death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive birthname image article_title name occupation
19 november 1996 louveciennes , france bakhmut , russia 06 june 1901 1922 & ndash ; 1978 rébecca véra korestzky véra korène.jpg véra korène
 véra korène actress
véra korène

véra korène -lrb- june 6 , 1901 -- november 19 , 1996 -rrb- , 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 '' -lrb- 1933 -rrb- `` belle de nuit '' -lrb- 1933 -rrb- `` second bureau '' -lrb- 1935 -rrb- `` sept hommes ... une femme '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- `` l'argent '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- `` le batelier de la volga '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- `` au service du tsar '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- `` deuxième bureau '' -lrb- second bureau -rrb- -lrb- 1936 -rrb- `` tamara la complaisante '' -lrb- 1937 -rrb- `` double crime sur la ligne maginot '' -lrb- 1937 -rrb- `` la danseuse rouge , 1937 '' -lrb- the red dancer -rrb- -lrb- 1937 -rrb- `` café de paris '' -lrb- 1938 -rrb- `` la brigade sauvage '' -lrb- 1939 -rrb-
