- Gabrielle Colonna-Romano
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Gabrielle Colonna-Romano /
Colanna Romano
Jeune femme à la rose, by Renoir (1913), portraying Gabrielle Colonna-RomanoBorn Gabrielle Colonna-Romano
1888Died 1981 Resting place Rueil-Malmaison cemetery Occupation Stage and film actress Influenced by Sarah Bernhardt,
Marie BellSpouse 1) Alfred Edwards
2) Pierre AlcoverGabrielle Colonna-Romano (1888–1981) or Colanna Romano (name as a cinema actress), born Gabrielle Dreyfus, was a French actress, famous as a tragedian, sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1913 to 1936, and as a student of Sarah Bernhardt. She appeared in several plays and poetry readings (notably of works by the Symbolist poet Saint-Pol-Roux). She had an affair with Pierre Renoir, and modelled for several paintings by his father Auguste Renoir, notably Jeune femme à la rose (1913). In England, she met and became friends with Marie Bell, on whose advise she decided to present herself to the Conservatoire.
She was the sixth and final wife of the millionaire press-magnate Alfred Edwards, and after his death married the actor Pierre Alcover. She and Alcover are buried together in the Rueil-Malmaison cemetery.
She gives her name to the "Prix Colonna-Romano de tragédie classique" at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris.
Filmography
- 1908 : Hamlet, directed by Henri Desfontaines (Gertrude)
- 1910 : Le Scarabée d'or, directed by Henri Desfontaines
- 1910 : Hop-Frog, directed by Henri Desfontaines
- 1911 : La Momie, directed by Henri Desfontaines
- 1912 : Antar, directed by Chékri Ganem
- 1913 : L'Honneur, directed by Henri Pouctal
Sources
- This page is a translation of its French counterpart.
Categories:- 1888 births
- 1981 deaths
- French actors
- French film actors
- Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française
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