By the early 1980s she was a major motion picture star, gaining international recognition for her role opposite Gérard Depardieu in La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door). Widmark first appeared in movies in 1947's Kiss of Death (in which he giggles as he pushes a wheelchair-bound old woman down a flight of stairs), which started his seven year contract with 20th Century Fox. In her early twenties her interest turned to acting and in 1974 she made her first appearance on stage.

He was unable to join the military during World War II because of a perforated eardrum. She grew up in Monaco until age 17 when she moved to Aix-en-Provence to attend university. He appeared on Broadway in 1943 in Kiss and Tell. Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born March 22, 1949 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France) is a French actress. He taught acting at the college after graduation, before debuting on radio in 1938 in Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories. The Woman Next Door (La Femme d'à côté) - (1981). He grew up in Princeton, Illinois and attended Lake Forest College, where he studied acting. Confidentially Yours - (1983).

Richard Widmark (born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota) is an American film actor. Swann in Love - (1984). Next Summer - (1986). Conseil De Famille - (1986). La Famiglia (The Family) - (1987).

Afraid of the Dark - (1991). Colonel Chabert - (1994). Beyond the Clouds - (1995). Pédale douce - (1996).

Ridicule - (1996). Elizabeth - (1998). Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999). Le Libertin - (2001).

No News from God (Sin noticias de Dios) - (2002). 8 Women - (2002). Callas Forever - (2002). Nathalie... - (2003).

L'Odeur du sang - (2004). El Año del diluvio - (2004).