| Tania Balachova | |
| Birth Date: | 5 February 1902 |
| Birth Place: | St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Death Place: | Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, France |
| Occupation: | Actor, Director, Actor Training Teacher |
| Spouse: | Raymond Rouleau |
Tania Balachova (Russian: Таня Балашова, diminutive of Татьяна Павловна Балашова [Tatiana Pavlovna Balachova]) (1902-1973) was a French actress and director of Russian origin. After World War II, she became one of the most influential actor training teachers in France.
Balachova was born in Saint Petersburg on February 25, 1902.[1] Her family emigrated to Brussels, where she studied at the Royal Conservatory. It was at the conservatory that she met her future husband, the Belgian actor Raymond Rouleau.
Balachova and Rouleau married and moved together to Paris. There, they collaborated with Gaston Baty, Charles Dullin, Louis Jouvet, Georges Pitoëff, and Antonin Artaud, among others. They separated in 1940, though they continued to work together professionally.[2]
She originated the role of Inès in Jean-Paul Sartre's Huis Clos [No Exit] at the Vieux-Colombier Theatre in May 1944.[3] :30 She went on to become one of the most influential actor-training teachers in France, training many of the next generation of theatre and cinema talent in France.
She died in Bagnoles-de-l'Orne France, on 4 August 1973 of a heart attack.
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| Date | Role | Play | Author | Director | Theatre | Reference | |
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| May 1944 | Inès | Huis Clos [No Exit] | Jean-Paul Sartre | Raymond Rouleau | Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier | ||
| 2 & 9 June, 1928 | Indra's Daughter/Agnes | A Dream Play | August Strindberg | Antonin Artaud | Théâtre Alfred Jarry | [10] | |
| January 1928 | The Dybbuk | S. Ansky | Gaston Baty | Studio des Champs-Élysées |