English actress (1961?2002)
Katrin Cartlidge
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Born
| Katrin Juliet Cartlidge
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1961-05-15
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15 May 1961
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Died
| 7 September 2002
(2002-09-07)
(aged 41)
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 1982?2002
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Notable work
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Partner
| Peter Gevisser
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Katrin Juliet Cartlidge
(15 May 1961 ? 7 September 2002) was an English actress. She first appeared on screen as
Lucy Collins
in the
Channel 4
soap opera
Brookside
(1982?1983), before going on to win the 1997
Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actress
for the
Mike Leigh
film
Career Girls
. Her other film appearances included Leigh's
Naked
(1993),
Before the Rain
(1994),
Breaking the Waves
(1996) and
From Hell
(2001).
Early life
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Cartlidge was born in London, to Derek, an English father and Bobbi, a
German-Jewish
refugee mother.
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She was educated at the
Parliament Hill School for Girls
in
Camden
.
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Work
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Her work on Manchevski's
Before the Rain
and on
No Man's Land
made her well known in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
and the
Balkans
. Sophie, in Mike Leigh's
Naked
, was her first leading role. Cartlidge worked in two more Leigh films: in
Career Girls
she played one of the lead roles, Hannah, at the ages of both 20 and 30, and in
Topsy Turvy
she was a madam in a
Paris
brothel
. She was due to play the lead role in
Polish
director
Lech Majewski
's 2004 film
The Garden of Earthly Delights
?that of an art historian dying of
cancer
?but she left shortly before production began.
[4]
Cartlidge won a role in
21 Grams
but was replaced by
Charlotte Gainsbourg
due to her death.
[5]
Cartlidge was also filming
Dogville
at the time of her death and was replaced by
Patricia Clarkson
.
[6]
Cartlidge died at the age of 41, owing to complications from
pneumonia
and
septicaemia
,
[3]
stemming from a
pheochromocytoma
.
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citation needed
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Legacy
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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."
[7]
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."
[8]
Following her death, British singer
Morrissey
dedicated a performance of his song "
Late Night, Maudlin Street
" at the Royal Albert Hall to Cartlidge, describing her as a "brilliant person and fantastic actor".
[9]
Tracy Letts
dedicated his 2003 play
Man from Nebraska
to Cartlidge, stating "Man from Nebraska is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend Katrin Cartlidge".
[10]
Filmography
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Film
Television
Television film and short works
References
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Raphael, Amy (2008).
Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh
. London: Faber. p. 287;
ISBN
978-0-571-20469-4
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"Cartlidge, Barbara (Oral history) (21621)"
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Iwm.org.uk
. 10 April 2001
. Retrieved
25 July
2017
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b
"Katrin Cartlidge: Stage and film actress known for her collaborations with Mike Leigh and Lars Von Trier"
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The Guardian
. London. 9 September 2002
. Retrieved
12 November
2022
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Lech Majewski, DVD commentary,
The Garden of Earthly Delights
, Kino International, New York, 2008. Cartlidge was replaced by actress Claudine Spiteri.
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"21 Grams"
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Entertainment Weekly
. 15 August 2003
. Retrieved
25 December
2021
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"Katrin Cartlidge: The Working Actress, PopMatters"
. 28 August 2008.
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"Award"
. Katrin Cartlidge Foundation. Archived from
the original
on 6 October 2008
. Retrieved
25 July
2017
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Mike Leigh.
"Film: Mike Leigh remembers Katrin Cartlidge | Film"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
25 July
2017
.
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Dorian Lynskey.
"Morrissey, Royal Albert Hall, London | Music"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
25 July
2017
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"Inspirations - WIP - Dramatugy for Man from Nebraska"
. Archived from
the original
on 3 August 2022
. Retrieved
13 July
2021
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