Marie Ventura | |
Birth Name: | Aristida Maria Ventura |
Birth Date: | 14 July 1888 |
Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Occupation: | Actress |
Marie Ventura (born Aristida Maria Ventura 14 July 1888 - 3 December 1954) was a Romanian-French actress and theatre director. From 1919 to 1941 she worked at the Comédie-Française. In 1938, she directed Iphigénie by Racine, becoming the first women to direct a play at the Comédie-Française.[1]