Véra Korène

Film actor

1901 – 1996

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Who was Véra Korène?

Véra Korène, was a Russian-born French actress and singer.

Born Rébecca Véra Korestzky in Russia of Jewish heritage, she fled the Revolution and settled in Paris, France.

Using the Francized name Korène, she began her career in the theatre but also appeared in a number of films during the 1930s. A mainstay of the Parisian stage, in the 1950s she organized her own theatre production company, putting on performances at the Comédie Française. In 1956 she was named director of the Théâtre de la Renaissance, a position she held until 1978.

Véra Korène died in 1996 in Louveciennes in a senior citizen's home and was interred in the Cimetière de Pantin in the Parisian suburb of Pantin.

Partial Filmography:

La voix sans visage

Belle de nuit

Second Bureau

Sept hommes... une femme

L'Argent

Le batelier de la Volga

Au service du tsar

Deuxième Bureau

Tamara la complaisante

Double crime sur la ligne Maginot

La danseuse rouge, 1937

Café de Paris

La Brigade sauvage

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Born
Jun 6, 1901
Artemivsk, Donetsk Oblast
Also known as
  • Vera Korene
Nationality
  • France
Died
Nov 19, 1996
Louveciennes

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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