Véra Korène

Véra Korène (6 June 1901 – 19 November 1996) was a Russian-born French actress and singer.

Biography Born Rébecca Véra Korestzky in the Russian Empire 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.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1922 Son excellence le Bouif 1933 The Faceless Voice Estelle 1934 Beauty of the Night Maryse / Maïthé 1935 Second Bureau L'Espionne Erna Flieder 1936 The Volga Boatman Lydia Goreff 1936 L'Argent Hélène 1936 Seven Men, One Woman La comtesse Lucie de Kéradec 1936 In the Service of the Tsar Anna Raditsch 1937 The Red Dancer Tania Golgorine 1937 Double Crime in the Maginot Line Anna Bruchot 1938 Tamara Tamara 1938 Café de Paris Geneviève Lambert 1939 Savage Brigade Marie Kalitjeff (final film role)