Katrin Cartlidge
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| Katrin Cartlidge | |
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| Born | 15 May 1961 London, England |
| Died | 7 September 2002 (aged 41) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1982 - 2002 |
| Partner | Peter Gevisser |
Katrin Cartlidge (15 May 1961 — 7 September 2002) was an English actress. She first appeared on screen as Lucy Collins in the Liverpool soap opera Brookside from 1982 to 1988 and later became well known for her film work with directors such as Mike Leigh and Lars von Trier.
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[edit] Biography
Cartlidge was born in London to an English father and a German Jewish refugee mother.[citation needed] She was educated at the Parliament Hill School for Girls in Camden.
Cartlidge died at age 41, due to complications from pneumonia and septicaemia, stemming from a pheochromocytoma.
Her work on Manchevski's Before the Rain, and on No Man's Land made her well known in the Balkans and Bosnia-Herzogovina. Sophie, in Mike Leigh's Naked, was her first leading role. Mike Leigh : " She took to the improvisation and character work instantly, easily and with extraordinary commitment and imagination. Other than in the Royal Court Young Peoples Theatre, she had had no formal training, but you would never have guessed it. (Drama Centre London turned her down, and that put her off). She often talked to me about [a] move into directing. I am in no doubt that we have lost not only one of our greatest actors but also one of the most interesting new directors of the future." Leigh and Cartlidge worked together twice more after Naked, on Career Girls, playing Hannah at both 20 and 30, and Topsy Turvy, playing a madame in the scene where Sullivan visits a Paris brothel.[1]
The impact of Cartlidge's sudden death saw the creation of the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation by the trustees Mike Leigh, Peter Gevisser, Simon McBurney, Chris Simon and Cat Villiers. The patrons include Lars von Trier and Cartlidge's sister Michelle. Established at the Sarajevo Film Festival, an annual bursary is awarded by "an elected curator, chosen by the (Foundation) Trustees from a wide and eclectic number of Katrin Cartlidge’s friends and colleagues...(to) a new creative voice... While the new talent nominated each year will be a filmmaker, it is anticipated that the choices will be as varied and extraordinary as Katrin’s own choice of filmmakers and friends from across the arts."[2]
[edit] Filmography
- Eat the Rich (1987)
- The Comic Strip Presents - "Funseekers" (1988)
- Kolinsky - Short (1993)
- Naked (1993)
- Before the Rain (1994)
- Breaking the Waves (1996)
- Career Girls (1997)
- Claire Dolan (1998)
- Hi-Life (1998)
- Topsy-Turvy (1999)
- The Lost Son (1999)
- The Cherry Orchard (1999)
- The Weight of Water (2000)
- Hotel Splendide (2000)
- Sword of Honour (2001)
- No Man's Land (2001)
- From Hell (2001)
- Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali (2002)
[edit] References
- ^ Mike Leigh, We have lost a great actor, The Guardian 13 September 2002
- ^ Description of Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Award; www.katrincartlidgefoundation.org.uk, retrieved 09-06-18.
