Paulette Pax

Paulette Pax (née Paulette Ménard born October 4, 1886 in Paris – died June 17, 1942 in Paris) was a French actress, theatre director and scenographer.

She co-directed the Théâtre de l'Œuvre from 1929 until her death succeeding Bella Rossellini.

Theatre

Comedian Selection of plays interpreted by Paulette Pax: 1920: La Couronne de carton by Jean Sarment 1921: La Gloire by Maurice Rostand 1921: Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, directed by Sacha Pitoëff 1922: La Mort de Molière by Maurice Rostand 1923: L'Éveil du fauve by Edward Knoblauch 1924: Jeanne d'Arc by Charles Péguy, directed by Fernand Crommelynck 1925: Tripes d'or by Fernand Crommelynck, directed by Louis Jouvet 1926: Sardanapalus, directed by Georges Pitoëff 1926: L'Absolution by José Germain Drouilly 1926: Comme ci by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Georges Pitoëff 1927: Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores by George Bernard Shaw 1929: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Georges Pitoëff 1935: La Complainte de Pranzini et de Thérèse de Lisieux by Henri Ghéon, directed by Georges Pitoëff 1936: Dame Nature by André Birabeau, sous la direction de Paulette Pax, at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1939: The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, directed by Georges Pitoëff 1941: L'Amazone aux bas bleus by Albert Boussac de Saint-Marc, directed by Paulette Pax

Theatre director 1932: L'Hermine by Jean Anouilh 1933: Milmort by Paul Demasy 1934: Une femme libre by Armand Salacrou, mise en scène Paulette Pax 1935: Dame nature by André Birabeau, at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1936: Un homme comme les autres by Armand Salacrou, with Jean-Louis Barrault, at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1937: Gli indifferenti by Alberto Moravia 1938: Je vivrai un grand amour by Steve Passeur 1938: Le Jardin d'Ispahan by Jean-Jacques Bernard

Filmography 1938: The Novel of Werther by Max Ophüls as aunt Emma 1938: Gibraltar by Fedor Ozep: Mme Nichols 1939: The White Slave by Marc Sorkin as Safète's friend

Publication Journal d'une comédienne française: sous la terreur bolchevik, 1917–1918.