Ania Guédroïtz Explained

Ania Guédroïtz
Birth Place:	Dublin, Ireland
Nationality:	Belgian
Education:	Royal Conservatory of Brussels
Genre:	Classical theater

Ania Guédroïtz, née Princess^[1] Agnes Alexeievna Guedroitz on 15 January 1949 in Dublin, Ireland, is a Belgian actress.

Biography

Ania Guédroïtz was born in Dublin, daughter of Prince Alexis Nicolaevich Guedroitz and Oonagh Ryan^[2] (Kathleen Ryan's sister).

She lived her childhood in Belgium with her father who was remarried. Educated in Brussels, she began studying drama at the Royal Conservatory, where she obtained a first prize "with great distinction" in 1972. In addition to French, her main language, she also studied Russian and English.

She then began a professional career^[3] in various theatres in Brussels. In 1973, she married the Belgian theater actor and had a son, Michaël Frison, born in 1974. The couple divorced in 1977.

She was made a Knight of the Order of Leopold II in 1992.

Theater

Main roles

• 1971-1972: Agnès in French: L'École des femmes (The School for Wives) by Molière (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1972-1973: Marianne in French: Les Caprices de Marianne (The Moods of Marianne) by Alfred de Musset (French: Théâtre National de Belgique)
• 1976-1977: Mousseline in French: Mousseline by Louis Velle (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1977-1978: Agnès in French: L'École des femmes by Molière (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1977-1978: Isabelle in French: L'École des maris by Molière (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1977-1978: Suzanneke in French: Le Mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans by Fonson and Wicheler (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1977-1978: Alison in French: Printemps à Rome ! (Avanti!) by Samuel Taylor (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1979-1980: Nina in French: La Mouette (The Seagull) by Anton Chekhov (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1989-1990: Sophie in French: Le jeu de l'Amour et de la Mort by Romain Rolland (French: Compagnie Yvan Baudouin)
• 1989-1990: Aglaé in French: L'Hurluberlu by Jean Anouilh (French: [[Théâtre Royal du Parc]])
• 1991-1992: Denise in French: L'Eloignement by Loleh Bellon (French: Théâtre Royal du Parc)
• 1992-1993: Mathilde in French: Un caprice by Musset (French: Théâtre Royal du Parc)

Important supporting roles

• 1970-1971: Gnese in Italian: [[Il campiello]] by Carlo Goldoni (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1971-1972: Anémone in French: Cher Antoine by Jean Anouilh (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1971-1972: Isabelle in French: [[The Liar (Corneille)|Le Menteur]] by Pierre Corneille (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1972-1973: Henriette in French: [[Les Femmes Savantes]] by Molière (French: Théâtre National de Belgique)
• 1972-1973: Mathilde in French: Les Fils du soleil by Christopher Hampton (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1972-1973: Lady Janet in French: Mangeront-ils ? by Victor Hugo (French: Théâtre National de Belgique)
• 1972-1973: Un témoin in French: Le Troisième Jour by Fodor (French: Comédie Claude Volter)
• 1974-1975: Henriette in French: Les Femmes savantes by Molière (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1974-1975: Iris in French: La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (The Trojan War Will Not Take Place) by Jean Giraudoux (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1974-1975: Frida in French: [[Henry IV (Pirandello)|Henri IV]] by Luigi Pirandello (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1975-1976: Polly in French: Lady pain d'épices (The Gingerbread Lady) by Neil Simon (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1975-1976: Saby in French: Ne coupez pas mes arbres by William Douglas Home (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1975-1976: Jacqueline in Oscar by (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1975-1976: Patricia in French: Une femme qui a le cœur trop petit by Fernand Crommelynck (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1976-1977: Marie-Rose in Harvey by Mary Chase (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1976-1977: Ania in French: Les portes claquent by Michel Fermaud (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1976-1977: Annick in French: Quarante carats by Barillet and Grédy (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1977-1978: Olympia in Don Juan by Michel de Ghelderode (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1977-1978: Gwendoline in Parodies (Travesties) by Tom Stoppard (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1978-1979: La princesse Nathalie in French: Le Prince de Hombourg by Kleist (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1979-1980: Lucille in French: La Mort de Danton by Büchner (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1979-1980: L'américaine in French: Oncle Sam by Victorien Sardou (French: Comédie Claude Volter)
• 1980-1981: Nancy in French: Le Cauchemar de Bella Manningham (Gaslight) by Patrick Hamilton (French: Compagnie des Galeries)
• 1988-1989: Mademoiselle Nina in French: La Vengeance d'une orpheline russe by Douanier Rousseau (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1990-1991: Marie in French: Le Retour au désert by Bernard-Marie Koltès (French: Rideau de Bruxelles)
• 1991-1992: Alix in French: Chaud et Froid by Crommelynck (French: Théâtre Royal du Parc)
• 1992-1993: Priscilla in French: Les Sanctuaires de Victoria Swann by René Lambert (French: Théâtre Royal du Parc)
• 1993-1994: Emma in French: [[Boule de Suif]] by Guy de Maupassant (French: Théâtre Royal du Parc)
• 1994-1995: Thea in Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ipsen (French: Théâtre Royal du Parc)
• 1995-1996: Marina in French: Les Rustres by Goldoni (French: Théâtre Royal du Parc)
• 1997-1998: Fina in French: Maître Puntila et son Valet Matti by Bertolt Brecht (French: Atelier Théâtre Jean Vilar)
• 1998-1999: Mariana in French: Tout est bien qui finit bien (All's Well That Ends Well) by William Shakespeare (French: Atelier Théâtre Jean Vilar)

Filmography

Television

• 1973: Armande de Kersaint in the television series Rue de la Grande Truanderie directed by Jacques Vernel (RTBF)
• 1977: Agnès in the televised version of L'École des femmes (The School for Wives) de Molière at the Château de la Bruyère in Émines directed by Michel Rochat (RTBF)

DVD

• 1976: Les portes claquent - Box set "Christiane Lenain" (RTBF Editions, 2010)
• 1978: Le Mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans ^[4] - Box set (RTBF Editions, 2008)

Short film at the cinema

• 1992: "La riche" in (The Seven Deadly Sins) directed by Pascal Zabus

See also

• Giedroyć

External links

• DVDs : Le Mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans
• Books : Ania Guédroïtz
• Photos of Ania Guédroïtz : Archives & musée de la littérature

Notes and References

1. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cepatri/2914730954/ Ferrand, Les Familles Princières de l'Ancien Empire de Russie
2. https://www.independent.ie/world-news/oonagh-swift-28827202.html Independent.ie - Oonagh Swift (née Ryan)
3. http://www.aml-cfwb.be/aspasia/intervenants/1587/Guedroitz_Ania Ania Guédroïtz : Career Summary
4. https://www.lesoir.be/art/dvd_t-20090114-00L4E5.html DVD television - Le Soir